Green Jutland Corridor: Increasing transport resilience across borders
The Green Jutland Corridor project held its final conference on 30 and 31 October 2025 in Hirtshals, Denmark.
Picture credits: Green Jutland Corridor project
Bringing together more than 100 participants from regions, , municipalities, ports, national authorities, the EU and private companies in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany and Belgium, the conference focused on findings and follow-up of the Green Jutland Corridor project supported by Interreg Öresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak Programme.
In their welcome address, Mads Duedahl, Chairman of the Regional Council of North Jutland, and Søren Smalbro, Mayor of Hjørring Municipality highlighted, among other things, the role of the North Jutland region as a hub in the Jutland Corridor and the need to stand together. The Green Jutland Corridor is of crucial importance and has great potential for greening transport.
The focus of the political discussion including Anne Strømøy, Arne Thomassen, Peder Key Kristiansen, Petter Ellefsen, Morten Flæng and Stefan Seidler was on future cooperation and development of the Jutland Corridor. Among other things, the following points were made:
We must call for a Scandinavian transport plan as a supplement to national transport plans,
We must continue to work on raising our sights from the national to the European level, because transport and infrastructure cross national borders,
Infrastructure and the Jutland Corridor are crucial for defence, resilience and security of supply,
In his contribution, Tommi Vollmann, head of the Scandria Alliance Secretariat, shared the experiences that the Alliance made on its corridor journey from political vision to corridor development projects and from projects to a permanent cooperation platform. He stressed that the Green Jutland Corridor is an important part of the Scandria Corridor and encouraged the Green Jutland Corridor stakeholders to keep up their important work as part of the Scandria Corridor family.
Mayor Anne Strømøy, Vestfold County, and political representative of the Eastern Norway County Network in the Scandria Alliance, says:
“The Green Jutland Corridor matters because it creates real opportunities for regional growth – and because it delivers results. What matters most to me is the strong cooperation and the increased awareness we have built around the corridor. In Vestfold County, we have already used this work actively in the National Transport Plan to demonstrate why we must continue modernising our railway system, including the Vestfold Line. One of the most concrete outcomes of the project was the freight pilot last May, when Deutsche Bahn Cargo operated a dedicated freight train – a clear and tangible demonstration of what this corridor can deliver.
Even though the project is coming to an end, we cannot allow the momentum to fade. We must find ways to keep this collaboration alive and continue driving the corridor forward.”
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