<Li> By court order if a person is convicted of violation of one or more provisions of Parts 12 and 13 of the Danish Criminal Code (crimes against national security), unless this would render the person stateless </Li> <Li> By voluntary application to the Minister for Refugee, Immigration and Integration Affairs (a person who is or who desires to become a national of a foreign country may be released from his or her Danish nationality by such an application) </Li> <Ul> <Li> One must have permanent residence status in the Kingdom of Denmark in order to become a citizen . </Li> <Li> 9 years of continuous residence, with restricted allowance for interrupted residence of up to 1 year or 2 years in special circumstances (education, family illness). Continuous residence is not clearly defined, but one must state periods of absence from the Kingdom of Denmark longer than 14 days . </Li> <Li> 8 years of continuous residence for people who are stateless or with refugee status </Li> <Li> Each year of marriage to a Danish citizen reduces the requirement by one year, to a maximum reduction of 3 years . For example, as little as 6 years of continuous uninterrupted residence for people who have been married to Danish nationals for 3 years . One year of cohabitation before marriage counts as a year of marriage for this purpose . <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may be confusing or unclear to readers . Please help us clarify the article . There might be a discussion about this on the talk page . (January 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Li> <Li> There is a special and little mentioned clause which allows for absences from the Kingdom of Denmark of longer than 1 or 2 years if one is married to a Danish citizen . The total period of continuous residence should be at least 3 years and it must exceed the total periods of absence, AND either: the period of marriage being at least 2 years or the total period of residence in the Kingdom of Denmark being 10 years less the period of marriage and 1 year for cohabitation before marriage). One must still have permanent residence . </Li> <Li> If one is married to a Dane working' for Danish interests' in a foreign country, then this period of absence from the Kingdom of Denmark can be regarded as residence in the Kingdom of Denmark . </Li> </Ul> <Li> One must have permanent residence status in the Kingdom of Denmark in order to become a citizen . </Li>

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