New Operating Theatres and Closed Track on the Bridge

3 new operating theatres at Svendborg Sygehus make it possible to perform up to 1,500 planned operations a year, and roadworks on Storebæltsbroen block the right track until 15:00. At the same time, 2 people from Funen have been nominated for Sports Name of the Year 2026, and a couple from Ringe want the law on parental responsibility changed.

New operating theatres at Svendborg Sygehus

Three new operating theatres have been inaugurated at Svendborg Sygehus as part of the hospital's new Center for Scheduled Surgery, which is to take over treatments from Odense University Hospital (OUH). The centre's patients typically go home on the same day as they are operated on, making it possible to carry out up to 1,500 scheduled operations every year.

The inauguration is part of a larger effort to modernise Svendborg Sygehus. The plan is for the hospital to function as a specialist hospital on the day the New OUH is completed. Chief physician at the Anaesthesiology Intensive Care Department Henrik Strauss says: - We are able to handle the need there is for patients. Almost regardless of which category we are talking about. TV 2 Fyn

Minister answers questions about Viktor Axelsen

In the DR programme "Debatten", culture minister Zenia Stampe (RV) was in heated debate with entrepreneur Martin Thorborg about artificial intelligence. This prompted Funen badminton star Viktor Axelsen to publish a Facebook post on 1 November criticising the culture minister's behaviour. Among other things, he accused Zenia Stampe of lacking self-reflection and self-control.

The Funen-elected politician Katrine Daugaard (LA) brought the criticism into Folketinget (the country's parliament) and asked a so-called section 20 question – a written question from an MP to a minister – about what the culture minister thought of the badminton star's criticism. The answer was: "I thought, 'oh, come on'. And that was it." TV 2 Fyn TV 2 Fyn

From idle days to a job as an asphalt assistant

In Middelfart Municipality, the football pitch has become a tool to help unemployed people move on to work or education. Through the Football for the Future concept, since spring the municipality has moved part of its employment efforts away from the municipal offices and out onto the pitch, where unemployed people meet twice a week with coaches and municipal employees, who, among other things, create personality profiles and help with applications and CVs.

One of the participants is a 21-year-old asphalt assistant who now cycles to Dansk Overfladebelægning in Brenderup on Vestfyn every morning. He says that Football for the Future has meant that he has got his daily life back. Since the first Football for the Future course in spring, all participants - except one - have moved on to work or education. TV 2 Fyn

Fyn resident nominated for Sports Name of the Year 2026

Mathias Gidsel and Lasse Norman Leth are among the first 5 nominees for the Sports Name of the Year 2026 title. This is according to a press release from the Danish Sports Confederation. Handball star Mathias Gidsel, who plays for German side Füchse Berlin, has been nominated for his role in the men's European Championship gold medal victory in January, and because he was once again crowned the world's best handball player in 2026.

Track cyclist Lasse Norman Leth has been nominated alongside Carl-Frederik Bévort after the two won World Championship gold in the track cycling tandem event. A total of 15 athletes will be nominated, and the award will be presented at SPORT2026 on 9 January. Mathias Gidsel was named Sports Name of the Year 2025. TV 2 Fyn

Roadworks close a lane on Storebæltsbroen

Roadworks on Storebæltsbroen mean that one lane is closed. This is shown on Storebæltsbroen’s website. The roadworks are taking place on the high bridge in the direction of Fyn, so the right lane is closed until 15:00 in the afternoon. Allow for longer travel times. TV 2 Fyn

Couple from Ringe want the law changed

A couple from Ringe wants to have a child but was denied assistance from the fertility clinic at Odense University Hospital. Both have a medical history and have both received diagnoses at an earlier time – one has ADHD and the other has autism. According to them, there have previously been some difficult times, but today they have their lives and their diagnoses under control.

The couple believes that Region Syddanmark – which, according to TV 2 Fyn, assesses parental fitness on behalf of all the country’s regions – bases its assessment solely on their old medical records. The region rejects this and states that all cases are decided according to the legislation in the area and on the basis of a specific, individual and overall legal assessment of all the information in the case, including both new and older information. The region decides approximately 200 cases a year on parental fitness, and the rejection rate was 44 percent in 2025. The couple is helping to submit the citizen proposal “The assessment of parental fitness in assisted reproduction must be based on your present, not your past.” If 50,000 people eligible to vote in parliamentary elections support the proposal, it can be presented as a legislative motion in the Folketing. TV 2 Fyn TV 2 Fyn

Brief News

• A broken-down vehicle on Kongensgade is causing delays on the light rail (the electric city railway) in Odense for the next few hours, according to Odense Letbane in a service SMS. TV 2 Fyn
• The Danish Road Directorate has warned about fallen branches on both sides of Svendborgmotorvejen between Kværndrup and Kirkeby in the direction of Svendborg, and road assistance is on the way. TV 2 Fyn
• A survey conducted by YouGov for the estate agency home shows that Danes are willing to make sacrifices in terms of distance to obtain a home in better condition. TV 2 Fyn
• Historian and museum inspector at Museum Odense Camilla Schjerning believes that today's parents can learn from the mothers of the 1970s, and her most important piece of advice is that “sometimes good enough is good enough.” TV 2 Fyn
• Wednesday will begin with fog and mist, and there is a risk of showers throughout most of the day across Fyn, while temperatures fluctuate between 5 and 8 degrees. TV 2 Fyn
• Odense Kommune and the network project Rotary Odense have raised 1 million Danish kroner for Kyiv, and the money will go, among other things, toward buses sent out as emergency aid. TV 2 Fyn
• Following the extensive leak of CPR numbers, several citizens may be exposed to attempted fraud during Black Friday, warns GF Forsikring, and according to the insurance company, 65 percent of people in Region Syddanmark shopped on Black Friday in 2025. TV 2 Fyn