About SSF

Sydslesvigsk Forening (SSF) is the main cultural organization of the Danish minority and, with approximately 16,000 members, the largest Danish association in Germany.

SSF serves as a gateway to Danish community, language, and culture and we organize the minority’s activities through 62 local associations (districts) spread across the region of Southern Schleswig.

Apart from the local activities organized through the districts, SSF offers a wide range of Danish cultural events in the entire region. Several hundred events give the members of the Danish minority access to Danish language, art and culture. The range spans from family language courses and excursions to professional cultural offers within classical music, theatre, pop- rock- and jazz-concerts, cinema, art exhibitions and lectures. 

SSF also runs the Danevirke Museum covering the UNESCO World Heritage Hedeby-Danevirke and more than 40 large and small cultural centres in the region. 

Additionally, SSF is coordinating annual Danish meetings of the whole minority – the socalled "Årsmøder" – which take place in May or June..

Alongside the minority's political political party, the SSW, SSF also is a vital player in the field of minority politics in Germany, Denmark and Europe.