Is prostitution legal in Greenland?
Illegal
Selling sex is explicitly stated to be illegal in Greenland.
Greenland is one of 101 countries classified “Illegal” for sex work — 46% of the 219 with data. (Also searched as prostitution.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Prostitution in the Americas
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Iceland
- Buying illegal (Nordic model) Buying sex is a crime, but selling sex is not criminalized.
- Faroe Islands
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is lawful under Danish jurisdiction, though no organized prostitution is evidenced.
- Norway
- Buying illegal (Nordic model) Buying sex is criminalized while selling sex is not, fitting the Nordic model definition.
- Sweden
- Buying illegal (Nordic model) The law criminalizes the purchase of sex but not the act of selling it.
- Finland
- Decriminalized / unregulated Selling sex is legal, but organized prostitution and buying sex linked to trafficking are illegal.
- Canada
- Buying illegal (Nordic model) Buying sex is illegal under the Swedish approach, while selling is not criminalized.
Other laws in Greenland
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Marriage legal
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Joint adoption legal
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.