Danish passports are issued to citizens of the Kingdom of Denmark

Kingdom of Denmark

The Kingdom of Denmark or the Danish Realm , is a constitutional monarchy and sovereign state consisting of Denmark proper in northern Europe and two autonomous constituent countries, the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic and Greenland in North America. Denmark is the hegemonial part, where the...

 to facilitate international travel. Different versions exist for nationals of Denmark, Greenland

Greenland

Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...

 and the Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...

 although all citizens have the same nationality.

Physical appearance

The Danish and Greenlandic versions of the passport is burgundy according to the European Union

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

s recommendations, while the Faroese version is Green. All contain the Danish Coat of Arms

Coat of arms of Denmark

The royal coat of arms is more complex. The shield is quartered by a silver cross fimbriated in red, derived from the Danish flag, the Dannebrog. The first and fourth quarters represent Denmark by three crowned lions passant accompanied by nine hearts; the second quarter contains two lions passant...

 emblazoned in the centre of the front cover, with the word DANMARK (Denmark) above it, and the word PAS (Passport) below. Since August 1, 2006, biometric passports are issued.
Above the word DANMARK, the Danish version contains the words DEN EUROPÆISKE UNION (European Union) (as all other EU passports), while in the Greenlandic and Faroese versions the text KALAALLIT NUNAAT (Greenland) or FØROYAR (Faroe Islands) is written. Fields on the bearer's page are in Danish, English and French, with translations in the official languages of the European Union

Languages of the European Union

The languages of the European Union are languages used by people within the member states of the European Union. They include the twenty-three official languages of the European Union along with a range of others...

 elsewhere in the document. Instead of French, Faroese

Faroese language

Faroese , is an Insular Nordic language spoken by 48,000 people in the Faroe Islands and about 25,000 Faroese people in Denmark and elsewhere...

 or Greenlandic

Kalaallisut language

Greenlandic is an Eskimo–Aleut language spoken by about 57,000 people in Greenland. It is closely related to the Inuit languages in Canada, such as Inuktitut...

 are used in the Faroese and Greenlandic versions respectively. The page contains the following information:

• Photo of the passport holder
• Type (P)
• Passport No.
• Surname
• Given names
• Sex
• Nationality , in the Faroe version with the addition: Dansk/Danskur/Danish-Foroyskur/Faroese
• Height
• Date of Birth
• Personal Code Number
• Place of Birth
• Date of issue/expiry (validity is 10 years from date of issue for adults and 5 years for children)
• Authority (usually the municipality in which the holder resides)
• Holder's signature

Passports contain a machine readable strip

Machine-readable passport

A Machine Readable Passport is a travel document where the data on the identity page is encoded in optical character recognition format. Many countries began to issue machine readable travel documents in the 1980s....

 starting with P>DNK for all types.

Types

Besides the ordinary passport (with PAS on the cover), also 3 versions of blue service passports (TJENESTEPAS) and a single red diplomatic passport (DIPLOMATPAS) are issued. The latter does not bear the text DEN EUROPÆISKE UNION.

Fees (as of 2004)

Document	Adult (18 and over)	Children (under 18)	Senior (65+)
32 pages	DKK 600	DKK 115	DKK 350
Validity	10 years	5 years	10 years

Controversy

Karsten Riise Kristensen filed a complaint to the Danish Ministry of Justice, because the passport contains a picture of Jesus being crucified. He believes that a passport should be free of religious symbols. There was no majority in the Danish Folketing

Folketing

The Folketing , is the national parliament of Denmark. The name literally means "People's thing"—that is, the people's governing assembly. It is located in Christiansborg Palace, on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen....

 to remove the picture, arguing that Christianity is a part of Denmark's cultural history, and christianity was not depicted exclusively (as the document also depicted one of the Jelling Stones.

See also

• Passports of the European Union
• Danish nationality law
  Danish nationality law
  Danish nationality law is ruled by the Constitutional act of Denmark and the Consolidated Act of Danish Nationality .Danish nationality can be acquired in one of the following ways:...
  
  
• Visa requirements for Danish citizens
  Visa requirements for Danish citizens
  Last update: August 16, 2011According to the "Henley Visa Restrictions Index 2011," Danish citizens can travel to 173 countries visa-free / with visa on arrival, ranking 1st together with Finland and Sweden in travel freedom according to the Index ....
  
  
• Danish passport info on PRADO

External links

• Images of a 1952 Danish passport from www.PassportLand.com