# Denmark’s supreme court to assess housing policy’s use of ethnicity

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/denmarks-top-court-to-rule-on-parallel-societies-after-non-western-people-evicted/
- Published: 2026-11-06T10:00:49+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T10:26:33+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/06/denmarks-top-court-to-rule-on-parallel-societies-after-non-western-people-evicted
- Topics: Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Denmark’s top court is reviewing ethnicity classifications in housing policy.
- The law has forced more than 1,000 people to move.
- The ruling could affect other challenges and residents’ chances of returning.

## Summary

Denmark’s supreme court is considering whether the government’s use of the category “non-western” in housing policy falls under racial discrimination law. Residents evicted from Nøjsomhed-Sydvej in Helsingør argue their background was used to reduce the number of people classified as non-western and prevent the area being designated a “ghetto”; the government says the policy is unrelated to ethnicity. The decision could shape other legal challenges to the policy.

The law requires housing associations to reduce not-for-profit housing by 40% in affected areas by 2030, through measures including sales, demolitions and lease terminations. More than 1,000 people have been forced to move, and the European court of justice ruled in December that the legislation may be unlawful. The Nøjsomhed-Sydvej hearing could establish whether “non-western” background is covered by discrimination law; residents there may return if they win, while homes in the separate Mjølnerparken case have already been sold.

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