Danes Worldwide

Its activities include educational programmes, local networking around the world, and participation in the public debate on matters relevant its members.

Chairman Jørgen Saxild launched an almost ten-year aid programme ranging from financial support to a social service for those who lost everything.

After the war, in 1949, the association acquired its own building, a property in the diplomatic quarter of the Østerbro district of Copenhagen, which served both as an office and a meeting place for Danes who returned home.

In 1998, Dansk Samvirke changed its name to Danes Worldwide and acquired a new logo, a "Danish globe" designed by Piet Hein.

Since 1990, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Danes Worldwide has been running a programme for distance learning for children aged 6–17 to supplement their local schooling.

Handed out at the annual Kronborg Meeting, it honours a Dane who has made a special contribution to putting Denmark on the world map.