Marriage
If you wish to get married in Denmark, you can either have a church wedding or a civil wedding ceremony.
If you wish to have a civil wedding ceremony in Viborg Municipality, the wedding can take place in the old town hall located in the historical part of Viborg where a Viborg Municipality employee will perform the ceremony. To book a wedding ceremony, contact Citizen Service (Borgerservice) on +45 87 87 87 21.
If you would like to have your wedding at another location in Viborg Municipality, you need to make an appointment directly with one of the City Council members who are appointed as wedding registrars prior to submitting your marriage declaration.
If you wish to have a church wedding, you must contact the church, you wish to get married in, to find a date. The church can for example be your local church.
Well in advance of your wedding, you must complete a marriage declaration and submit it to Viborg Municipality.
For more information about getting married in Denmark, see Marriage in Denmark.
Divorce
If you and our spouse wish to separate or divorce, you must complete and submit an application to Familieretshuset (the Agency of Family Law). Depending on your situation, you can apply for separation, divorce without separation or divorce after separation. If you are unable to complete the application online, contact Familieretshuset for assistance on tel +45 72 56 70 00 or on post@familieretshuset.dk.
Viborg Municipality offers discussion groups for children whose parents are divorced, course for divorcees about how to co-operate in relation to their children, couples counselling and individual anonymous counselling.
More information about separation and divorce in Denmark, see Separation and divorce.