Civil wedding in Roskilde Municipality

At Roskilde municipality you have the opportunity to get married by a civil ceremony at city hall even though you don’t live in Denmark or are not a Danish citizen.

senest opdateret 14. januar 2025

Before the wedding, you must apply and be approved for a wedding.

If none of you have a Danish citizenship and do not live in Denmark, there are a few rules you will have to meet before we can marry you.

Here you will find a walkthrough of the procedure.

Civil wedding

Where to apply

You must apply through Roskilde Municipality if you and your partner:

Are Danish citizens or are a citizen in a Nordic country (i.e. Finland, Sweden, Norway or Iceland)
Have a permanent residence permit, issued in Denmark
Have obtained a permanent residence right under the Directive 2004/38/EC implemented in Danish law as “EU-Opholdsbekendtgørelsen”

You can apply through Roskilde Municipality here

You must apply with the Agency of Family Law if neither of you:

Are Danish citizens, nor citizens from a Nordic country (i.e. Finland, Sweden, Norway or Iceland)
Have a permanent residence permit in Denmark
Have obtained a permanent residence right under the Directive 2004/38/EC implemented in Danish law as "EU-Opholdsbekendtgørelsen.”

You can apply through Familieretshuset here

Documents

If you are to apply at Roskilde Municipality we need copies of both your passports and residence permits valid for Denmark. If you are an EU resident, we need a copy of your residence permit from the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI)

We also need certificates stating that you are not already married at the present moment. We must have such statements from every country that you have lived in. If you are divorced or widowed, we need to see the relevant court documents. Please remember to legalize your papers.

Scan your documents and attach them when you apply.

Legalization of documents

All documents must be legalized if they are from outside of EU. Documents must be legalized from the foreign ministry and the Danish embassy or consulate of the country in question.

The following countries do not need their papers to be legalized:

EU countries
USA
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Turkey

Processing

When we receive your application and documents, we will check whether you meet the terms and conditions for a wedding in Denmark. If and when we have approved your application, we will contact you and find a wedding date. You will then get a formal confirmation sent to you.

If you have applied at Roskilde municipality, but should have applied with the Agency of Family Law, we will send your documents back to you and refer you to the Agency of Family Law.

Please be advised, that we have a case processing time of about 8 weeks.

Date, place and witnesses

Our wedding ceremony takes place at City Hall, Rådhusbuen 1, 4000 Roskilde on Thursdays at 15.30 and Fridays at 11.30.

On Saturdays you can get married at the old City Hall, Stændertorvet 1, 4000 Roskilde at 11.00.

The law requires that there must be at least two witnesses present during the ceremony. If your wedding ceremony takes place on a Thursday or Friday, we can provide witnesses, if you don’t have any guests with you. On Saturdays you must provide the witnesses yourself.

Please contact us at vielse@roskilde.dk with the name and addresses of your witnesses.