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Danish Wedding at a glance.
For journalists and anyone who needs reliable figures fast: who we are, what we charge and the key facts about a civil wedding in Denmark, each with an official source.
As of:
The company
- Name
- Danish Wedding (wedding-denmark.com)
- Provider
- Sole proprietorship Danish Wedding Koltman, Fluhmattstrasse 31, 5400 Baden, Switzerland
- Founders
- Alexander Koltman and Thi Yen Le; they married in Denmark themselves
- Service
- Guiding international and binational couples through a civil wedding in Denmark: document check, application to Familieretshuset, coordination with the municipality, apostille on request
- Languages
- Website in 8 languages (German, English, Danish, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian, Arabic, Vietnamese); personal support in German, English and Russian
- Contact
- info@wedding-denmark.com, +41 76 345 31 73 (also WhatsApp), Mon–Sun 8am–10pm
Services and fixed prices
All prices as on our prices page.
- Essential
- €249.99: personal document list, guide and WhatsApp support; the Familieretshuset fee (DKK 2,100) is extra
- Complete
- €649.99 including the Familieretshuset fee: check, application, communication with authorities and municipality, one change of municipality included
- Change of municipality
- €149.99: for couples with an approval but no wedding date; money back if no date confirmed by a municipality is secured in the period you name
- Apostille
- €149.99: apostille on the Danish marriage certificate
- On request
- Express, and interpreters from €79.99
Facts about marrying in Denmark.
Short and sourced. In depth in our guides.
- 1
Couples without residence in Denmark apply to Familieretshuset, the Danish Agency of Family Law, for the certificate of marital status (prøvelsesattest).
- 2
The Familieretshuset fee is DKK 2,100 in 2026 (about €281). It is not refunded, not even if the application is rejected.
Source: Retsinformation: Bekendtgørelse om gebyrer på det familieretlige område 2026
- 3
Familieretshuset usually decides complete applications within 5 working days; if it asks for more documents, the case joins a queue.
Source: Familieretshuset: Sagsbehandlingstider, internationale ægteskaber
- 4
The approval is valid for 4 months and issued for one municipality. Only Familieretshuset can forward it to another municipality.
- 5
Denmark does not require a certificate of no impediment from the home country; the couple declare their marital status themselves.
- 6
Anyone who is not an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen must be staying lawfully at the time of the wedding. Since 10.04.2026 the proof is the Entry/Exit System (EES) record.
Source: Familieretshuset: Lovligt ophold for at blive gift i Danmark
- 7
The town hall ceremony takes 15 to 20 minutes and needs two witnesses.
- 8
After the ceremony you receive the international marriage certificate. For Germany and Austria no apostille is needed thanks to Regulation (EU) 2016/1191.
Source: European e-Justice Portal: Public documents (Regulation (EU) 2016/1191)
- 9
An apostille on the Danish marriage certificate is issued by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the fee is DKK 250.
Source: Udenrigsministeriet: Marriage certificates (legalisation)
- 10
In the Danish national church a couple can only marry if one partner is a member.
Press coverage
Badener Tagblatt ·
Liebe statt Papierkrieg: Expat verhilft binationalen Paaren zur schnellen Trauung in Dänemarkby Sibylle Egloff Francisco
Press contact
Alexander Koltman, founder. info@wedding-denmark.com, +41 76 345 31 73. Interviews in German, English and Russian.
