Cash was 40% of transactions, 25% of total value in 2012. [1]<p>Since then, to July 2015, there&#x27;s been a 25% increase in card payments, but only a 12% increase in total value [2], so smaller things must be being paid for by card.<p>Contactless cards were only introduced in Denmark in 2015, and payment by mobile phone in 2013 [3].<p>So yes, it&#x27;s normal.  But it&#x27;s not the most common form of payment, and I&#x27;ve been asked by a guy selling sausages from a wagon to use a card when I offered cash.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cfir.dk&#x2F;Arrangementer&#x2F;andrecfirarrangementer&#x2F;fremtidenspenge&#x2F;Documents&#x2F;How%20do%20danes%20pay%20%E2%80%93%20and%20what%20do%20they%20think%20about%20various%20payment%20methods.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cfir.dk&#x2F;Arrangementer&#x2F;andrecfirarrangementer&#x2F;frem...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nationalbanken.dk&#x2F;en&#x2F;bankingandpayments&#x2F;danish_payments_council&#x2F;Documents&#x2F;Payment%20statistics%201st%20half%20year%202015.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nationalbanken.dk&#x2F;en&#x2F;bankingandpayments&#x2F;danish_p...</a><p>[3] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mobilepay.dk&#x2F;da-dk&#x2F;pages&#x2F;The-story-in-English.aspx" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mobilepay.dk&#x2F;da-dk&#x2F;pages&#x2F;The-story-in-English.asp...</a>