Denmark Updates Skilled Worker List and Reports Education and Housing Trends

The Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration published a new Positive List. This list covers work permits for highly educated and skilled workers. It applies from July 1st until December 31st. The higher education list contains 41 job titles. The skilled workers list includes 47 job titles.

Denmark is also seeing changes in higher education applications. Total applications dropped slightly to 93,388 people this year. Key welfare professions saw declines between 3 and 8 percent. These include teaching, pedagogy, social work, and nursing. IT applications fell by 6 percent. Denmark expects a shortage of 22,000 IT graduates by 2030.

In government news, Transport Minister Signe Munk stepped down temporarily. She took medical leave due to stress. King Frederik appointed Karina Lorentzen Dehnhardt to assume the portfolio. This highlights Danish public workplace rules on stress leave.

Housing data shows 766 foreclosures in the first half of the year. According to Danmarks Statistik, this is the lowest level in 14 years. Strong home sales across municipalities helped drive this decline.