News
This is a forum where we share news and insights from cities and partners in our alliance and update you on the work being done across the Nordic Region. The news include best practices shared by our member cities, new reports, initiatives, media stories and much more. We cast light on innovative approaches to current safety challenges and highlight the steps made towards making the Nordics a global pioneer region in preventing extremist violence, polarisation and hate.
Launch of Shalom Danmark
Nordic Safe Cities, Jødisk Informationscenter and partners will scope the amount of antisemitism in Denmark and invent preventative efforts to counter the issue. Antisemitism isn’t just a thing of the past. Unfortunately. It lingers on to this day, especially in the digital sphere where a tight connection between antisemitism and...
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Nordic Safe Cities Summit
Politicians, practitioners, professionals and thought-leaders gathered at our Nordic Safe Cities Summit. We aim to defend democracy from everything which threaten to tear it apart. We want to create strong and resilient communities with more inclusion. With more social cohesion. But we cannot do it on our own. We work...
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Paris Peace Forum awards us a Special Mention
We are really proud to have been awarded a Special Mention at the Paris Peace Forum. It is our Safe Digital City project which has received the Special Mention for our work of mapping the online hate in the cities of Malmö, Aalborg and Kristiansand. “Receiving this acknowledgement from the...
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Mapping of the online hate in Malmø
Nya tider kräver nya sätt att arbeta förebyggande. Förebyggande arbete behöver, för att kunna bli bra, systematisk förståelse för hur, var och varför det geografiskt och lokalt kopplade hatet bildas och sprids digitalt och hur kopplingarna ser ut mellan digitala händelser och händelser på den fysiska platsen. Det är det...
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The Nordic Safe Cities Alliance grows with the addition of Bodø
A new member city joins Nordic Safe City. The Municipality of Bodø becomes the 21th member of the alliance. The Norwegian contingent of member cities grows yet again in Nordic Safe Cities. “We are thrilled to welcome Bodø to our alliance and we can’t wait to get to work with...
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Here are the winners of the Nordic Pioneer Prize 2022
A social critic and artist advocating for more equality for all, a media entrepreneur bringing forward the voices of youth, an ‘intersectional feminist’ with strong debating skills and a ‘local hero’ who mobilizes youth – these are the winners of this year’s Nordic Pioneer Prize. The future belongs to the...
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Tromsø joins Nordic Safe Cities
The Norwegian municipality of Tromsø becomes the 20th member city of Nordic Safe City. Nordic Safe Cities welcomes the Norwegian municipality of Tromsø as a new member city. Tromsø becomes the 11th municipality from Norway in the Nordic Safe City alliance. “We’re absolutely delighted that the municipality of Tromsø has...
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10 Norwegian cities get together to strengthen local democracy
Nordic Safe Cities gathered our 10 Norwegian member cities to a conference in Oslo, where we discussed and shaped new ideas on how to strengthen local democracy and at the same time counter extremism, hate and polarization. On a late June evening a man shot and killed to people outside...
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Former Minister Karen Hækkerup appointed Chairwoman of the Board
The former danish social and integrations’ minister Karen Hækkerup will replace Magnus Ranstorp as the chair of the board of Nordic Safe Cities. Karen Hækkerup is the new chairwoman of the board of Nordic Safe Cities. 48 year old Hækkerup replaces Magnus Ranstorp, who will continue as vice chairman. Hækkerup...
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10 Nordic youths shortlisted for winning the Nordic Pioneer Prize 2022
Ten youths from across the Nordics have stood out from dozens of other applicants for this year’s Pioneer Prize for having showed impressive devotion to enhance the cohesion in their local community and create safer and more inclusive societies. The ten youths, who are no older than 25 years, are...
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Press release: These are the 10 projects of Trygg By Norge
As part of Trygg By Norge ten projects aim to enhance both the understanding and the appreciation of democratic values across Norway. The projects are funded by The Gjensidige Foundation. Trygg By Norge opens a new chapter today with the announcement of ten different projects across nine Norwegian cities. The...
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How the war in Ukraine affects safety and security in our member cities
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is causing implications for safety and security across Europe, including the Nordics. To have an ongoing understanding of the challenges that our member cities are facing, we asked them to share both their experiences with the incoming refugees and learnings so far, as well as...
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