We took her to the Danish Embassy to apply for a Danish passport and we discovered that Grace was automatically a Danish national at birth because Kristoffer and I are married. If we weren't married, she wouldn't be a Danish citizen. So yay for Danish citizenship! We had been told contrary information in the past and didn't think she was an automatic Dane!
We were also told that she keeps her Danish citizenship until she is 22 years old. Currently the law in Denmark does not allow for dual citizenship after that age, so if the law doesn't change then she will have to choose when she is 21. If she forgoes her American citizenship to remain a Dane, she will have to apply and they review it on a case-by-case basis looking at connections to Denmark, language, and a few other factors. BUT the good news is that the same law was recently changed in Sweden and it is very likely that within the next 20 years the law will change in Denmark. If so, Grace would get to keep both citizenships permanently which would give her so many options in terms of education and employment in the future. We are hoping that happens because what a gift we feel that would be for her to literally have much of the world as her oyster :) Some Danes might need to start voting a little bit more to the left in order for the law to change (hint hint: Hans, Military Morten, Lars?) so we will be pushing for that when we are home for Christmas!
Grace is RED, Grace is WHITE, Grace is DANISH DYNAMITE!
LMW
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