Danish passport

Danish passport
Danish passport
The front cover of a contemporary Danish biometric passport
The front cover of a contemporary Danish biometric passport
Date first issued August 1, 2006 (current biometric version)
Issued by  Denmark
Type of document Passport
Purpose Identification
Eligibility requirements Danish citizenship
Expiration 28 months for children up to the age of 1
64 months for citizens aged 2-17
124 months for individuals above the age of 18
(All passports can be renewed for 12 more months within 24 months of original expiration date)

Danish passports are issued to citizens of the Kingdom of Denmark to facilitate international travel. Different versions exist for nationals of Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands although all citizens have the same nationality.

Contents

Physical appearance

The Danish and Greenlandic versions of the passport is burgundy according to the European Unions recommendations, while the Faroese version is Green. All contain the Danish Coat of Arms emblazoned in the centre of the front cover, with the word DANMARK (English: Denmark) above it, and the word PAS (English: Passport) below. Since August 1, 2006, biometric passports are issued. Above the word DANMARK, the Danish version contains the words DEN EUROPÆISKE UNION (English: European Union) (as all other EU passports), while in the Greenlandic and Faroese versions the text KALAALLIT NUNAAT (English: Greenland) or FØROYAR (English: Faroe Islands) is written. Fields on the bearer's page are in Danish, English and French, with translations in the official languages of the European Union elsewhere in the document. Instead of French, Faroese or Greenlandic are used in the Faroese and Greenlandic versions respectively. The page contains the following information[1]:

  • Photo of the passport holder
  • Type (P)
  • Passport No.
  • Surname
  • Given names
  • Sex
  • Nationality (Danish: Dansk, English: Danish, French: Danoise), in the Faroe version with the addition: Dansk/Danskur/Danish-Foroyskur/Faroese[2]
  • Height
  • Date of Birth
  • Personal Code Number
  • Place of Birth
  • Date of issue/expiry (validity is 10 years from date of issue for adults and 5 years for children)
  • Authority (usually the municipality in which the holder resides)
  • Holder's signature

Passports contain a machine readable strip starting with P>DNK for all types.

Three images of the covers of passports
The front cover of a contemporary Danish biometric diplomatic passport, as well as Faroe and Greenlandic passports.

Types

The data page of a contemporary Danish biometric passport
Interior language pages of a Danish passport.

Besides the ordinary passport (with PAS on the cover), also 3 versions of blue service passports (TJENESTEPAS) and a single red diplomatic passport (DIPLOMATPAS) are issued. The latter does not bear the text DEN EUROPÆISKE UNION.

Fees (as of 2004)

Document Adult (18 and over) Children (under 18) Senior (65+)
32 pages DKK 600 DKK 115 DKK 350
Validity 10 years 5 years 10 years

Controversy

Karsten Riise Kristensen filed a complaint to the Danish Ministry of Justice, because the passport contains a picture of Jesus being crucified. He believes that a passport should be free of religious symbols.[3] There was no majority in the Danish Folketing to remove the picture, arguing that Christianity is a part of Denmark's cultural history, and christianity was not depicted exclusively (as the document also depicted one of the Jelling Stones.[4]

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ "Danish Passport AO4001". Council of the European Union. http://www.consilium.europa.eu/prado/EN/3095/viewImage_73353.html. Retrieved 17 July 2010. 
  2. ^ "Danish (Faroese) Passport AO4002". Council of the European Union. http://www.consilium.europa.eu/prado/NL/3096/docHome.html. Retrieved 17 July 2010. 
  3. ^ "Complaint over passport Jesus". Danmarks Radio website. 4 March 2010. http://www.dr.dk/Templates/NewsArticle.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID={86E71D04-5A8A-4932-9625-EB4AC4E38E31}&NRORIGINALURL=%2FNyheder%2FAndre_sprog%2FEnglish%2F2010%2F03%2F02%2F140722.htm%3F&NRCACHEHINT=Guest. Retrieved 17 July 2010. 
  4. ^ "Jesus skal blive i det danske pas" (in Danish). Dagbladet Information. 2 March 2010. http://www.information.dk/telegram/225966. Retrieved 4 September 2011. 



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