Faroe Islands
Danish passportEdit check
Free movement
Entry and stay only. What this covers
Source & evidence Read the original words
Official wording
Citizens of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden can enter, reside and work in the Faroe Islands and Greenland without a permit.
Aevamo’s reading
Anordning nr. 182 puts the Danish Aliens Act in force for the Faroe Islands and is the instrument that creates the entry regime: § 1 grants citizens of Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden the right to enter and stay without permission, § 3 fixes the visa-exempt stay at 90 days in 180, and § 4 requires every other foreigner to hold a Faroe Islands visa. Bekendtgørelse nr. 636 implements it, setting out the visa exemption categories and visa rules.
The Immigration Service names Denmark alongside the four states that anordning § 1 names, and states that their citizens may enter, reside and work on the Faroe Islands without a permit. Denmark is omitted from § 1 because the Aliens Act as in force for the Faroe Islands governs udlændinge — foreigners — and Danish citizens are own nationals of the Realm, not foreigners under it. The Faroe Islands issues its own passports, but Faroese nationality is Danish nationality, so the holder of a FRO-issued passport is an own national of the Realm too and this row answers for both issuers.
Source details
How the documents behind this regime are dated
anordning-182: consolidated as last amended by anordning nr. 666 of 4 June 2025; bek-636-faeroerne: consolidated as last amended by bekendtgørelse nr. 1675 of 18 December 2023; oversigt-2026: 13 April 2026; nyidanmark-entry-fo-gl: last updated 27 July 2026; nyidanmark-news-fo-gl: published 20 March 2026.
What this answer covers Limits & assumptions
Work and residence rights are separate from this check. This is the entry rule and the length of stay the instrument grants. It is not a decision about you: the officer at the border decides admission, and we do not evaluate the purpose of your trip, your passport's remaining validity, an onward ticket, funds, insurance or health requirements.
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