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Denmark is a Nordic nation in Northern Europe. Like other Nordic nations, the people abhor child circumcision. | Denmark is a Nordic nation in Northern Europe. Like other Nordic nations, the people abhor child circumcision. | ||
Denmark has taken the leading role in challenging the legitimacy of circumcision. In 2003, the country’s Children’s Ombudsman classified circumcision as a violation of children’s rights. In 2008, the National Children’s Council proposed a ban on circumcising all children under the age of fifteen, which would have made the Jewish brit mila a crime.<ref>{{REFjournal | |||
|url=http://www.thetower.org/article/the-scandal-of-scandinavia/ | |||
|title=The Scandal of Scandinavia | |||
|date=2013-04 | |||
|first=Liam | |||
|last=Hoare | |||
|journal=The Tower Magazine | |||
|accessdate=2020-12-25 | |||
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In 2013, children's ombudsmen from Sweden, Norway, [[Finland]], Denmark, and Iceland, along with the Chair of the Danish Children's Council and the children's spokesperson for Greenland, passed a resolution that emphasized the decision to be circumcised should belong to the individual, who should be able to give informed consent.<ref name="resolution2">{{REFweb | In 2013, children's ombudsmen from Sweden, Norway, [[Finland]], Denmark, and Iceland, along with the Chair of the Danish Children's Council and the children's spokesperson for Greenland, passed a resolution that emphasized the decision to be circumcised should belong to the individual, who should be able to give informed consent.<ref name="resolution2">{{REFweb | ||