Analysis Of Income And Expense [Abstract]

Bavarian Nordic - Filing #1440137

Concept	2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31	2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31	2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31	2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31	2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31	2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31	2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31	2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31	2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31	2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31	2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31	2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31	2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31	2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Analysis of income and expense [abstract]
Revenue [abstract]
Revenue	—	—	1,852,383,000 DKK	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	662,488,000 DKK	—	—	—
Material income and expense [abstract]
Research and development expense	—	—	341,420,000 DKK	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	409,284,000 DKK	—	—	—
Operating expense	—	—	905,348,000 DKK	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	636,177,000 DKK	—	—	—
Miscellaneous other comprehensive income [abstract]
Other comprehensive income, net of tax, exchange differences on translation of foreign operations and hedges of net investments in foreign operations [abstract]
Other comprehensive income, net of tax, exchange differences on translation of foreign operations	- DKK	- DKK	3,082,000 DKK	3,082,000 DKK	- DKK	- DKK	- DKK	149,000 DKK	- DKK	- DKK	149,000 DKK	- DKK	- DKK	- DKK
Other comprehensive income, before tax, exchange differences on translation of foreign operations and hedges of net investments in foreign operations [abstract]
Other comprehensive income, before tax, exchange differences on translation of foreign operations	—	—	3,082,000 DKK	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	149,000 DKK	—	—	—
Comprehensive income, continuing and discontinued operations [abstract]
Comprehensive income	277,521,000 DKK	- DKK	271,343,000 DKK	3,082,000 DKK	3,096,000 DKK	- DKK	- DKK	149,000 DKK	- DKK	346,777,000 DKK	344,282,000 DKK	- DKK	2,644,000 DKK	- DKK