The 28 lived in Godhavn during the same period as 17 others, who in February received an allowance that was also 300,000 kroner for each.
Read more about the case of the Godhavn boys here:
* The boys’ home Godhavn was established in 1893 in Tisvildeleje in North Zealand as a self-governing institution.
* It was typically young people who had lost their parents or could not look after the school that was located in Godhavn.
* After the DR documentary program “Drengehjemmet” in 2005, a number of former inmates from Godhavn organized themselves in a group called Godhavnsdrengene.
* In 2009, the Ministry of Social Affairs allocated money for an independent study of the conditions at a number of Danish orphanages, including Godhavn.
* The result was the Goodhavn report. Here it was established that the boys were subjected to a number of assaults, including systematic beatings, slaps, sexual assaults and medical experiments.
* For ten years, several of the men who were boys at Godhavn fought to get an apology from the state.
* One of the Godhavn boys demanded compensation from the state in the courts, but was rejected in the city court in 2015 and later in the high court in 2017, because the case fell before the statute of limitations.
* The court found that the case should have been brought by 1985 at the latest.
* In February 2018, the Danish Parliament passed a law that abolishes limitation periods in all cases of child abuse.
* On 13 August 2019, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) officially apologized on behalf of the government. It happened at Marienborg, where Godhavnsdrenge was also present.
* On 4 August 2020, Mads Pramming, lawyer for some of the Godhavn boys, said that they would sue the state for at least DKK 4.5 million and demand compensation.
* When it emerged that a group of the Godhavn boys wanted to sue the state for misconduct, several other boys from Godhavn appeared in Kristeligt Dagblad, among others, and said that it was not a lawsuit in the name of the whole group.
* On 25 February 2021, 17 former residents of the boys’ home each received DKK 300,000 in compensation for misconduct after reaching a settlement in the case against the state.
* On 16 June 2021, Jyllands-Posten wrote that 28 former orphanage children also sued for compensation for the abuse they were subjected to. They are the ones who have now also reached an agreement.
Sources: TV2 Lorry, DR and Jyllands-Posten.
Source: The Nordic Page