Your wedding bouquet in Copenhagen: seasonal flowers, styles and planning

How do you get a wedding bouquet in Copenhagen?

Order your wedding bouquet in Copenhagen from a local florist and ask for delivery to your hotel or apartment on the wedding morning. This is how most of our couples do it: the flowers arrive fresh, they have never been through an airport, and the florist can adjust the design to what the market has that week.

You can find and brief a florist yourself, or let us do it. Flowers, décor, cake and seating are all part of the reception and celebration planning we offer, and we know which florists work well with couples who are planning from abroad. Either way, the process is the same: share your ideas, agree on a style and a colour palette, confirm the delivery time and address, and leave the rest to the florist.

Since a civil ceremony at Copenhagen City Hall lasts only around fifteen minutes, your bouquet does more work in the photos than in the ceremony itself. That is worth keeping in mind when you choose size, colours and shape.

Which wedding flowers are in season in Denmark?

Each Danish season has its own flowers, and choosing what is naturally available gives your bouquet a fresh, local feel. Florists also import flowers all year, so almost anything is possible, but seasonal stems are often at their best and fit the light and landscape around you.

Availability changes from year to year with the weather, so treat this as a starting point. Your florist will tell you what is looking good in the weeks before your date. If you are still choosing when to travel, our guide to the best time of year to get married in Denmark looks at light, weather and crowds month by month.

Can you bring wedding flowers from home to Denmark?

We advise against flying fresh flowers to Denmark. Cut flowers wilt in a warm cabin, get crushed in luggage, and plant health rules can apply when you bring plant material into the European Union from outside it. Those rules change and depend on where you travel from, so it is rarely worth the risk for something a local florist can make fresh on the day.

If a particular flower has personal meaning, such as a bloom from a family garden or a flower from your home country, there are better ways to include it:

• Ask your Copenhagen florist to source the same variety, or the closest match available.
• Wrap the stems with a ribbon, a piece of lace or fabric from a family dress.
• Bring a small silk or dried version as a keepsake pinned inside the bouquet.
• Tie on a small charm or locket holding a photo of someone you miss.

Before you pack anything made from plants, check the current rules with your airline and the authorities of the countries involved. Packing tips for the rest of your wedding items are in our article on flying to Denmark with your wedding dress and suit.

Which bouquet style suits a civil ceremony?

A compact, hand-tied bouquet suits most civil ceremonies best. During the ceremony you hold hands, perhaps exchange rings, and sign the register with your two witnesses, so you will need to put the bouquet down or pass it to someone more than once. A bouquet you can hold comfortably in one hand makes all of that easier.

Popular styles and how they work on the day

Think about colour too. Strong colours like deep red, orange or plum stand out beautifully against the red brick and stone of Copenhagen, while pale pinks, creams and whites echo the soft Nordic light. Look at the wedding inspiration gallery to see how different bouquets look against the city's backdrops.

Flowers at Copenhagen City Hall and outdoor ceremonies

Flowers are welcome at Copenhagen City Hall, but confetti and rice are not. The building and its wedding hall are richly decorated already, with carved details and painted ceilings, so you do not need to decorate the room. Your bouquet, buttonholes and perhaps a flower in the hair are all you need for the ceremony.

If you have planned a petal toss for when you walk out, ask us first. Rules about what may be thrown differ from place to place, and we will suggest where it can happen without causing trouble for the next couple or the cleaning staff. Bubbles, ribbon wands and a simple round of applause work in many places where confetti does not.

Outdoor ceremonies

For an open-air ceremony, choose a bouquet with a little weight and stems that are wrapped firmly, because a Scandinavian breeze can catch light, airy designs. Flowers that cope with sun and wind, such as roses, hydrangeas in cooler weather and sturdy wild flowers, last longer outdoors than delicate stems like sweet peas on a hot day.

Read our full Copenhagen City Hall venue guide for what to bring on the day and how the ceremony unfolds.

Buttonholes, hair flowers and other small touches

Small flowers for the rest of your party bring the photos together without adding much cost or effort. They are usually made from the same flowers as the bouquet, so the florist can prepare everything in one order.

• Buttonholes for the groom, for a partner in a suit and for witnesses, attached with a pin or a magnet so the fabric is not damaged.
• Wrist corsages for parents or close family who travel with you.
• A flower crown or a few wired blooms in the hair, coordinated with your hair and makeup artist.
• A tiny bunch for a child or a dog, if they are joining you for the walk afterwards.
• A matching flower on your ring box or tied to the pocket of the person carrying the rings.

Fresh flowers in the hair should be wired and chosen for staying power. Our guide to bridal hair and makeup in Copenhagen covers how to combine flowers with veils and updos that hold up in the wind. Our team’s favourite for makeup and hair on the day is Nordic Makeup Artist.

Flowers for your wedding dinner or reception

Keep table flowers low and simple so guests can see and talk to each other. Low bowls, bud vases with single stems and candles create a warm, relaxed table that suits the Danish style of celebrating, where long dinners and speeches are part of the evening.

For a dinner for two, a small arrangement that matches your bouquet is enough. For a group, florists often suggest one central long arrangement or a row of small vases along a long table. Seasonal greenery, such as spruce in winter or grasses in late summer, fills out arrangements beautifully and keeps them from looking overdone.

Ideas for where and how to celebrate are in our article on ways to celebrate after your ceremony in Copenhagen, and the Scandinavian wedding style guide shows how to keep the look simple, natural and calm.

Planning timeline for your wedding flowers

Flowers are one of the last details to confirm, but you should start thinking about them early. Here is how we usually plan them with our couples.

1. Collect a handful of images you love and note the colours of your outfits.
2. Once your date is confirmed, ask us to contact a florist or brief the florist yourself.
3. Agree a style, a colour palette and a budget, and decide which extras you need, such as buttonholes or table flowers.
4. About two weeks before, confirm the final list, the delivery address and the time.
5. On the wedding morning, the flowers arrive at your hotel. Keep them in water and out of direct sun until you leave.
6. After the ceremony, give the bouquet to someone you trust while you walk, eat or ride a canal boat.

What can you do with your bouquet after the wedding?

Most couples enjoy their bouquet for the rest of the trip and then keep a memory of it. A few simple options work even when you are flying home soon after the wedding.

• Photograph it in good light the day after, on the hotel table or by a window.
• Hang it upside down in a dry room to dry, then keep a few stems.
• Press a flower or two between the pages of a heavy book.
• Leave it at a place that means something to you, or give it to someone who helped you.

Dried flowers may also be covered by plant rules in your home country, so check before you pack them. Pressed petals inside a frame or a card are usually the lightest and easiest to take home. For your photos, our team’s favourite is Sla Karvounis Photography.

Let us arrange the flowers for your Copenhagen wedding

Once your date is confirmed, we can brief a florist, coordinate delivery and fit the flowers into the rest of your day, from the hotel to City Hall and on to dinner. You just choose the style you love.

See what each option includes on our packages and prices page, or get in touch with your nationalities and preferred dates. We reply with a free personal document checklist within 24 hours, so the legal side is moving while you think about flowers.