What is the drinking age in Denmark?
16–17
Minimum age to buy alcohol: 16.
Denmark is one of 21 countries classified “16–17” for the drinking age — 11% of the 192 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Legal drinking age
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- Netherlands
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Germany
- 16–17 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 14.
- Belgium
- 16–17 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 16.
- Luxembourg
- 16–17 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 16.
- Sweden
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Poland
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
Other laws in Denmark
- Cannabis
- Legal (Medical)
- Psilocybin Mushrooms
- Illegal
- Salvia Divinorum
- Legal / unregulated
- Khat
- Illegal
- E-Cigarettes
- Regulated
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