ARN-CPH flight arrivals once again work out like they used to before the Denmark’s pandemic response measures included meeting a testing requirement.

You still need to show a test or vaccination certificate before boarding though, correct?

No. That’s over for ARN-CPH.

No longer required to show vaccination proof, nor test results, to fly ARN-CPH. Boarding pass is sufficient and no more doc check procedure for test results/vaccinations required to fly from ARN to CPH. Also, no more on-arrival segregation and passport control at CPH for ARN-CPH flights.

Thank you. That's interesting because the Danish website claims foreign nonresidents still need a test or a certificate to enter Denmark even from a green country. I would quite fancy a day in Copenhagen but this has been putting me off.

The website sounds unrepresentative of what went on yesterday. SK@ARN yesterday sent a bunch of passengers to CPH without requiring any doc checks; and on arrival at CPH, the planes from ARN now go to the general Schengen side of CPH for deplaning. In other words, the SK ARN-CPH flights no longer have the bus deplaning thing going on or any testing on arrival thing applicable for arrivals into CPH from ARN.

Stena Line also claims that a test is required if you wish to take a ferry to Denmark. Is this information wrong?

There is a date/time given on there for the Denmark section. That information wasn’t even accurate for entry into Denmark on June 16th. Before and after that day in June, I was already using my US CDC card to go between ARN and CPH even in a private capacity without tests; but that site suggests that I wouldn’t have been able to do so: “Du skall vara fast boende samt ha mottagit vaccinationerna i ett EU- eller Schengenland”.

I got vaccinated in the good old US of A. And Danish border police have been accepting US CDC cards for Americans’ entries since even before June 16th; and also since.

The acceptance of vaccination certificates is supported by the official Danish covid website. But ability to enter without anything (neither test, nor certificate) is not.

There are essentially two options:
A) SK's staff at ARN screwed up or misunderstood new rules (there used to be a requirement to have a test before boarding a flight, which was dropped, but this was separate from the requirement to have a test/certificate to enter Denmark, which still seems to apply)
b) Denmark instructed airlines to not verify documents needed for entry, unlike at other destinations, and decided to only do spot checks by themselves (with no consequences for airlines if they transport someone not eligible)

Either way, it seems that either test or certificate remain required to enter Denmark as defined on their website.

I find the second option more likely, as SAS staff at ARN should be acquainted with Danish entry rules (it's not exactly an exotic destination) and TIMATIC seems to confirm there is not a test requirement (but keep in mind that TIMATIC is primarily a source for airlines, not passengers).
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Overall, it's a mess and I wish Denmark would finally come up with some solution to actually deliver reliable and complete information to passengers. I have a trip to Helsingborg slated for the next week and I would absolutely love to go "on the other side" but this is a complete mess.

Your question was this: “You still need to show a test or vaccination certificate before boarding though, correct?”

The answer: No. That’s over for ARN-CPH.

Also, the STENA line site has been anything but fully accurate — and still isn’t — about entry requirements for Denmark.

Official Danish sites? Welcome to the world of government websites. :D

SK didn’t mess up, as this is now how it goes systematically for ARN-CPH flights. As of July 3rd 4pm local time, ARN arrivals into CPH were to have been treated as arrivals from “green” places.

Passengers arriving by air at CPH can get free antigen tests on arrival at CPH — whether or not a test were to be made an issue on arrival into CPH when coming off an ARN flight.

No mess by Denmark: time from SK ARN-CPH opening flight door on arrival to getting to Sweden from CPH this week? Under 30 minutes — which is no worse than average for me pre-pandemic. And that’s even with SK’s “only deplane 5 rows at a time” thing.

If it weren’t for the mess in Sweden with entering back into Sweden in Malmö, it would have been like pre-pandemic travel times for travelers doing one of my most typical trips: ARN-CPH+CPH-Malmö.

I understand they don't check tests but it seems they are still required - even from green countries. My issue isn't being checked at the border, my issue is getting that test as I don't fancy having my nose abused :) The mess I referred to isn't a boarding control but discrepancy between reality and rules, which are themselves hard to find and understand.

Getting vaccinated a few months ago has saved my nose from testing on my many trips from ARN and Malmö to CPH, since within the second week of June.

Only since more recently, during the current month, I no longer have to pull out proof of any vaccination or tests to fly non-stop on SK from ARN to CPH.

Unfortunatelly, getting vaccinated as a non-resident in Sweden is quite complicated and getting the covid pass is outright impossible without a personnummer. So it's either staying in Sweden or having my nose abused and while I like Copenhagen a lot, I don't love it enough to choose the latter option.

If a person lives in Sweden for at least six months — even as a homeless person — and is subject to Swedish jurisdiction, the individual is subject to Swedish tax liability. That means paying tax on income in the same way as if living in the country permanently. To do so, there is a requirement to apply for tax registration with the Tax Agency in Sweden. You are then also required to submit Income Tax Return 1 for your income. That enables you to get a number from Skatteverket — beast as it can be over details — and may help if the objective is to have an electronic COVID pass from Sweden. Even absent the so-called personal number in Sweden, getting vaccinated is possible in Sweden and so are paper records.

This is only partially correct. You indeed have to pay taxes if Sweden is your ordinary residence during that tax year - this usually means if you spend more than 6 months in the country during the tax year. However you will only be issued a coordination number unless you intend to stay longer than a year. Skatteverket will not add you to the population register otherwise and without that you don't have a personnummer.

I am aware that it is possible to get vaccinated without a personnummer - I only said it's complicated. You can't use online services, 1177 staff is often confused what to do in regards to vaccination, etc. You usually need to contact vårdcentral and go through them, which itself is a pain as I simply don't need a healthcare in Sweden (yet, hopefully never during my short stay). If I were desperate to get vaccinated, I could push through. But I don't care enough. I would be willing to do it for the society if society made it easy for me.

Regarding the certificate, Sweden will not issue EU covid certificate to anyone without a personnummer. Computer says no. They are supposedly working on it but they won't even issue it even in a paper form for now. You only get some kind of a local paperwork that certifies your vaccination but that would be a pain to use abroad.

(There was a mistake in my previous post where I mistakenly put the word "personnummer" after "covid pass". Sorry about that, I fixed it now.)

Actually the quoted part of my post is entirely accurate as far as I know, but I will run it by a couple of lawyers who worked for Skatteverket.

There is a requirement to apply for tax registration with the Tax Agency in Sweden after being in Sweden for 6 months, and it can give either a PN or CN.