Analysis

August 7, 2025

Danish founders ask: where’s our Lovable?

The Danish tech sector is ‘way too quiet’ tech folk from the country say

Éanna Kelly

4 min read

“Why is Sweden the Beyoncé of Nordic startups and Denmark the shy kid at the party?”

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Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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