Mette Frederiksen proposes a class size cap of 14 pupils in the smallest classes.
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Tuesday, February 03, 2026 • 7:30 PM UTC - in Politics
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) proposes a class size cap of 14 students in the youngest grades.
From 2028, Social Democrats propose that kindergarten through third grade classes should have a maximum of 14 students per class.
In an interview with *Politiken*, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) outlines the plan to create a "small school within the public school system."
"We propose establishing a small school within the public school system, so that future students in kindergarten, first, second, and third grades experience a school day that, for many children, will be very different from the one they have today," she says.
Specifically, she notes that in the future, there will only be 14 children in each class.
The proposal will be presented at a press conference on Wednesday, according to the newspaper.
The smaller class sizes will cost five billion Danish kroner annually, according to the Social Democrats, but Mette Frederiksen will not specify how it will be funded.
"That will come at a later stage," she states, but it will not be financed through the economic framework.
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