# Denmark Social Connection Policy

**Type:** National health policy program
**Established:** 2014
**Country:** Denmark
**Budget:** $145M USD (2014-2025)

## Overview

Denmark's national social connection policy represents one of the most financially substantial loneliness interventions globally, with $145M USD committed over an 11-year period (2014-2025). The program includes a detailed initiative framework with 80+ additional initiatives requiring new funding.

## Timeline

- **2014** — Program launched with $145M USD budget through 2025
- **2025** — Identified by OECD as one of 8 nations with formal national social connection policies; outcome evaluation pending

## Program Components

- Public awareness campaigns
- Stigma reduction initiatives
- Research funding
- Lived-experience involvement
- Cross-sectoral collaboration
- Evidence building

## Evaluation Status

As of 2025, OECD reports it is 'too early to determine' policy effectiveness, with no comparative effectiveness data available across the 8 nations with formal policies.