Where to get an apostille in Denmark: competent authority and Apostille Convention status
Denmark is a party to the Apostille Convention, in force since 29 December 2006 (ratification). HCCH lists as competent authority: Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Convention
- Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (HCCH Convention No. 12)
- Status
- Contracting Party in the HCCH status table
- Type
- Ratification (R)
- Signature (S), as printed
- 20-X-2006
- Ratification, accession or succession, as printed
- 30-X-2006
- Entry into force (EIF), as printed
- 29-XII-2006 (29 December 2006)
- Extensions of application
- marked in the EXT column of the HCCH status table (footnote 1)
- Competent authority (Art. 6), as printed by HCCH
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Address (first one listed by HCCH)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Legalisation Office, Asiatisk Plads 2, DK-1448 Copenhagen K, Denmark
- HCCH competent authority page
- Denmark - Competent Authority (Art. 6) (page last updated 29 March 2023)
- Region (UN M49)
- Europe, Northern Europe
- Sources
- HCCH status table, Convention 12, retrieved 5 November 2026; HCCH competent authorities of Denmark, retrieved 5 November 2026; UN M49 regions
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