Designations of origin in Denmark

Denmark has 9 designations of origin protected in the EU: 5 wines (1 PDO and 4 PGI) and 4 cheeses (0 PDO and 4 PGI). This page lists them with their type, the year of protection and the legal text of each in the European Commission’s eAmbrosia register.

In brief

The oldest on the list is “Danablu” (protected since 1996); 2 designations share that year. 7 designations have been protected since 2010. For 9 of them the country’s interactive profile draws the production area on a map; PGI areas and some PDO areas are at the level of administrative units and may be larger than the real area.

PDO: closest link to the area (cheese: the whole process; wine: all the grapes). PGI: looser link (cheese: at least one stage; wine: at least 85% of the grapes).

Wines (5)

DesignationTypeProtected sinceLegal text
BornholmPGI2011Legal text
DonsPDO2012Legal text
FynPGI2011Legal text
JyllandPGI2011Legal text
SjællandPGI2011Legal text

Cheeses (4)

DesignationTypeProtected sinceLegal text
DanabluPGI1996Legal text
DanboPGI2010Legal text
EsromPGI1996Legal text
HavartiPGI2010Legal text

See the map of each area · Denmark →

Source: European Commission, eAmbrosia (EU geographical indications register) · Licence: CC BY 4.0, © European Union · Register data as of 2026-11-02. Only what the register publishes; nothing is added. Methodology

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