Denmark
- Participations in EU-funded quantum projects
- 157 (rank 9 of 47 countries)
- EU-funded projects with a participant in the country (CORDIS)
- 133
- Organisations in these projects
- 22
- EU contribution
- EUR 124.4 million
Definitions: Participations by country; Rank of a country by participations; Projects and organisations by country; Net EU contribution to participants by country
How projects are counted: the figure above is the number of EU-funded quantum projects in CORDIS with at least one participant in Denmark, the definition used across the country pages. National projects are counted separately below. The projects listing filtered by country shows the records whose own country (coordinator or host) is Denmark, EU and national together, and the map counts portal records the same way, so their numbers differ.
Quantum at a glance
- National strategy and programmes
- 55 North quantum fund · 2025-10-02 · DKK 500 million as announced (source)
- Strategy for Quantum Technology, first part: world-class research and innovation · 2023-2027 · DKK 1 billion as announced (source)
- Top partner countries in EU-funded projects
- Germany (64 shared projects), France (50 shared projects), Italy (49 shared projects), Netherlands (42 shared projects), Spain (34 shared projects) · collaboration in the policy dossier
- Most active organisations
- Kobenhavns Universitet (61 EU quantum projects), Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (33 EU quantum projects), Aarhus Universitet (20 EU quantum projects)
- Organisations on this portal
- 12 companies, 5 research organisations and universities, 1 other organisations (of 22 in EU-funded quantum projects)
- Quantum infrastructure
- EuroQCI national quantum communication project: QCI.DK (Danish Quantum Communication Infrastructure)
- National post-quantum cryptography guidance
- National guidance or roadmap found, 1 document · checked 2026-10-21
- Education and training
- Master degrees: 2; other courses and schools: 2 (course directory)
- Open quantum jobs
- 1 open position in this country on the portal
- More about Denmark
- EU Quantum Europe Strategy tracker · Quantum in Denmark, in plain words
National quantum landscape
Programmes, agencies, centres and networks of Denmark, read on their official pages (checked 2026-10-22). Each item links to the page it was read on; the list is not exhaustive and not an endorsement.
National programmes and initiatives
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum Computing Programme (NQCP): A 12-year research programme based at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, whose mission is to enable fault-tolerant quantum computing hardware and related algorithms for life and materials sciences; it is currently in its pathfinder phase.Source: University of Copenhagen: About NQCP, retrieved 2026-10-22; Programme mission; The phases of the programme; University of Copenhagen: NQCP home, retrieved 2026-10-22; Page header (Niels Bohr Institute)
National quantum computers and testbeds
- QuNorth / Magne quantum computer: QuNorth, a company jointly owned by EIFO and the Novo Nordisk Foundation, will procure and operate Magne, a level 2 quantum computer in Copenhagen with about 50 logical qubits from over 1,200 physical qubits, built by Atom Computing with Microsoft software, expected around the turn of 2026/27.Source: Novo Nordisk Foundation: New quantum computer with great potential to boost Nordic research and innovation, retrieved 2026-10-22; Opening paragraphs; Q&A answers on Atom Computing and Microsoft; QuNorth: home page, retrieved 2026-10-22; Magne description (logical/physical qubits, operational timing)
National quantum communities
- Danish Quantum Community (DQC): Launched in 2021, DQC unites the Danish quantum ecosystem and, as of 2025, spans 70 partners including university hubs, start-ups, companies, end-users, investors and industry associations; its mission is to raise knowledge of quantum technology and improve research and innovation conditions.Source: Danish Quantum Community: About, retrieved 2026-10-22; About page: launch, partners, mission; Danish Quantum Community: home page, retrieved 2026-10-22; Introductory section
QuantERA research funding network
- QuantERA II consortium partner: Listed among the partners of the QuantERA II consortium of research funders but not in its QuantERA III list: Innovation Fund Denmark (IFD).Source: QuantERA: Consortium (QuantERA II and QuantERA III partner lists), retrieved 2026-10-22; QuantERA II tab, country entry; absent from the QuantERA III tab
Context: population, economy and research spending
| Indicator | Value | Year | Eurostat dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population on 1 January | 6,025,603 | 2026 | tps00001 |
| Gross domestic product, current prices | EUR 417.84 billion | 2025 | nama_10_gdp |
| Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD), share of GDP | 3.15% | 2024 | rd_e_gerdtot |
| Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) | EUR 12.61 billion | 2024 | rd_e_gerdtot |
| Measure | Value | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Participations per million inhabitants | 26.1 | 157 participations (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and population 2026 |
| EU contribution per inhabitant | EUR 20.65 | EU contribution (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and population 2026 |
| EU contribution per EUR 1 billion of GDP | EUR 297,796 | EU contribution (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and GDP 2025 |
| EU quantum contribution as a share of GERD | 0.0981% | Yearly averages: EU contribution over the 13 start years 2015 to 2027, GERD over 10 years with figures, 2015 to 2024; includes values flagged provisional |
Method: the CORDIS figures are totals over all EU-funded quantum projects in the catalogue (projects starting 2015 to 2027); population and GDP are the latest single year Eurostat publishes for Denmark. Figures per inhabitant and per unit of GDP therefore set cumulative quantum funding against one year of population or output: they correct for the size of the country, not for time. The share of GERD compares yearly averages instead: the EU quantum contribution divided by the number of project start years, against the average yearly GERD over the years of the same span that have a figure. The time windows of the two sources differ, so read these as indicators of relative scale, not as budget shares. Provisional and estimated values are marked as Eurostat flags them. A dash means no figure or no EU contribution; "less than" marks a positive figure too small to show at this precision.
Source: Eurostat, datasets tps00001, nama_10_gdp, rd_e_gerdtot (retrieved 2026-10-21), reused under the Eurostat copyright notice. The normalised figures are calculated by this portal from Eurostat and CORDIS data; Eurostat is not responsible for them.
Quantum areas
| Quantum area | Projects |
|---|---|
| Quantum computing and simulation | 54 |
| Quantum communication | 19 |
| Quantum sensing and metrology | 30 |
| Enabling technologies and supply chain | 9 |
| Quantum-safe security (post-quantum cryptography) | 4 |
| Not placed in a pillar | 21 |
133 distinct projects in all; a project with several areas counts in each. 65 projects are placed by the taxonomy rules on their titles or a keyword suggestion, pending review (they have no reviewed technology tag). Pillars follow one method across the portal: the confirmed classification of a project where there is one, else the taxonomy rules on its title, else the snapshot keyword suggestion when a keyword matched; a project that matches none of them is "Not placed in a pillar" and is counted apart, not under enabling technologies. A project in several pillars is split evenly between them; post-quantum cryptography is shown apart.
Research output
- Quantum publications in 2025
- 306 (+35.4% since 2021)
- Quantum patent families, earliest priority 2020 to 2024
- 19 (partial: 84% of the publication months read so far)
Publications: OpenAlex (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-25; patent families: EPO Open Patent Services. A work or family with several countries counts for each. All countries, method and the patent independence bands
Funding over time
EU-funded quantum projects with at least one participant from Denmark, by start year and application pillar. The last two years are still being filled. Besides the CORDIS projects (Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe), this chart includes 13 quantum projects of other EU programmes from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.
- Not placed in a pillar
- Quantum-safe security (post-quantum cryptography)
- Enabling technologies and supply chain
- Quantum sensing and metrology
- Quantum communication
- Quantum computing and simulation
Explore funding trends for Denmark by platform, supply-chain segment or kind of organisation, in projects or EU contribution.
Place in the supply chain
Companies from Denmark taking part in EU-funded quantum projects of each supply-chain segment, and their share of all companies in that segment. Segments are keyword matches on project titles; public project data, not a census of suppliers.
| Segment | Companies from Denmark | All companies | Share | Most active company here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cryogenics and cooling | 0 | 5 | 0% | - |
| Photonics, lasers and optics | 4 | 117 | 3% | Hamamatsu Photonics A/s |
| Control electronics and cryo-CMOS | 2 | 24 | 8% | Qdevil Aps |
| Materials, fabrication and foundry | 2 | 82 | 2% | - |
| Qubit hardware platforms | 2 | 76 | 3% | - |
| Quantum software and algorithms | 1 | 72 | 1% | - |
| Quantum communication and security systems | 7 | 201 | 3% | - |
| Quantum sensors and metrology devices | 2 | 111 | 2% | Hamamatsu Photonics A/s |
European quantum supply chain · Technology map: supply-chain view
Organisations on this portal
Published on this portal: 18 of the 22 organisations from this country in these projects (Company 12, Higher education 5, Public body 1). With the most EU quantum projects:
- Københavns Universitet Higher education 61 EU quantum projects
- Danmarks Tekniske Universitet Higher education 33 EU quantum projects
- Aarhus Universitet Higher education 20 EU quantum projects
- Hamamatsu Photonics A/s Company 9 EU quantum projects
- Syddansk Universitet Higher education 6 EU quantum projects
- SPARROW QUANTUM ApS Company · SME 4 EU quantum projects
- Aalborg Universitet Higher education 3 EU quantum projects
- Qdevil Aps Company · SME 3 EU quantum projects
- Alea Quantum Technologies ApS Company · SME 2 EU quantum projects
- Innovationsfonden Public body 2 EU quantum projects
Quantum infrastructure
- QCI.DK (Danish Quantum Communication Infrastructure): National quantum communication infrastructure (EuroQCI terrestrial segment) (The EU Funding & Tenders Portal lists the project under the national EuroQCI deployment topic DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01-DEPLOY-NATIONAL, running 2023-01-01 to 2026-06-30. The EU Funding & Tenders Portal gives the project period 2023-01 to 2026-06; the period has ended.)
This entry in the filterable catalogue
National programmes and public investment
Strategies, programmes and announced financing for this country, from official sources. Amounts are as announced, not disbursed; the list is not exhaustive.
- Strategy for Quantum Technology, first part: world-class research and innovation · National strategy or programme · 2023-2027
- 55 North quantum fund · National strategy or programme · 2025-10-02
National sources
Projects and notices from public sources of this country, read automatically and published with their source and licence. They are national data, not part of the EU figures above. Sources and methods: data sources page.
OpenAIRE Graph: projects of national funders
Source: OpenAIRE, from the project data of Carlsberg Foundation; Independent Research Fund Denmark; Novo Nordisk Foundation. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (OpenAIRE Graph). Read twice a week, in turn: the funders of the member states, then the snsf (each weekly), last read 1 Nov 2026 (2 days ago). The record of the funder is authoritative.
- Carlsberg Foundation: data last collected by OpenAIRE on 2026-07-23
- Independent Research Fund Denmark: data last collected by OpenAIRE on 2026-07-23
- Novo Nordisk Foundation: data last collected by OpenAIRE on 2026-06-29
159 projects of these funders on the portal, newest first:
- Photonic quantum test and fabrication infrastructure · Novo Nordisk Foundation · 2030
- Electric Field addressing and Photon Interfacing of Molecular Spins · Novo Nordisk Foundation · 2030
- Controlling vibration-induced decoherence in quantum emitters - QuDec · Novo Nordisk Foundation · 2030
- Copenhagen Center for Biomedical Quantum Sensing · Novo Nordisk Foundation · 2030
- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum Computing Programme (NQCP) · Novo Nordisk Foundation · 2029
- Fundamentals of Neutral Atom Quantum Simulators · Novo Nordisk Foundation · 2029
- Nanostrings on nanodrums: an optomechanical orchestra for gas sensing and quantum optomechanics · Novo Nordisk Foundation · 2029
- High-harmonic generation meets quantum optics · Novo Nordisk Foundation · 2029
- Solving Quantum Field Theory · Carlsberg Foundation · 2029
- Probing quantum gravity at all scales · Carlsberg Foundation · 2029
Regional and cohesion funding
Quantum-related projects co-funded by EU cohesion policy (European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund, Cohesion Fund), selected and managed by national and regional authorities and located in this country according to the source. They are not in CORDIS and not part of the EU research figures above. Sources and methods: data sources page.
Source: Kohesio (EU cohesion policy projects), European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO). Licence: CC0 1.0 (Cohesion Open Data Platform, dataset 2014-2020 Kohesio projects). Read weekly, last read 28 Oct 2026 (6 days ago). The record at the source is authoritative.
No Kohesio project located in this country is published on the portal.
Sources and coverage of this profile
Where each part of this profile comes from, the period it covers, how complete it is and when it was last verified. "Unknown" and "none recorded" mean that the portal holds no verified data, not that the figure is zero.
| Part of the profile | Source | Period | Coverage | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU-funded quantum projects | CORDIS, Publications Office of the European Union | Projects starting 2015 to 2027 | Every EU-funded quantum project with a participant in the country | 2026-10-16 |
| National quantum landscape | Official pages of ministries, agencies, programmes and centres | As stated on each page | 4 facts, read on official pages; not exhaustive | 2026-10-22 |
| National programmes and public investment | Public investment registry (official announcements) | As announced | 2 records, amounts as announced, not disbursed | 2026-10-27 |
| Quantum infrastructure | Infrastructure catalogue (EuroHPC, EuroQCI and official pages) | Current status of each entry | 1 entry, located in the country | 2026-10-27 |
| Post-quantum cryptography guidance | PQC guide (national cyber security authorities) | Current guidance | National guidance or roadmap found | 2026-10-21 |
| National funding sources | National funding inventory (#426) | Per source | 3 of 3 sources checked are read by the portal | 2026-10-21 |
| Population, economy and research spending | Eurostat | Latest year published per indicator | Population, GDP and GERD | 2026-10-21 |
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CORDIS projects whose title, acronym or topic identifier mentions quantum, Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe. Catalogue coverage, not a census of the ecosystem. Source: CORDIS, Publications Office of the European Union (retrieved 2026-10-16), reused under the European Commission reuse notice (Decision 2011/833/EU). No endorsement by the source is implied.