Denmark's digital affairs ministry says it plans to switch to the open source LibreOffice software and away from Microsoft products as part of an effort to make the government more digitally independent.

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Denmark's Ministry of Digitalisation is replacing Microsoft Office with LibreOffice for all staff by end of 2025, joining Copenhagen and Aarhus municipalities in moving away from U.S. tech dependence. The shift is driven by cost concerns, Microsoft's market dominance, and geopolitical tensions with the U.S. under Trump. Germany's Schleswig-Holstein is making a similar move, replacing Microsoft Office with LibreOffice and Outlook with Open-Xchange, with plans to migrate to Linux — part of a broader European push for digital sovereignty.

Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software in push for digital independence