Danish passport
A Danish passport is an identity document issued to citizens of the Kingdom of Denmark to facilitate international travel. Besides serving as proof of Danish citizenship, they facilitate the process of securing assistance from Danish consular officials abroad.
Different versions exist for nationals of Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands although they do not indicate a different nationality, with all holders being Danish citizens. Danish nationals residing in Greenland can choose between the Danish—EU passport, and the sub-national Danish—Greenlandic passport.
Every Danish citizen is also a citizen of the European Union. The passport entitles its bearer to freedom of movement in the European Economic Area and Switzerland. For travel within the Nordic countries no identity documentation is legally required for Nordic citizens due to the Nordic Passport Union.
According to the July 2024 Visa Restrictions Index, Danish citizens can visit 192 countries without a visa or with a visa granted on arrival.
Physical appearance
The Danish and Greenlandic versions of the passport have burgundy colour covers, according to the European Union's recommendations, while the Faroese-Danish version is green. All contain the National Coat of arms of Denmark emblazoned in the centre of the front cover, with the word DANMARK above it, and the word PAS below. Since 1 August 2006, biometric passports are issued.Above the word DANMARK, the Danish version contains the words DEN EUROPÆISKE UNION, while in the Greenlandic and Faroese versions the text KALAALLIT NUNAAT or FØROYAR is written. Fields on the bearer's page are in Danish, English, and French, with translations in the official languages of the European Union elsewhere in the document. Instead of French, Faroese or Greenlandic are used in the Faroese and Greenlandic versions respectively. The page contains the following information:
- Photo of the passport holder
- Type
- Passport No.
- Surname
- Given names
- Sex
- Nationality
- * In a Faroe passport the following: Dansk/Danskur/Danish-Færøsk/Føroyskur/Faroese
- * In the Greenlandic passport the first page is in Greenlandic, Danish, and English, and the text on pages 1 and 2 are not in so many different languages, as in the Danish
- Height
- Date of Birth
- Personal Code Number
- Place of Birth
- Date of issue/expiry
- Authority
- Holder's signature
Different spellings of the same name
Names containing letters not used in English are spelled the correct way in the non-machine-readable zone, but are mapped in the machine-readable zone, æ becoming AE, ø becoming OE, and å becoming AA. This follows the international machine-readable passport standard.For example, Gråb'øl → GRAABOE'L.
Types
Besides the ordinary passport, also 3 versions of blue service passports and a single red diplomatic passport are issued. The latter does not bear the text DEN EUROPÆISKE UNION, KALAALLIT NUNAAT nor FØROYAR.Visa requirements
As of 16 July 2024, Danish citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 192 countries and territories, thus ranking the Danish passport fourth in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.According to the World Tourism Organization 2016 report, the Danish passport is first in the world in terms of travel freedom, with the mobility index of 160.
As a member state of the European Union, Danish citizens enjoy freedom of movement within the European Economic Area. The Citizens’ Rights Directive defines the right of free movement for citizens of the EEA. Through bilateral agreements freedom of movement is extended to Switzerland, and all EU and EFTA nationals are not only visa-exempt but are legally entitled to enter and reside in each other's countries.