Adoption og Samfund

Adoption og Samfund (also styled Adoption & Samfund) is a Danish association for adopters, adoptive families and adoptees. According to its own website, its goal is to create the best possible conditions for both adopters and adoptees — children as well as adults — and for both internationally and domestically adopted persons. The association describes itself as carried by committed members who work voluntarily for the adoption cause. The organisation operates as both a service provider and an interest group. It engages in counselling, courses and other information activities relating to adoption, and it acts as an advocacy organisation vis-à-vis the administration and politicians. Its membership base spans adopters, adoptive families and adoptees, and it addresses the situation of both international and national adoptees. The association publishes a magazine, also titled Adoption & Samfund, which by 2026 had reached volume 50. It holds an annual national meeting (Landsmøde) followed by a general assembly; the 2026 Landsmøde was announced for Saturday 7 November 2026 at Scandic Odense. The association has stated that it will turn 50 years old in 2027, indicating a founding around 1977. Adoption og Samfund is active in Danish public debate on adoption. Its website highlights a two-year Danish initiative to help internationally adopted people from South Korea, India, Vietnam and Lebanon find information about their background, a first partial report on declining adoption numbers, and a press release questioning whether adoptees' citizenship is of lesser value. The association is based in Regstrup, Denmark, and maintains its website at adoption.dk.

Adoption og Samfund is a Danish association for adopters, adoptive families and adoptees. Its own website states that the association will turn 50 years old in 2027, which points to a founding around 1977, although the exact founding date is not given in the available evidence. The association has grown into a national organisation (landsforening) that describes itself as carried by committed members who work voluntarily for the adoption cause. From its base in Regstrup, Denmark, the association has developed two main strands of activity. The first is counselling, courses and other information activities relating to adoption. The second is interest representation vis-à-vis the administration and politicians. Its membership and remit cover both adopters and adoptees, children as well as adults, and both internationally and nationally adopted persons. A central part of the association's activity is its magazine, also titled Adoption & Samfund. By 2026 the magazine had reached volume 50, with issues such as volume 50 no. 01 (2026), volume 49 no. 2 (2025), volume 49 no. 01 (2025) and volume 48 no. 02 (2024) listed on the website. The association also holds an annual national meeting (Landsmøde) followed by a general assembly; the 2026 Landsmøde was announced for Saturday 7 November 2026 at Scandic Odense. In the 2020s the association has been active in Danish public debate and policy work on adoption. Its website highlights a two-year Danish initiative launched to help internationally adopted people from South Korea, India, Vietnam and Lebanon find information about their background. It also reports on the first partial report on declining adoption numbers, titled 'Fewer want to adopt: report points to possible explanations', in which the association participated. In February 2026 the association issued a press release from Regstrup asking whether an adoptee's citizenship is of lesser value, arguing that when a child is adopted the adoptive family becomes the child's family. The association maintains its website at adoption.dk and invites reports of errors or omissions to its webmaster. It also points to related resources such as Ungadopteret.dk.

• 2026

  Magazine volume 50 no. 01 published; Landsmøde announced for 7 November 2026 at Scandic Odense; press release questioning the value of adoptees' citizenship issued on 3 February 2026.

• 2025

  Magazine volumes 49 no. 01 and 49 no. 2 published.

• 2024

  Magazine volume 48 no. 02 published.

• 1977

  Approximate founding year, inferred from the association's statement that it will turn 50 in 2027.

• Association to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

A member-driven Danish non-profit association combining counselling and information services with advocacy for adopters, adoptive families and adoptees.

• Adoption & Samfund magazine

  The association's magazine, reaching volume 50 in 2026.

• Counselling and courses

  Counselling, courses and other information activities relating to adoption.

• Advocacy and interest representation

  Interest organisation work vis-à-vis the administration and politicians.

1. 1Adoption og Samfund | Landsforeningen for adopterede og deres pårørende.adoption.dk
2. 2Adoption og Samfundda.wikipedia.org
3. 3Wikidata Q12300602wikidata.org