Tour d’horizon du modèle identitaire du Danemark
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Le Danemark, bien que dirigé aujourd’hui par une coalition de gauche, est en train de montrer au monde…

Denmark could be an example of a miraculous rise in the Aboriginal birth rate in a Western country. While the fertility rate was very low in the 1980s, at the time of the arrival of most waves of immigration, strong birth rate policies were put in place by successive governments, making it possible to raise the birth rate at a threshold close to that of renewal.

  • Denmark has shown an impressive rise in the birth rate since the 1980s. While the country stagnated at a fertility rate of 1.38 in 1983, Denmark has made an impressive rise in its birth rate to reach 1.85 in 2022 This fertility rate is stabilized around 1.8 in 2022.

  • This rise is above all due to the native birth rate, the extra-European birth rate having dropped very sharply over the past forty years to reach the national average. In the Danish statistics, it can be seen that there is no significant difference between the total fertility rate and the fertility rate excluding immigration. In Denmark, the overall fertility rate is not significantly increased by the foreign birth rate.

As we have seen, the rise in the Danish birth rate is particularly spectacular. Like France, Denmark provides many aids to stimulate the birth rate. One can thus find in Denmark extended parental leave and social allowances. If parental leave in Denmark goes up to 24 months for each of the two parents, with the possibility of converting this rest period into financial assistance, the two social systems tend to be equal. In 2013, France and Denmark both spent around 3.5% of their GDP on family policy.

The difference between the autochthonous birth rate of the two countries is not really at the level of state action but at the level of Danish culture. This cultural difference can be expressed in different ways:

  • A sex education policy at school centered on a positive image of the birth rate , with the objective, without going back on women’s rights, of reducing the number of abortions which still constitute 21% of potential births.
  • Greater acceptance of assisted reproduction, with 8-10% of Danish babies being born with these technologies , even making Denmark a preferred destination for Europeans in need of children. This greater acceptance translates into access to more effective methods, such as the more massive use of egg freezing technology for active women, a preventive method giving better results than fertility treatments. .
  • But the most fundamental remains the positive image of the birth rate in the public debate. First of all, in Danish culture, a large family is seen as a sign of external wealth and good social status, which is a major difference with French culture which sees it more as a sign of poverty and low status. . The Danish professional world is more tolerant about the balance between professional obligation and parental obligation. Moreover, what seems to have had the most impact is the positive image of the birth rate in the media, with for example an advertising spot produced by the airline Spies Rejser travel, which caused a small upturn in the birth rate in the years 2015. The idea was simple: Danish children are statistically more conceived during travel. The commercials were educational, humorous, and boasted a positive image of the birth rate. Using advertising to encourage people to have children has really worked.