State civil servants in Greenland get the same rules as in Denmark
Official title (in Danish): Lov om ændring af lov om tjenestemænd, lov om tjenestemandspension, lov om pension til statens tjenestemænd m.v. i Grønland og lov om en tjenestemandsret for Grønlands hjemmestyres og kommunernes tjenestemænd i Grønland samt om ophævelse af lov om statens tjenestemænd i Grønland (Ligestilling af ansættelses- og pensionsvilkår for statens tjenestemænd i Danmark, på Færøerne og i Grønland m.v.)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The act gives state civil servants in Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland, as far as possible, the same rules on employment and pensions.
- Civil servants in Greenland move to the act on civil servants and the act on civil servant pensions from 1 April 2026.
- Who: The act applies to around 230 state civil servants in Greenland and their surviving spouses and children. It also applies to state civil servants in Denmark and the Faroe Islands, and to civil servants of the Church of Denmark in Denmark, who were already covered before. Civil servants employed by the Greenland home rule government, the self-government and Greenlandic municipalities are not covered.
- When: The Act entered into force on 1 April 2026. Some parts will enter into force on a date to be set later by the minister.
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The case at the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)
Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)
Formålet med lovforslaget er så vidt muligt at ligestille tjenestemandslovgivningens bestemmelser om ansættelses- og pensionsvilkår for statens tjenestemænd i Danmark, på Færøerne og i Grønland og at gennemføre visse ændringer af lovgivningen i sammenhæng hermed. Baggrunden for lovforslaget er regeringens beslutning om at søge at ligestille ansættelses- og pensionsvilkårene for statens ansatte i alle dele af kongeriget.
Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.
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- Introduced · 8 October 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
- Passed · 29 January 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: 3.beh./Vedtaget
- Stadfæstet · 24 February 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- Date to be set later · 25 February 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- Partly entered into force · 1 April 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- The rest enters into forceThe date will be set later by the minister