Strong winds, EV tax and Danish course

News overview 12 November 2026: Low pressure from Southern Norway is bringing strong winds, and along the West Coast the strongest gusts may reach storm force. The government wants to extend the tax exemption for expensive electric cars by 1 year, and SOSU Esbjerg is starting an 11-month pre-course where prospective students will become better at Danish. Monjasa in Fredericia has bought 5 product tankers.

Strong winds may reach storm force

A low-pressure system is visiting from Southern Norway, bringing clouds and showers. In the northern areas, it may also bring thunder and hail. Along the West Coast, the wind may locally reach severe gale force, and the strongest gusts may today reach full storm force.

This is according to the duty meteorologist on DMI’s website. TV SYD

1 year more with a discount on expensive electric cars

The government wants to extend the tax discount for electric cars costing over 366,000 kroner by 1 more year. In the government's proposal for the Finance Act for 2027, the government suggested allowing the tax discount to expire at the turn of the year and lowering the threshold for when electric cars are exempt from registration fees from 420,000 kroner to 366,000 kroner per electric car.

After tough negotiations, the government is now dropping this source of funding and allowing the discount to continue for 1 more year. Climate Minister Samira Nawa (R) will not say how the 800 million kroner lost to the state treasury are to be financed; this will be set out in the Finance Act for 2027. TV SYD

11-month preparatory course before SOSU training

Too many SOSU students are too weak in Danish when they begin their training, and also when they graduate as SOSU helpers or SOSU assistants. Therefore, SOSU Esbjerg and Esbjerg Kommune are launching an 11-month preparatory course for the first time, allowing those interested in SOSU training to improve their Danish at the very least.

The municipalities employ them, and they attend an 11-month preparatory course at SOSU Esbjerg with the aim of being ready to begin their training. 2 language advisers support the students once they have started their SOSU training. DR Nyheder Syd- og Sønderjylland

Monjasa buys 5 product tankers

The Fredericia-based oil and shipping group Monjasa has bought 5 large product tankers. This makes it Monjasa’s largest ship purchase ever, and the ships were bought from the German shipping company Bernhard Schulte.

4 of the ships – Monjasa Tracer, Monjasa Tuner, Monjasa Twister and Monjasa Tracker – have already been delivered and are afloat, where they have been deployed in West Africa and northwestern Europe. The latest ship, Monjasa Trigger, is expected to be delivered before the end of November 2026. Following the acquisitions, Monjasa’s fleet consists of 20 owned tankers and around 10 ships on time charter. TV SYD

Three-lane motorway opened ahead of schedule

The final section of the stretch with a three-lane motorway between Vejle and Skanderborg opened last night. This means that 3 years of roadworks, lower speeds, narrowed lanes and nighttime road closures on the stretch are over.

There are now 3 lanes the entire way along the 83-kilometre stretch from Skærup to Aarhus Nord. This is earlier than planned; the plan was for the final asphalt to be laid only in the summer of 2027. The project has also stayed within budget. DR Nyheder Trekantområdet

Southern Jutland musician touring with symphony orchestra

A Southern Jutland musician from the small town of Blans is embarking on an April 2027 tour of South and Southern Jutland together with Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester. In a post on Facebook, the musician writes that it is a very special dream come true.

The musician also writes that Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester has agreed to tour with the musician and the songs. TV SYD

Brief news

• The Minister for Nature and Animal Welfare travels around the country during the winter to meet people and businesses in pig production, and the Pig Party (Grisefirepartiet) starts in January 2027 with 6 months to come up with recommendations. TV SYD
• A German sugar levy, which would make it more expensive for Danes to buy soft drinks across the border, has been postponed to 1 January 2028. TV SYD
• More than 50 signatures trigger an extraordinary general meeting in Fanø Brugsforening, but the board will not break the confidentiality about the former shareholder's departure. TV SYD
• The government will not support a proposal to ban municipalities from offering Arabic teaching in the public school system, and Sønderborg Municipality is 1 of 4 municipalities that offer Arabic as a mother-tongue subject. TV SYD
• A Venstre council member in Aabenraa Municipality wants to propose a secret and written vote on the chairmanship at the party's national party congress in Herning. DR Nyheder Syd- og Sønderjylland
• Syd- og Sønderjyllands Politi focuses extra on motorists' lack of attention behind the wheel this week, because lack of attention is a contributing cause of 8 out of 10 fatal accidents in traffic. TV SYD
• A majority at Christiansborg decided in July to impose a sharply limited cap on eel fishing, because the European eel stock is critically threatened and in danger of becoming extinct. TV SYD
• After several weeks of vandalism in Rødding, a 38-year-old man has been arrested and charged, but he was released again after questioning and is still charged. DR Nyheder Syd- og Sønderjylland
• Grønvangskolen in Vejen believes, in cooperation with the municipality's SSP (School, Social and Police), that it has found the boy who has been harassing some of the school's youngest pupils on the way to and from school. TV SYD