Latest society & culture news and updates from Denmark in English.
Den Sønderjyske Motorvej E45 is closed southbound at the Kliplev exit after a fire in a pig transport. The Sønderborgmotorvejen is also shut, and police are directing drivers to alternative routes.
Five men acquitted of attempted murder after being sentenced to life in the district court have been awarded 9,537,443.44 kroner in compensation for unjustified pre-trial detention by Retten i Glostrup. Individual awards range from 1,436,900 to 2,443,043.44 kroner, with process interest expected to add roughly three million kroner.
The average grade in Danish A-level at stx fell from 6.8 to 6.2 from 2018 to 2026. Education Minister Magnus Heunicke says the figures worry him and warns that AI can become a shortcut around writing and analysis. This year's graduates are the first cohort with access to generative AI throughout upper secondary school.
An elderly man is believed to have become unwell at the wheel before a head-on crash on Frederiksborgvej at Veddelev on Thursday morning. A younger woman in the other car was taken to hospital with injuries police say are not life-threatening, while the man was driven to hospital with a police escort.
Region Hovedstaden has told Sundhedsstyrelsen that only one surgeon at Rigshospitalet can perform 182 pancreatic cancer operations a year. Patient support director Pernille Slebsager calls the situation strongly concerning and too vulnerable.
A new Epinion survey for DR's Ultra Nyt finds that four out of ten Danish children aged 9 to 14 don't want to do military service. More than one in three girls say they would feel bad about serving, as conscription was extended from 4 to 11 months this year. A child psychology lecturer links the fear to how adults talk about war.
A 30-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman from North Jutland have been remanded in custody for four weeks in Holstebro. Police arrested them after reports of fake bank couriers and suspected fraud against elderly citizens totaling about 600,000 kroner.
Trafikstyrelsen has approved the new international airport in Ilulissat in western Greenland. The first Air Greenland Airbus from Copenhagen is scheduled to land at 14:40 Danish time on Thursday. The new 2.2-kilometre runway can receive larger aircraft, and direct flights from Copenhagen will initially run once a week.
Students in Odense Municipality's 9th grades will answer a questionnaire about their views on homosexuality after the Children and Youth Committee adopted a Venstre proposal. School leaders and Lambda question whether a new survey is needed and point to a VIVE survey from two years ago.
A 65-year-old man has been remanded in custody for four weeks at Randers Court over incest, rape and indecency against his daughter. He was arrested on Tuesday after new information emerged in a TV 2 programme in which his three daughters appear. He denies the charges.
A 28-year-old man was sentenced to detention in Herning for raping a female acquaintance and filming the act in Ikast in 2022. Danish courts also remanded two Romanian burglary suspects until 10 November and jailed a 27-year-old from Horsens for a year for drug sales.
Copenhagen Airport received an order from the Danish transport authority on 6 October that led to extra security control measures. The airport now says the measures were in force from 8 October and again on 22 and 23 October, when passengers faced long waits of up to an hour.
An 81-year-old motorcyclist died on Wednesday after a crash with a regional bus at the intersection of Mejlbyvej and Guldbjergvang east of Mejlby. Police investigated the scene with a car inspector, and Midttrafik says four bus passengers were offered crisis help.
A 45-year-old man has been remanded in custody for four weeks at the court in Viborg, charged with possessing about 1 kg of amphetamine, a sawn-off shotgun and Bandidos clothing. Two other drug cases at the same court ended in prison sentences.
A motorcyclist died after a crash with a bus at Mejlbyvej and Guldbjergvang in Mejlby, Østjyllands Politi said. At Copenhagen Airport, a power outage and fog halted air traffic for about half an hour. Police also warn that scammers are reading death announcements to target grieving elderly people by phone.
A 46-year-old man has been remanded in custody until 24 November, charged with violating Denmark's immigration law after staying in the country illegally for 11 years. Police arrested him at his workplace in Lyngby after an investigation with Portuguese authorities into fraudulently obtained citizenship.
The Frederikshavn motorway reopened after police work at Flauenskjold. Air traffic over Copenhagen Airport was halted for half an hour due to a power outage and fog, and NSK warned that scammers target grieving elderly people through death announcements.
Copenhagen Police fined 99 cyclists at roadworks on Nordre Fasanvej for not walking their bikes on the opposite pavement. The fine is 1,000 kr. Officers also fined 20 cyclists at Dronning Louises Bro and three drivers for phone use.
Copenhagen police found about 400 grams of cocaine, 450 grams of ketamine and nearly 50,000 kroner in cash when they arrested four Albanian men on Amager. A 46-year-old man also faces court over fraudulently obtained Portuguese citizenship, and traffic controls brought dozens of fines.
Danish police warn that criminals are using online death announcements to find and scam grieving elderly people. Meanwhile, a traffic accident in Taastrup closed roads, and Copenhagen Airport briefly halted flights due to a power outage and fog.
A suspect in a major telephone fraud case targeting elderly people has been charged with seeking to gain 73.6 million kroner, Copenhagen City Court heard on Wednesday. Prosecutors want him remanded in absentia so a European arrest warrant can be issued.
Denmark’s parliamentary Social Committee has agreed to investigate removing statutes of limitations in cases where children were subjected to authority failures. Two men adopted from India in 1979 welcomed the move, but one said he wants to see it passed into law before celebrating.
Denmark's NSK warns that scammers are calling grieving elderly people and pretending to be from Udbetaling Danmark. The criminals use death notices to appear credible and ask for card details and MitID approval. In a separate case, Copenhagen Police arrested a 46-year-old man for staying illegally in Denmark for 11 years.
A 65-year-old man faces a custody hearing at Randers District Court, charged with rape, incest and indecent conduct against his daughter between 2012 and 2014. The case was reopened after new information linked to recordings for a TV programme. A 26-year-old man also appears at Aarhus District Court over burglary charges.