If you arrive in Denmark from a country outside the EU, you should avoid bringing animal foods such as milk, meat, eggs, cheese, honey, shellfish etc. in both raw and processed form.

If in doubt, you can obtain further information at the Veterinary and Food Administration’s website.

You are not allowed to bring pesticides and poisons into Denmark from abroad. Pesticides typically mean sprays, rat poison and insecticides. Nor are you allowed to bring environmentally hazardous chemicals and pesticides into Denmark from abroad. Please note that it is also not permitted to bring refrigerants, e.g. Freon, in disposable containers into Denmark.

If you are in doubt, you can obtain further information at the Danish Environmental Protection Agency’s website.

It is not permitted to bring seeds, plants or living plant parts into Denmark from countries outside the EU unless you have a phytosanitary certificate. Seeds, plants and living parts of plants are a collective term for fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, green plants, seeds and other living parts of plants and soil. However, the requirement does not apply to bananas, durian, coconut, dates and pineapples.

If you want to bring seeds, plants and living plant parts home with you from a country outside the EU, you must contact the national plant health authority in the country you are travelling from to obtain a phytosanitary certificate. You can find information about national plant authorities in other countries at www.ippc.int,, which belongs under the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. If you bring seeds, plants or living plant parts into Denmark without the necessary documentation, they will be retained by the Customs Agency and handed over to the Agricultural Agency.

If you are in doubt, you can obtain further information at the Danish Agricultural Agency’s website.

You are not allowed to bring fireworks and other pyrotechnical articles into Denmark without permission. This means that you are not allowed to bring fireworks that you have purchased abroad back home to Denmark, as there are requirements for Danish marking and informative labelling. This also applies to CE-marked fireworks. However, if you buy Danish-marked fireworks abroad, e.g. in a cross-border store, you may bring them into Denmark.

If you are in doubt, you can obtain further information at the Danish Safety Technology Authority’s website.

As a general rule, it is prohibited to bring counterfeit products into Denmark. However, the Customs Agency does not take action against counterfeit products if they are for private use and are carried in your personal luggage. This applies regardless of whether you arrive in Denmark from a country in or outside the EU. However, the value of the goods must not exceed EUR 430. If you arrive in Denmark from a non-EU country via an EU country, the value limit is EUR 300. Please note that, in some EU countries, it is illegal to buy counterfeit products.

If you are in doubt, you can obtain more information at the joint authority website.

It is prohibited to bring a wide range of weapons, including firearms, explosives, knives etc., into Denmark without prior permission. Please note that weapons that do not require a permit abroad may require a permit in Denmark or be illegal.

If you are travelling abroad with your weapon, you must ensure that you can legally bring the weapon with you out of Denmark. You must also ensure that you have the appropriate permits from all countries you need to travel through before you travel. If you bring weapons and explosives into or out of Denmark without prior permission, you may be punished by fine or imprisonment.

If you are in doubt, you can obtain further information at the Police’s website.

Some animal and plant species may be so endangered that it is prohibited to bring them into Denmark. This applies to, for example, sea turtles, many crocodile species, tigers and other big cats. The rules also apply to dead animals, dead plants and souvenirs made from such animals. Other species are less endangered, and you may be granted permission to bring them into Denmark. Please note that all stone corals and black corals require an export permit from the country from which you wish to take them home with you.

If you enter Denmark carrying endangered animals, plants and corals without knowing whether this is legal, you must ask the Customs Agency when you cross the Danish border. If they are not allowed, we will retain them, and you also risk being fined.

If you are in doubt, you can obtain further information at the Environmental Protection Agency’s website.