South Africa 
Denmark
South Africa passport holders need a visa for Denmark, issued by an embassy or consulate before travel.
Source: Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 listing visa-required and visa-exempt nationalities, consolidated text — EUR-Lex · checked 8 Oct 2026
Denmark visa options for South Africa citizensChildren 6–11: €45; under 6: free.
Official application site →South Africa citizens need a visa issued in advance by an embassy or consulate of Denmark. Start the application several weeks before departure: you will typically need a passport valid for six months with blank pages, a completed application form, passport photos, a travel itinerary, proof of accommodation and of sufficient funds, and sometimes an invitation letter or bank statements.
The main option is the Schengen short-stay visa, which costs 90 EUR with a processing time of —.
Whatever your visa status, Denmark applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
Denmark lets 93 passports in without a visa and requires an embassy visa from 105. South Africa citizens are treated the same way as Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana and Burkina Faso. Overall the South Africa passport ranks #96 in the world with 61 visa-free destinations.
Planning a longer trip in Europe? With a South Africa passport you can also visit 2 countries in the region without a visa, including Georgia and Russia.
In the other direction, Denmark citizens can visit South Africa visa-free for up to 90 days.
Entry requirements for DenmarkThe Danish Immigration Service says a visa-free traveller's passport or travel document must be valid for three months past the intended date of departure from the Schengen area and must have been issued within the past 10 years.
New to Denmark (nyidanmark.dk) — Go on visa-free travel✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
Your passport needs at least 2 blank pages.
New to Denmark (nyidanmark.dk) — Apply for visa to private visits and tourist visits✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
The Visa Code says applicants for a uniform visa must prove they hold adequate and valid travel medical insurance (for a multiple-entry visa, covering the first intended visit); it must be valid throughout the territory of the Member States, cover the entire intended stay or transit, and the minimum coverage is EUR 30,000. No official source we read requires it of visa-exempt visitors.
Visa Code (Regulation (EC) No 810/2009), consolidated text — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
No official source we could read states that a return or onward ticket is required. The UK Foreign Office tells British nationals that at Danish border control they may also need to show a return or onward ticket.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Denmark entry requirements✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
The Danish Immigration Service says visa-free visitors must have the necessary means to pay for their stay and return trip: as a general rule approx. DKK 350 per day, or approx. DKK 500 per day if staying at a hotel; a smaller amount may be accepted if you stay in a privately owned home and your host covers all the costs.
New to Denmark (nyidanmark.dk) — Go on visa-free travel✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
The UK Foreign Office tells British travellers that when they travel into the Schengen area for short stays they may need to register biometric details such as fingerprints and a photo in the EU Entry/Exit System; on the first visit this may be at a special booth before the immigration desk. It says there is no cost for EES registration and nothing to do before you arrive at the border.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Denmark travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
The EU's ETIAS website says 30 European countries, Denmark among them, require visa-exempt travellers to have an ETIAS travel authorisation, but ETIAS is not yet in operation and no applications are being collected; the EU will announce the start date several months before launch.
ETIAS — Official EU website✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
A foreigner staying in Denmark without the necessary permission may be expelled, and is punishable by a fine or imprisonment of up to 6 months; a repeat offence is an aggravating circumstance. An expelled foreigner is given an entry ban. For expulsion under § 25 b the ban is 2 years. It is 5 years for a third-country national expelled under § 25 b who entered in breach of an earlier such ban, or of a ban issued by another member state and recorded in SIS.
Retsinformation (Danish official legal information) — Aliens Act, consolidated act LBK no. 1183 of 25/09/2025✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026
Cash of €10,000 or more (or the equivalent) must be declared when entering or leaving the EU.
Your Europe (EU) — travelling with cash✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
Data: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0). Entry rules can change — confirm with official sources before travel.
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