In Denmark, half of young adults under the age of thirty believe there is probably or definitely a God or higher power.

This new data comes from the God and the Danes: The 2026 Faith Analysis report published by the Danish Bible Society in spring 2026. The findings show a rare picture of this highly securalised northern European country.

“Almost two out of three young people aged between 16 and 30 say they are searching for a sense of meaning in life”, says the organisation after collecting the responses of 3,000 respondents in Denmark.

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Young people are twice as interested in faith as older people

While almost 25% of 16–30-year-olds say that religion is important in their daily lives, the percentage drops to 13% and 11% among those over 61 and 45–60-year-olds respectively.

Young people are also more open to faith than the population as a whole. Nearly 49% of those aged 16–30 say that there is definitely or probably a God or higher power, compared to 39% of the rest of the population.

They also attended church more often that the rest (26% vs 10%) and are more interested in learning about the Bible (41% vs 22%)

Young men are more religious

Among young people, the Danish Bible Society survey shows show that young men are more religious than young women: 34% of young men attended a Christian service in person or online within the last month, in addition to weddings, baptisms and funerals.

Furthermore, 21% of young men read the Bible on their own weekly, and they more often than young women report having had spiritual experiences that have influenced their faith or understanding of life.

“Young men are one of the most remarkable findings in the analysis, because they not only answer more openly to questions about faith. They also participate to a greater extent in specific religious practices”, points out Jacob Holst Mouritzen, strategy consultant at the consultancy firm Holst Mouritzen, which carried out the survey.

For Mouritzen, “when one in three young men has attended a church service within the last month, and one in five reads the Bible weekly, it is difficult to dismiss this as mere curiosity. This suggests that a number of young men are actually acting on their interest”.

God as a conversation topic on social media, sports and culture

As the Danish Bible Society explains, the God and the Danes: The 2026 Faith Analysis has been made public in a context in which “Christianity, faith and spirituality have become prominent topics in the public conversation. Politicians, cultural figures, sportspeople and ordinary Danes are speaking openly about faith”.

A new confidence in speaking publicly about faith is emerging in Denmark, in contrast to the secular narrative that seeks to confine religion to an exclusively private sphere.

“On social media, Christian voices are bringing new communities together. And in churches, organisations and the media, there have long been anecdotal accounts suggesting that young people in particular are showing increased curiosity”, say the authors.

Joahnnes Baum, general secretary of the entity concludes: “We conducted the survey because there have long been many stories about young people, faith and curiosity in relation to Christianity. Now we are gaining a more solid insight into what the Danes’ relationship with faith and the Bible actually looks like right now”.