Archives: April 2008

The right to dual citizenship in Denmark

One of the requirements for a foreign national to become a Danish citizen is to abdicate their current citizenship.

A Danish citizen living abroad must also abdicate his/her citizenship in order to become a citizen of another country. This is the case even if that country allows dual citizenship, such as in Sweden and Holland.

We believe this is an unfair requirement and hope that Denmark will change its current law to allow dual citizenship, thereby allowing foreigners to keep their current nationality while becoming a citizen of Denmark and allowing Danish citizens to keep their nationality while becoming a citizen of another country.