The Honorary Consulate of Denmark in Hanover is run by honorary consul Dr. Volker Schmidt and is a local point of contact for Danish citizens and for business and cultural links in Lower Saxony. Passports and visas are handled by the Danish Consulate General in Hamburg.
Contact Details
| Address | Schiffgraben 36, c/o NiedersachsenMetall, 30175 Hannover, Germany |
| Telephone | +49 511 85 05 306 |
| Fax | +49 511 85 05 295 |
| hannover@umgate.dk | |
| Head of Mission | Dr. Volker Schmidt, Honorary Consul |
| Consular district | Lower Saxony |
Opening Hours
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 09:30 - 12:30 |
| Wednesday | 09:30 - 12:30 |
| Thursday | 09:30 - 12:30 |
| Friday | Closed |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Hours may vary on public holidays. Please confirm before you visit.
Location of the Consulate
About the honorary consulate in Hanover
Honorary consul Dr. Volker Schmidt represents Denmark in Lower Saxony and receives visitors on three mornings a week.
Which Danish office issues passports and visas?
Formal matters such as passports and citizenship questions go to Danish Consulate General in Hamburg.
Contact details of the Danish Consulate General in Hamburg, as listed on its page in this directory:
- Address: Glockengießerwall 2, 20095 Hamburg, Germany
- Telephone: +49 40 41 40 05 0
- Email: hamgkl@um.dk
- Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09:00–16:00
What can an honorary consul do?
An honorary consul is not a career diplomat but a local resident – often a business person or lawyer – appointed by Denmark and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Danish citizens in an emergency (lost passport, accident, arrest), pass on applications and documents to the embassy, and certify signatures or life certificates. Passports and visas are not issued by an honorary consulate; they remain the responsibility of the embassy or a career consulate.
Other consulates and embassies in Hanover
9 other countries are represented in Hanover: Austria (honorary), Belgium (honorary), Burkina Faso (honorary), Costa Rica (honorary), France (honorary), Ghana (honorary), Italy (consulate general), Kazakhstan (honorary), Zambia (honorary).
Danish missions in Germany
Measured in a straight line from Hanover, the nearest other Danish office is the Honorary Consulate in Bremen (about 100 km). The nearest embassy or career consulate is the Consulate General in Hamburg (about 130 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Hanover.
- Berlin (250 km) – Embassy of Denmark
- Flensburg (270 km) – Consulate General (Flensburg and northern Schleswig-Holstein)
- Hamburg (130 km) – Consulate General (northern and western Germany)
- Munich (490 km) – Consulate General (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg)
- Bremen (100 km) – Honorary Consulate (Bremen)
- Dresden (310 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saxony)
- Erfurt (180 km) – Honorary Consulate (Thuringia)
- Hanover – Honorary Consulate (Lower Saxony) (this page)
- Frankfurt am Main (260 km) – Honorary Consulate (Hesse)
- Cologne (250 km) – Honorary Consulate (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Kiel (220 km) – Honorary Consulate (Kiel, Plön, Neumünster, southern Rendsburg-Eckernförde)
- Lübeck (180 km) – Honorary Consulate (Lübeck and south-eastern Schleswig-Holstein)
- Rostock (250 km) – Honorary Consulate (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
- Stuttgart (400 km) – Honorary Consulate (Baden-Württemberg)
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Details checked on 7 October 2026. Sources: German Federal Foreign Office, Embassy of Denmark in Berlin. Rules and opening hours can change. Confirm with the consulate before your visit.
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