Facebook Twitter Instagram
    Swimmer's Daily
    • Home
    • Blog
    • Timeline
    • Tags
    • Sitemap
    • About
    • Contact
    Facebook Twitter YouTube Tumblr
    Swimmer's Daily
    Home»Organization»Danes find half of kids can’t swim, launch major learn-to-swim campaign
    Organization

    Danes find half of kids can’t swim, launch major learn-to-swim campaign

    rokurBy rokurMarch 9, 2015Updated:March 9, 2015No Comments2 Mins Read
    Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
    HRH Crown Princess Mary, patron of Danish Swimming, gives a speech at the launch event in Kildeskovshallen.
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email

    The Danish Swimming Federation today announced the results of a nationwide survey, revealing among other things that despite of 91% of adult Danes saying that swimming ability is important or highly important, every third adult and half of kids aged 7-14 cannot complete 200 meters,  which is the Nordic definition of swimming ability.

    – 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 – adult as well as children – do not have the necessary swimming skills, says director of the Danish Swimming Federation, Pia Holmen.

    Danish Swimming Federation director, Pia Holmen, gives a speech at the launch event in Kildeskovshallen
    Danish Swimming Federation director, Pia Holmen, gives a speech at the launch event in Kildeskovshallen.

    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.

    The Danish Swimming Federation is therefore launching a major learn-to-swim campaign named ‘Everyone must learn how to swim’, together with Danish insurance foundation TrygFonden, the Danish Sports Federation, University of Southern Denmark, and others.

    HRH Crown Princess Mary, patron of Danish Swimming, greets children during swim lesson in Kildeskovshallen.
    HRH Crown Princess Mary, patron of Danish Swimming, greets children during swim lesson in Kildeskovshallen.

    It will run for three years, examining among other things if it helps to move the start of school swim lessons to a younger age than the normal 4th or 5th grade, as early analyzes of the survey indicate that kids who learn to swim at an early age become better and safer swimmers than those who start later.

    See the campaign landing page www.allesvømmer.dk and the full press release (in Danish) here on svoem.org. The Danes have also made this fact sheet (in Danish) describing the most interesting findings of the survey.

    Images courtesy of Michael Vienø / the Danish Swimming Federation

    Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
    rokur
    • Website

    Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT consultant, spare-time swimming aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters and a wife. President of the Faroe Islands Aquatics Federation. Likes to run :-)

    Related Posts

    The African American Makos Swim Team Promotes Water Safety in North St. Louis | FOX 2 St. Louis

    February 3, 2023

    Cal Fires Swim Coach McKeever Over Misconduct Allegations | KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco

    February 2, 2023

    Olympic Gold Medalist Brooke Bennett Organizes Swim Lessons for Kids | 10 Tampa Bay

    January 31, 2023

    Leave A Reply Cancel Reply

    This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

    Sponsor
    Top Posts
    • Two Tips to Improve Your Backstroke Kick! | Swim Technique | Backstroke | SwimVice
      Two Tips to Improve Your Backstroke Kick! | Swim Technique | Backstroke | SwimVice
    • History Of Swimming (Infographic)
      History Of Swimming (Infographic)
    • Cal Fires Swim Coach McKeever Over Misconduct Allegations | KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco
      Cal Fires Swim Coach McKeever Over Misconduct Allegations | KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco
    • Underwater Record Gets Examined On 'Outrageous Acts Of Science'
      Underwater Record Gets Examined On 'Outrageous Acts Of Science'
    • Until Fairly Recently, The YMCA Actually Required Swimmers To Be Nude
      Until Fairly Recently, The YMCA Actually Required Swimmers To Be Nude
    • Jennifer Lawrence to star as Audrey Mestre in true freediving drama 'The Dive'
      Jennifer Lawrence to star as Audrey Mestre in true freediving drama 'The Dive'
    • How Long After Adding Stabilizer Can I Swim?
      How Long After Adding Stabilizer Can I Swim?
    • Black People Can't Swim - Is It True?
      Black People Can't Swim - Is It True?
    • Bikini-Clad Russians Endure Freezing Temps as They Race in Cold-Weather ’Cryathalon’
      Bikini-Clad Russians Endure Freezing Temps as They Race in Cold-Weather ’Cryathalon’
    • How I Lost 100 lbs Swimming 4x/Week | #AskASwimPro Show
      How I Lost 100 lbs Swimming 4x/Week | #AskASwimPro Show
    Countdown to Fukuoka 2023July 14, 2023
    5 months to go.
    Categories
    Buffer Overflow
    Tweets by swimmersdaily
    • RSS - Posts
    • RSS - Comments
    Search

     Subscribe in a reader

     Subscribe to comments

    Contact Info & Hours
    Swimmer's Daily
    c/o Rókur í Jákupsstovu
    Brekkuvegur 10
    FO-650 Toftir
    Faroe Islands
    Mobile +298 219754
    [email protected]
    09:00-21:00 UTC/GMT
    Subscribe to Blog via Email

    Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

    Join 169 other subscribers
    Meta
    • Log in
    • Entries feed
    • Comments feed
    • WordPress.org
    Facebook Twitter YouTube Tumblr
    © 2023 ThemeSphere. Designed by ThemeSphere.

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.