diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index 5cccca9d0..e469b5180 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Committers
 * Alec Koumjian
 * Artur Sadurski
 * Artur Gaspar
+* Benjamin Bach
 * Claudio Salazar
 * Cesar Flores
 * Elias Dorneles
diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 3a7a65147..e03ef4cb1 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ x.x.x (xxxx-xx-xx)
 ------------------
 New features:
 
+* Danish language support.
 * Japanese language support.
 
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index ce593aa76..f8b92b1e9 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ Supported languages
 * Belarusian
 * Chinese
 * Czech
+* Danish
 * Dutch
 * English
 * Tagalog/Filipino
diff --git a/data/languagefiles/da.yaml b/data/languagefiles/da.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32ca72ecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/languagefiles/da.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+name: Danish
+
+skip: ["kl", "kl.", "cirka", "d."]
+
+monday:
+    - Mandag
+    - Man
+tuesday:
+    - Tirsdag
+    - Tir
+wednesday:
+    - Onsdag
+    - Ons
+thursday:
+    - Torsdag
+    - Tor
+friday:
+    - Fredag
+    - Fre
+saturday:
+    - Lørdag
+    - Lør
+sunday:
+    - Søndag
+    - Søn
+
+january:
+    - Jan
+    - Januar
+february:
+    - Feb
+    - Februar
+march:
+    - Marts
+    - Mar
+april:
+    - April
+    - Apr
+may:
+    - Maj
+june:
+    - Juni
+    - Jun
+july:
+    - Juli
+    - Jul
+august:
+    - August
+    - Aug
+september:
+    - September
+    - Sept
+    - Sep
+october:
+    - Oktober
+    - Okt
+november:
+    - November
+    - Nov
+december:
+    - December
+    - Dec
+
+year:
+    - år
+month:
+    - måned
+    - måneder
+week:
+    - uge
+    - uger
+day:
+    - dag
+    - dage
+hour:
+    - time
+    - timer
+minute:
+    - minut
+    - minutter
+    - min
+second:
+    - sekund
+    - sekunder
+    - sek
+
+ago:
+    - siden
+
+simplifications:
+    - i går: 1 dag
+    - i dag: 0 dage
+    - en: 1
+    - for (\d+)\s*h: for \1 timer
+    - for (\d+)\s*m: for \1 minutter
+    - for (\d+)\s*s: for \1 sekunder
+    - en: 1
+    - et: 1
+    - (\d+)\s*hr(s?): \1 time\2
+    - (\d+)\s*min(s?): \1 minut\2
+    - (\d+)\s*sec(s?): \1 sekund\2
+    - middag: '12:00'
+    - midnat: '00:00'
+    - (\d+)h(\d+)m?: \1:\2
+    - mindre end 1 minut siden: 45 seconds
+    - nu: 0 sekunder
+    - sidste (uge|måned|år): 1 \1
+
diff --git a/data/languages.yaml b/data/languages.yaml
index dce48a143..d2c0e3f16 100644
--- a/data/languages.yaml
+++ b/data/languages.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ base:
 ar: !include languagefiles/ar.yaml
 be: !include languagefiles/be.yaml
 cs: !include languagefiles/cs.yaml
+da: !include languagefiles/da.yaml
 de: !include languagefiles/de.yaml
 en: !include languagefiles/en.yaml
 es: !include languagefiles/es.yaml
diff --git a/tests/test_languages.py b/tests/test_languages.py
index 14ecc4564..b9f79d8a0 100644
--- a/tests/test_languages.py
+++ b/tests/test_languages.py
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ def setUp(self):
         param('en', "28 Oct 2014 16:39:01 +0000", "28 october 2014 16:39:01 +0000"),
         param('es', "13 Febrero 2015 a las 23:00", "13 february 2015  23:00"),
 
+        # Danish
+        param('da', "Sep 03 2014", "september 03 2014"),
+        param('da', "fredag, 03 september 2014", "friday 03 september 2014"),
+        param('da', "fredag d. 3 september 2014", "friday  3 september 2014"),
+
         # Finnish
         param('fi', "maanantai tammikuu 16, 2015", "monday january 16 2015"),
         param('fi', "ma tammi 16, 2015", "monday january 16 2015"),
@@ -193,6 +198,11 @@ def test_translation(self, shortname, datetime_string, expected_translation):
         param('zh', "50 秒", "50 second"),
         param('zh', "7 周", "7 week"),
         param('zh', "12 年", "12 year"),
+        # Danish
+        param('da', "i går", "1 day"),
+        param('da', "i dag", "0 day"),
+        param('da', "sidste måned", "1 month"),
+        param('da', "mindre end et minut siden", "45  seconds"),
         # Dutch
         param('nl', "17 uur geleden", "17 hour ago"),
         param('nl', "27 jaar geleden", "27 year ago"),
@@ -347,6 +357,7 @@ def test_split(self, shortname, datetime_string, expected_tokens):
         param('en', "#@Sept#04#2014", strip_timezone=False),
         param('en', "2014-12-13T00:11:00Z", strip_timezone=False),
         param('de', "Donnerstag, 8. Januar 2015 um 07:17", strip_timezone=False),
+        param('da', "Torsdag, 8. januar 2015 kl. 07:17", strip_timezone=False),
         param('ru', "8 января 2015 г. в 9:10", strip_timezone=False),
         param('cs', "Pondělí v 22:29", strip_timezone=False),
         param('nl', "woensdag 7 januari om 21:32", strip_timezone=False),