{"id":125829,"date":"2015-03-10T09:15:32","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T16:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=125829"},"modified":"2015-03-10T09:15:32","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T16:15:32","slug":"major-danish-swimming-learn-to-swim-campaign-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/major-danish-swimming-learn-to-swim-campaign-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Danish Swimming Learn to Swim Campaign Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Rokur Jakupsstovu, Swimming World Scandinavian correspondent<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Danish Swimming Federation today launched a major Learn to Swim program after announcing the results of a nationwide survey, revealing among other things that despite of 91% of adult Danes saying that swimming ability is\u00a0<em>important<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>highly important<\/em>, every third adult and half of kids aged 7-14 cannot complete 200 meters, \u00a0which is the Nordic definition of swimming ability.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; We have known for a long time that a part of the population cannot swim, and now it is also confirmed by a major survey that shows that a lot of Danes &#8211; adult as well as children &#8211; do not have the necessary swimming skills, says director of the Danish Swimming Federation, Pia Holmen.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_125836\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/pia-holmen-holder-talemax.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125836\" data-attachment-id=\"125836\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hkh-kronprinsesse-mary-dansk-svommeunion-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/pia-holmen-holder-talemax.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2367,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Michael Vieno&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1425907489&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Michael Vien\\u00f8 samt Dansk Sv\\u00f8mmeunion&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;HKH Kronprinsesse Mary, Dansk Sv\\u00f8mmeunion&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pia-holmen-holder-talemax\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;pia-holmen-holder-talemax HKH Kronprinsesse Mary, Dansk Sv\u00f8mmeunion, Kildeskovhallen, B\u00f8rn, Sv\u00f8mning, undervisning&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Michael Vieno&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/pia-holmen-holder-talemax-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/pia-holmen-holder-talemax-1024x692.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-125836\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/pia-holmen-holder-talemax-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"pia-holmen-holder-talemax\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-125836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Michael Vieno<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Even with a decreasing number of fatal drownings, the most recent drowning statistics revealed 57 fatal drownings in 2012, making drowning a still significant cause of accident-related death. The Danes see a clear relationship between drowning accidents and lack of swimming skills, and every fifth Danes says that he or she has had a near-drowning incident.<\/p>\n<p>The Danish Swimming Federation is therefore launching a major learn-to-swim campaign named \u2018Everyone must learn how to swim\u2019, together with Danish insurance foundation\u00a0TrygFonden, the Danish Sports Federation, University of Southern Denmark, and others.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_125835\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kronprinsesse-mary-talermedbrnmax.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125835\" data-attachment-id=\"125835\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hkh-kronprinsesse-mary-dansk-svommeunion-2\/\" 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who start later.<\/p>\n<p>See the campaign landing page\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allesv\u00f8mmer.dk\" target=\"_blank\">www.allesv\u00f8mmer.dk<\/a>\u00a0and the full press release (in Danish)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.svoem.org\/Aktuelt\/Nyheder\/Nyhed\/?id=5751\" target=\"_blank\">here on svoem.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rokur Jakupsstovu, Swimming World Scandinavian correspondent The Danish Swimming Federation today launched a major Learn to Swim program after announcing the results of a nationwide survey, revealing among 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