Same-sex marriage in Denmark

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Denmark since 15 June 2012.[1] A bill for the legalization of same-sex marriages was introduced by the Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet, and approved by the Folketing on 7 June 2012. It received royal assent by Queen Margrethe II on 12 June and took effect three days later.[2] Polling indicates that a significant majority of Danes support the legal recognition of same-sex marriage.[3] Denmark was the fourth Nordic country, after Norway, Sweden and Iceland, the eighth in Europe and the eleventh in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. It was the first country in the world to enact registered partnerships, which provided same-sex couples with almost all of the rights and benefits of marriage, in 1989.

Same-sex marriage is also legal in the two other constituent countries of the Danish Realm:

  • In Greenland, legislation to allow same-sex marriage passed the Inatsisartut on 26 May 2015. The Danish Parliament ratified the legislation on 19 January 2016 and the law took effect on 1 April 2016.[4][5][6]
  • In the Faroe Islands, same-sex marriage legislation passed the Løgting on 29 April 2016.[7] The legislation was ratified by the Danish Parliament on 25 April 2017 and received royal assent on 3 May.[8][9][10] The law took effect on 1 July 2017.[11]
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  6. ^ "Første homoseksuelle par viet i kirken". Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation. 1 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016.
  7. ^ Rahaman, Shifa (1 May 2016). "Faroe Islands says yes to same-sex marriage". The Copenhagen Post. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Danish Parliament Ratifies Faroe Islands' Same-sex Marriage Law". Perchy Bird Blog. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Lov om ændring af lov for Færøerne om rettens pleje (International kompetence i ægteskabssager)" (in Danish). Government of Denmark. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
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  11. ^ "1. juli 2017: Nú kunnu samkynd giftast". portal.fo. 1 July 2017. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017.

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