The Copenhagen Wedding

This service is for you if you’re looking to secure your wedding date now at a private location outside Copenhagen City Hall.

Availability 

The Copenhagen Wedding Ceremony is available on: 

• Thursdays in April to August. 
• Thursdays and Fridays from September to March.

Ceremonies are available between 11:00 AM and 4:00 PM. We will need to confirm venue availability for ceremonies outside these hours. No specific time can be guaranteed, as bookings depend on registrar availability. 

If you have a specific date in mind, you can choose another day of the week, but we must first check availability with the venue.

“Stalden” is a small hyggelig barn, with a capacity for 13 people, located in Frederiksberg, a neighbourhood in Copenhagen that is only 10 minutes by car from Copenhagen city hall. 

As such, it is very conveniently located for those who do not want to travel far to their wedding location, once they have arrived in Denmark. 

You will need to give us at least 3 preferred dates in order of preference and we will co-ordinate the reservation of both the venue and the private registrar for your wedding date. 

This service ensures you can focus on preparing your application, knowing that your wedding date and location in Copenhagen is already secured. 

Our team submits over 200 applications a month, and we know all the intricacies and requirements of the AFL. Getting the application ready takes a lot of time and a lot of work, and we are here to help guide you through this challenging part of the process. 

This does mean that you also need to be committed to working with our Documents Team in order to move quickly.

You must be prepared to ensure your documents meet the Danish Authorities’ requirements. 

To achieve this, it is vital to follow the instructions on how to provide your documents to us. These instructions are sent to you by our Documents Team.

Note – The team will ask you for multiple versions of your documents, so you will need to be willing to dedicate time to this.

We secure your registrar in Copenhagen

• We will coordinate with the venue to check their availability and reserve your wedding date. Once Stalden has confirmed the reservation, we will coordinate with Copenhagen city hall marriage office to reserve the registrar for your wedding. We can request a time frame but cannot guarantee it. The marriage office will confirm the exact time upon booking and is based upon the availability of the registrars.

  We recommend you remain flexible with your date at this stage, in case the venue is already booked on your desired date or the city hall does not have an available registrar on the date you want. 

• Once the date is confirmed as reserved by both the venue and the registrar at the city hall, you pay our fee of €2640 to begin working immediately with our documents team on your application.

*The date you choose must be at least 8 weeks from the date you take our service. This is due to the City Hall only allowing us to pre-reserve a date that is more than 6 weeks ahead and to allow plenty of time to get your documents and file ready and for the AFL submission and 1 week processing time.

Please note that if your approval is not received exactly 4 weeks or more before the wedding date, Copenhagen City Hall will cancel the pre-reservation without prior notice. No exceptions can be made by them regarding this. 

Application Process with the Danish Government

• Your payment is made and your date, location and registrar are reserved. You will then be working with our Marriage Application Team, who’ll get to know you and define the detailed list of documents for your case
• We inform you how and where you can get your documents legalised (only if required) 
• You send us the documents specified in the detailed documentation list 
• We check your documents to ensure they meet the requirements of the Danish government
• You must work quickly with our Documents Team if they have additional requests regarding the provided documents
• We prepare your marriage application 

Submission of application

• We submit your application online to the Danish government
• We pay the online application fee of €282 to the Danish government 
• We communicate with the Danish government when required
• We keep track of your application until it is approved
• We send you your approval when received by the Danish government

Your Ceremony 

• Your date is already reserved, so upon receipt of your AFL approval, your wedding date and time will be re-confirmed with the Copenhagen City Hall marriage office.
• You must present your documents to the city hall marriage office, one working day prior to your ceremony. This is a non-negotiable rule of the city hall. 
• Your wedding will be held at a private venue located in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen
• You will have the room for 1 hour. 
• The registrar can stay with you for up to 30 minutes, if you choose to personalise your speech and your wedding ceremony with music and readings etc (this 20 minutes longer than standard ceremonies held at the Danish town halls). If you choose not to do this, then your ceremony will be the standard ceremony length of around 5 minutes.
• Ability to personalise your wedding speech with the registrar. We will give them your contact details so that they can contact you in the weeks leading up to your wedding so you can do this .  
• 2 x witnesses will be provided if required (please let us know in advance if you need witnesses provided)
• A toast for up to 6 people will be provided. If you are bringing more than 6 guests then an additional fee will be payable to cover the drinks for these extra people. We will put you in touch with the venue in this instance so you can pay them for any extras directly.
• You also have the option to hire the room for longer if you wish and add in extras such as food. Again, in this instance, we will put you in touch with the venue directly to organise this. Fees for anything additional will then be made payable to the venue.

** T&Cs and Refund Policy set by the Copenhagen City Hall 

• With this ceremony service, you MUST present your documents to the Copenhagen City Hall one working day prior to your ceremony date. 
• There is no refund if you cancel / move your booking within 4 weeks of your ceremony booking.
• Witnesses are not provided by the town hall but can be provided by the venue if required. You must let us know in advance if you need witnesses provided.
• The ceremony can only be held in English (or Danish). If you need the ceremony to be held in any other language (including German), then you must bring an interpreter with you.