Neighbors of ammunition factory invited to personal meetings: 'It is far too late'
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Saturday, October 17, 2026 • 2:41 PM UTC - in Denmark
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**Neighbours of ammunition factory invited to individual meetings: 'It's far too late'**
Worried neighbours of the upcoming ammunition factory in Elling are now being given an extra opportunity to share what is on their minds.
In September, DR visited Hanne Olesen, who shares a fence with the upcoming ammunition factory in the North Jutland town of Elling. 55 minutes ago
Neighbours of the upcoming ammunition factory in Elling have now been offered an individual conversation with the head of the Danish Ministry of Defence's Materiel and Procurement Agency, Per Pugholm Olsen.
This happens after the most recent public meeting in the town featured heated debate and many concerns being raised.
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Several people fear what it will mean for their safety to live close to a factory that is to produce highly explosive gunpowder and which could become a target for sabotage.
Hanne Olesen shares a fence with the upcoming ammunition factory, and she has accepted a personal conversation.
But she is sceptical.
- It's far too late for them to do this, she says.
Hanne Olesen says that at a meeting about a year ago, she got the impression that a solution would be found for her situation. But according to her, nothing has happened since.
- I'm afraid I'll be wasting my time. But I have to believe that they will listen, she says.
Hanne Olesen is the neighbour who lives closest to the upcoming ammunition factory in Elling. (Photo: © Janus Benjamin Jacobsen - DR News)
Another person who has also accepted a conversation is Tony Lenda. He will focus on getting a single message across:
- We are afraid.
- We are afraid of both drone attacks and sabotage, and we are also afraid that something could happen inside the factory itself, he says.
The conversations with the neighbours of the factory will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday next week.
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'Butterflies in the stomach'
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In the invitation, the Defence Materiel and Procurement Agency writes that the conversations are not about presenting new information, but that there should be room for people to talk and ask questions.
- There isn't really any agenda. That gives me butterflies in the stomach, says Hanne Olesen.
Hanne Olesen hopes the meeting can bring clarity about her own situation.
- I don't think it's fair that I have to be a neighbour to this. I want to get away, she says.
It has not been possible to obtain an interview with Per Pugholm Olsen and the Danish Ministry of Defence's Materiel and Procurement Agency.
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