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Danish nationality law is governed by the Constitutional Act and the Consolidated Act of Danish Nationality. Danish nationality can be acquired in one of the following ways: [1] Automatically at birth if either parent is a Danish citizen, regardless of birthplace, if the child was born on or after 1 July 2014. [2]
The Danish court was for centuries dominated by German-speaking aristocratic immigrants, culminating with Johann Friedrich Struensee's de facto rule in 1770-72. The Danish Citizenship Act of 1776 was created at the initiative of Ove Høegh-Guldberg in response to growing anti-German sentiment in the population following Struensee's fall in 1772, especially among the country's emerging bourgeoisie.
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As of 2024, Danish citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 190 countries and territories, ranking the Danish passport 4th, tied with passport from Belgium, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.
Today, all applicants for permanent residency in Denmark must sign a Declaration on Integration and Active Citizenship in Danish Society [116] which includes the following provision: "I understand and accept that the Danish language and knowledge of the Danish society is the key to a good and active life in Denmark.
Danes (Danish: danskere, pronounced [ˈtænskɐɐ]), or Danish people, are an ethnic group and nationality native to Denmark and a modern nation identified with the country of Denmark. [27] This connection may be ancestral, legal, historical, or cultural.
A Danish passport (Danish: dansk pas) 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 (or other EU consulates or Nordic missions [6] [7] in case a Danish consular official is absent).
Greenlanders have Danish citizenship as Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. [8] This means they are entitled to the same privileges as ethnic Danes but also that Greenlanders miss out on services extended to newly arrived immigrants in Denmark. [9] [5] Greenlandic people are not recognised as an ethnic minority in ...