The Danish government has unveiled a new and significantly strengthened action plan against antisemitism, which will run from 2026 to 2029.
The plan introduces 17 targeted measures designed to improve the conditions of Jews in Denmark and reinforce the country’s tradition of social cohesion. A total budget of DKK 120 million has been allocated toward 2030 to implement these initiatives.
Among the new measures is the creation of a dedicated antisemitism coordinator for the school and youth education sector. This coordinator will work to bring knowledge about antisemitism and Jewish life into schools and educational institutions across Denmark, ensuring that young people receive relevant and accurate education.
The Jewish Community in Denmark described the initiative as “a helping hand to Danish-Jewish life and to a broader societal cohesion”. The community stressed that the plan is important not only for Jewish citizens but for Denmark as a whole, as it supports the country’s heritage of trust, inclusivity, and communal strength.
Ina Rosen, Chair of the Jewish Community in Denmark, welcomed the plan and emphasised the urgency of addressing rising antisemitism. She noted that “the increase in antisemitism is not only an attack on Jewish citizens, but a democratic warning sign.” According to Rosen, antisemitism functions as “a weapon for many forms of totalitarian thinking, all of which, through ignorance, prejudice and conspiratorial thinking, seek to undermine trust in core values and democratic institutions.” She added that, in a society such as Denmark, “which is based on a high degree of trust, it is timely and prudent to address this in an era of increased polarisation and antisemitism.”
Rosen highlighted the importance of funding allocated to the Jewish Information Centre—which works extensively with schools and youth education—and to the Jewish Culture Festival. These initiatives, she said, support a wider narrative essential to Denmark: more than 400 years of successful Jewish integration and Denmark’s record of standing on the right side of history during decisive moments.
She explained: “This is a story that Denmark as a whole can be proud of, and for all minorities—not only the Jewish community—it offers hope and a tangible picture of what kind of society Denmark has been, is, and should aspire to be in the future.” Preserving this history, she stressed, is an important educational task, but “as a very small minority, we cannot solve it alone.” In her view, the long-term fight against antisemitism must be conducted “through education, information and ordinary encounters between people.” The new action plan, she said, “provides a solid foundation for this.”
However, Rosen cautioned that the plan will not eliminate antisemitism immediately. She emphasised the continued need for security measures, stating: “It is a basic condition for us even to be here that security is in place. No one more than us wishes that it were unnecessary. But it is.” She added that parts of Jewish life in Denmark will, “for the foreseeable future, remain behind fences and walls,” but expressed hope that the new measures will help ensure “that the fences and walls do not grow so large that Jewish life behind them becomes suffocated.”
The seriousness of antisemitism in Denmark, Rosen noted, has been highlighted by concrete cases and studies from the Danish Institute for Human Rights, the Centre for Terror Analysis, the City of Copenhagen, Nordic Safe Cities, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, and the Jewish Community’s own reporting on antisemitic incidents in recent years.
The strengthened action plan represents a significant step in Denmark’s efforts to confront antisemitism and uphold the values of trust, inclusivity, and democratic resilience that have long defined Danish society.
