Denmark (Travel Restrictions, COVID Tests & Quarantine Requirements)

This page was updated on 20 May 2022.

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Is Denmark open for visitors?

Yes. Denmark is now fully open for visitors. Additionally, there are no COVID-19 related restrictions on entry into Denmark. However, the general advice from the Danish health authorities should still be followed, and general infection prevention recommendations should be taken into account.

Is Denmark open to international tourism?

Yes, Denmark is now fully open to International tourism. There are no longer COVID-19 restrictions in Denmark. However, on board airplanes travellers may be met with requirements regarding the COVID-19 certificate, and when visiting homes for the elderly, social institutions and hospitals they might be required to use a face mask.

Furthermore, the Danish corona passport might be required as it can be used as an EU Digital COVID Certificate when travelling and proves that you have been vaccinated, previously infected or that you have a valid negative test. You can present a corona passport in the form of a printed document from Sundhed.dk or in the form of the Coronapas app (Android, iOS).

Pleae note that the travellers should follow the general advice from the Danish health authorities, and general infection prevention recommendations should be taken into account.

What are Denmark’s vaccine requirements?

All arrivals can now enter Denmark, regardless of their vaccination status. There are no longer COVID-19 restrictions in Denmark. However, the Danish Health Authority recommends vaccination against covid-19 with the first and second jab is recommended for everyone aged 5 and older. Furthermore, a third booster jab is recommended for everyone aged 18 and over.

Denmark-approved vaccines are as follows:

Pfizer/BioNTech
Moderna
AstraZeneca
Janssen
Covishield
Covaxin
Sinovac
Sinopharm

Source: Schengenvisainfo (schengenvisainfo.com)

What are Denmark’s testing and quarantine requirements?

There are NO mandatory Covid-19 testing or quarantine requirements in Denmark. All of the restrictions in Denmark related to the Covid-19 pandemic have been lifted. However, the Danish Health Authority recommends that you take a test in situations where a test result may be important for the treatment of covid-19. Therefore, there is no longer a requirement to get tested if the traveller lives with or has had contact with an infected person.

The authorities recommend that travellers get tested if they experience symptoms of covid-19 and are at increased risk for a serious course of illness due to covid-19. This may be if you are 65 years of age or older or for other reasons are at increased risk of a serious course of illness due to covid-19. This also applies if they are pregnant.

You can book an appointment for a PCR test in a public test center on the Coronaproved.dk website or choose to take a self-test.

If you test positive for COVID-19, you should self-isolate as soon as possible and follow the Danish Health and Medicines Authority’s current recommendations for self-isolation. You are not required to notify your close contacts, and if your positive test is a self-test, you do not have to take a confirmative PCR-test.

Please refer to the Danish Health Authority website for more details.

Exit requirements for Danish citizens

Danish citizens, irresoective of their vaccination status, can travel out of Denmark without undergoing any additional exit requirements before leaving the country.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ recommends citizens to be up to date with COVID-19 entry rules via the Danish embassy’ website the local authorities, the news media and your travel, airline and / or insurance company. You can read the travel guide for your desired country from here.

Please visit https://um.dk/rejse-og-ophold for more details.