Is prostitution legal in Greenland?
Illegal
Prostitution is illegal in Greenland, with no decriminalization since Denmark's 1999 reform.
Greenland is one of 105 countries classified “Illegal” for sex work — 48% of the 219 with data. (Also searched as prostitution.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Prostitution in the Americas
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Iceland
- Buying illegal (Nordic model) Paying for sex is illegal in Iceland while prostitution itself is not, with police lacking resources to enforce the law.
- Faroe Islands
- Legal & regulated Under Danish jurisdiction, prostitution remains lawful with no evidence of organized prostitution in the territory.
- Norway
- Buying illegal (Nordic model) Norway criminalizes buying sex but not selling, following the Nordic model implemented in 2009.
- Sweden
- Buying illegal (Nordic model) Sweden criminalizes paying for sex but not selling, implementing the Nordic model in 1999.
- Finland
- Decriminalized / unregulated Prostitution is legal but organized prostitution, brothels, and pimping are illegal, with buying sex linked to human trafficking criminalized since 2006.
- Canada
- Buying illegal (Nordic model) Prostitution is legal but buying sex is criminalized, following the Swedish model.
Other laws in Greenland
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Marriage legal
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Joint adoption legal
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.