Languages of Denmark

The Danish Realm has no official language as neither the Constitution or other laws designate Danish as such. There are, moreover, no official minority languages in the country. However, Danish is considered the language of Denmark proper, and it is used together with Faroese in the Faroe Islands. In Greenland, only Greenlandic is recognized as the official language, but public services are also required to be available in Danish. Denmark has furthermore ratified the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages and recognizes the German language as a minority language in Southern Jutland for its German minority.

Danish is the first language of 92% of the population, while Arabic, English, German are each spoken as a first language by 1% of the population. English is spoken by 87% of the population overall, and German by 49%. Additionally, 14% of the population can converse in Swedish, and 11% in French.