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Denmark is a Nordic nation in Northern Europe. Like other Nordic nations, the people abhor child circumcision. 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 |last=Nordic Association of Children's Ombudsmen |title=Let the boys decide for themselves |url=https://archive.crin.org/en/docs/English-statement-.pdf |date=2013-09-30 |accessdate=2019-11-03}}[] Tuesday, 1 October 2013</ref> The Nordic Association of Clinical Sexologists (2013) supports the position of the Nordic Association of Ombudsmen who reason that circumcision violates the individual's human rights by denying the male child his ability to make the decision for himself.<ref>[http://nacs.eu/data/press_release001.pdf Statement on Non-Therapeutic Circumcision of Boys.]. Nordic Association of Clinical Sexologists, Helsinki, 10 October 2013.</ref> The medical doctors at Sørland Hospital in Kristiansand, Southern Norway have all refused to perform circumcisions on boys, citing reasons of conscience.<ref>{{REFnews |first=Solrun F. |last=Faull |title=Hospital doctors in Southern Norway will not circumcise boys |url=http://norwaytoday.info/news/hospital-doctors-southern-norway-will-not-circumcise-boys/ |work=Norway Today |date=2016-08-30}}</ref> One report indicates that six Danish political parties favor a ban on non-therapeutic child circumcision.<ref name="copenhagenpost2020">{{REFnews
|title=Denmark refuses to ban the ritual circumcision of boys
|url=http://cphpost.dk/?p=118305