Danish nationality law
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The Danish nationality law is ruled by the Constitutional act of Denmark (of 1953) and the Consolidated Act of Danish Nationality (of 2003, with amandment in 2004).
Danish nationality can be acquired in one of the following ways:
- Automatically at birth
- Automatically if a person is adopted as a child under 12 years of age
- By declaration for nationals of another Nordic country
- By naturalisation, that is, by statute
Danish nationality can be lost in one of the following ways:
- Automatically if a person voluntarily acquire nationality of another country. (No matter if it's upon application or by entering public service of another country.)
- Automatically for an unmarried child under the age of 18 years if it acquires a foreign nationality by a parent who loses his/her Danish nationality by acquisition of a foreign nationality.
- Automatically if a person acquired Danish nationality by birth, but was not born in Denmark and never lived in Denmark until the age of 22 years. (Unless the person will be stateless or have lived in another Nordic country for an aggregate period of no less than 7 years.)
- By court order if a person have acquired his or her Danish nationality by fraudulent conduct.
- By court order if a person is convicted of violation of one or more provisions of Parts 12 and 13 of the Danish Criminal Code. (Unless this will make the person concerned stateless.)
- By voluntary application to the Minister for Refugee, Immigration and Integration Affairs. (If a person who is or who desires to become a national of a foreign country may be released from his or her Danish nationality by this kind of application.)
