Secular Coming of Age Ceremony - Denmark

Denmark

The first civil confirmation in the Nordic countries was arranged in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1915 by "Association Against Church Confirmation". A few years later the organisation changed its name to "The Association for Civil Confirmation".

Civil confirmation became very common during the 1970s and are still common today in atheist families. They are also known as 'nonfirmations', but are rarely linked to any associations.

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