Hague Apostille Legalisation in Denmark

Yes, absolutely. 

We specialise in every aspect of helping couples to get married in Denmark, and can also take care of legalising your marriage certificate with the  Hague Apostille Legalisation.

Danish wedding ceremonies provide you with your international wedding certificates, but it is common for international couples to have these legalised for use elsewhere too, as it varies if your local government wish for it to be legalised or not.

You can choose our Apostille Service as a stand alone service Here

Or contact us if you have any further questions. 

Lots of couples ask why they need an apostille, Denmark being a country whose wedding ceremonies are recognised as legal across the world.

While everyone has a basic understanding of the meaning of “legalisation,” what the word means in the specific context of your wedding certificate is rather different. 

After your civil wedding ceremony in Denmark, you are legally married, both in Denmark and everywhere else too! You receive a formal legal document to prove this, which is your Danish wedding certificate. 

But if you use your Danish wedding certificate in another country, it will be viewed as a foreign document and so, it needs to be converted into the appropriate format to be accepted under that other country’s laws.

This means that a standard Danish wedding certificate is – for administrative purposes – only usable within Denmark itself. In other Hague Convention Countries, you may need your wedding certificate legalised with the Hague Apostille Legalisation. 

Denmark is a Hague Convention country, and this means that documents legalised in Denmark can be used in any other Hague Convention country too.

When we talk about legalising your wedding certificate, this doesn’t mean making something legal for the first time; it just means adding the Hague Apostille so that your certificate is recognised as legal outside of Denmark too.

Apostille legalisation is the only document you’ll need to prove your marriage within countries that are a part of the Hague Apostille Convention.

You can see a full list of Hague Apostille Convention countries here.

However, for countries who are not part of the Hague Apostille Convention, there might be other, different processes and legal procedures in place for authenticating wedding certificates, and so we recommend you check with the relevant office or department in the country in question to find out what they need.

You may also be able to find this information out from the embassy in Denmark of the country in question, as this is usually a fairly common query to international embassies.

Unfortunately not. 

Only the country you were married in can issue your Hague Apostille Legalisation. Denmark-issued wedding certificates need to be converted into an apostille here in Denmark; this is another reason why it is a good idea to get your legalisation done before you go home, even if you may not need it upfront. 

Apostille legalisation has to be performed in the country where the original marriage certificate originated, so if you got married in Denmark, the apostille has to be legalised in Denmark too.

There are currently 118 countries within the Hague Apostille Convention, representing most first-world countries, and a significant number of developing nations as well. 

For a full, up-to-date list of countries that are signatories of the Hague Apostille Convention, please see here.