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  Ten shortlisted youths still have the chance to be rewarded for their local efforts to create more safe and inclusive societies by winning the newly launched Pioneer Prize, an initiative by the non-profit organisation Nordic Safe Cities. The Prize consists of a scholarship of 25.000 DKK and will be...

The time has come for municipalities to create a safe digital city and conversation – and themselves act, prevent and counteract hatred, extremism and racism online.       WE CAN CREATE A SAFE DIGITAL CITY Together with Malmö municipality, we have set out to create a safe digital city....

Take a look back at 2020 with Nordic Safe Cities   https://nordicsafecities.org/wp-content/uploads/NSC-highl-preview.01a.mp4     United to stay safe  2020 has been a year that has been more turbulent than any of us had predicted, but which also showed us that we can stand together in the fight against polarization and...

Take a look Inside the Nordic Safe Cities Alliance   This morning, the Nordic Safe Cities Alliance hosted a session for prospective and potential member cities. In the recording of the session, you have the opportunity to hear from leading professionals and experts on emerging areas to prevent extremism, get...

  The corona virus has ravaged the world, and when societies are in crisis, global extremist movements come to life. Everything suggests that right-wing extremist and Islamist organizations will emerge stronger from the crisis.   Foto: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix.   EXTREMISM SPREADS LIKE WILDFIRE Millions of people worldwide have lost...

Strengthened Nordic co-operation is needed to combat extremism   The Danish right-wing extremist Rasmus Paludan’s provocative demonstrations in Sweden are perhaps the clearest example that extremism does not stop at the border. To prevent extremism, we need to cooperate across national and municipal borders and share successful experiences, write Nordic...

Dear Members, Partners, and Friends We are approaching summer after a spring that has been very different and more turbulent than any of us could have predicted. Some cities are currently hit harder than others, and all cities have adjusted their priorities accordingly to respond to the health crisis at hand. Although the coronavirus...

Anja Dalgaard-Nielsen, director of the Institute for Strategy at the Royal Danish Defence College and renowned international scholar of terrorism, is appointed new chairwomen of Nordic Safe Cities. Anja Dalgaard-Nielsen is the previous head of department in the Danish Security and Intelligence Service, where she helped outline the Danish strategy...

There are reasons to be concerned as extremist groups are leveraging their online activity during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. This week Nordic Safe Cities gathered 18 member cities to discuss how Covid-19 might accelerate radicalization through misinformation and hate propaganda. Within this context, there are particularly three trends that are...