Same-sex marriage in Denmark
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Same-sex marriage has been legal in Denmark since 15 June 2012.[1] A bill for the legalization of same-sex marriages was introduced by the Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet, and approved by the Folketing on 7 June 2012. It received royal assent by Queen Margrethe II on 12 June and took effect three days later.[2] Denmark was the fourth Nordic country, after Norway, Sweden and Iceland, the eighth in Europe and the eleventh in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. It was the first country in the world to enact registered partnerships, which provided same-sex couples with almost all of the rights and benefits of marriage, in 1989.
Same-sex marriage is also legal in the two other constituent countries of the Danish Realm:
- In Greenland, legislation to allow same-sex marriage passed the Inatsisartut on 26 May 2015. The Danish Parliament ratified the legislation on 19 January 2016 and the law took effect on 1 April 2016.[3][4][5]
- In the Faroe Islands, same-sex marriage legislation passed the Løgting on 29 April 2016.[6] The legislation was ratified by the Danish Parliament on 25 April 2017 and received royal assent on 3 May.[7][8][9] The law took effect on 1 July 2017.[10]