INTERNATIONAL POLICY ANALYSIS Danish»Flexicurity« in Crisis – Or Just Stress-tested by the Crisis? HENNING JØRGENSEN March 2011 nn Serving as the role model for flexicurity, Denmark is of special interest when assessing the Nordic mix of flexibility and security on the labour market. nn Some critics regard Denmark’s flexicurity model as a Trojan horse designed to abolish work protection. Some say the model is responsible for rising unemployment, falling production, and public deficits. Is flexicurity actually crowding out market-based solutions to growth, distribution, and efficiency? nn The foundations of the flexicurity model are deeply rooted in the institutions of the Scandinavian welfare model and are neither threatened by the current crisis nor by the current political neglect of the security-side of flexicurity. The Nordic approach to growth and welfare still has interesting lessons to teach other parts of Europe.