Mogens Lykketoft is the new patron of the Danish History Competition. Mr. Lykketoft has been a member of the Danish Social Democrats since 1964 and in September 2011 became Speaker of the Folketing, the Danish Parliament. He hosted the Danish award ceremony on 19 June 2014.
The Danish prize giving ceremony took place in the Ministry of Education in Copenhagen on 30 January 2013. The competition topic was "Democracy" and the winning contribution was a video about the Arab spring made by three young students from Rysensteen High School in Copenhagen.