Belief systems

Ensuring equal treatment for the different religious communities in Norden is challenging.

’Christian cultural heritage’ is widely discussed in public debates in Denmark and Norway, and often in polarising political discussions on…

International research has highlighted intermarriage as a key issue for Jewish communities and other minorities globally, particularly as it is clear…

Schools and TV programmes are important in shaping children and communities. In the Nordic countries, schools and broadcasters are frequently tasked…

Christmas is the most important celebration of the year in the Nordic countries, but it is celebrated in a way that goes beyond its original Christian…

Despite the public debate since 1980s presenting Islam in Denmark as a new phenomenon, it has for centuries played a central role as ‘the other’ when…

The church as a social caretaker became less common throughout the 20th century as the Nordic welfare state increasingly took over this task. Churches…