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HIGH-Level Cross Border Quantum Meeting in Sweden, Governmental Representatives are discussing how to secure data flows across Northern Europe
Bridging the Nordics, Baltics, and Poland with Quantum Communication
The race to protect European digital sovereignty against future quantum threats is this week discussed across high level stakeholders in The Nordics.
As quantum Communication is no longer confined to isolated national labs the QCI.dk-Cross Border initiative is now taking the next massive step by connecting the existing national “islands” of quantum security across borders.
Supported by the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) under the EU’s CEF Digital programme, this Quantum project is building a 1240-kilometer quantum-secure infrastructure linking Denmark, Sweden, and Poland, and even Finland and the Baltics in the larger perspective by deploying subsea fiber-optic cables and testing co-existence with classical network data traffic.
“We are now turning the wider EuroQCI vision into an interconnected reality”, says Martin Bech, Head of the Danish NREN and coordinator of the initiative.
“As we drive this critical cross-border deployment, our work aligns directly with today’s shaping of Quantum Communication and Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), one of the most disruptive technologies when it comes to securing network”, Mr. Bech explains.
This does not exclude a ‘hybrid approach’ combining software-based Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) with physical, unhackable QKD keys to achieve ultimate data resilience.
Real-World Network Integration & co-existence is on the agenda and moving past lab experiments means integrating quantum tech into telecom infrastructure. A core part of the mission is testing how quantum signals can travel through the exact same fibers currently handling everyday data traffic.
Breaking distance barriers by using land-based fibers can only take quantum signals to a certain point. By establishing robust international links across the sea and anchoring regional hubs, cross-border projects like the QCIdk-CB lay the essential groundwork for the terrestrial layer of EuroQCI—eventually to be paired with space-based satellite segments, concludes Martin Bech.
The European Context
With the upcoming adoption of the European Quantum Act, Europe is moving aggressively to reduce technological dependencies and secure critical infrastructure before “Q-day” arrives - the day a quantum computer becomes powerful enough to break the current digital encryption. The EU’s strict timeline means critical sectors must transition to quantum-safe standards by 2030.
Through collaboration between researchers, national research networks, including Danish, Swedish, and Polish Research Network as well as private partners the project consortium is proud to co-build the secure digital highway that will keep Europe protected.
Anne Mette Persdotter
Secure your spot at the upcoming QCIdk Cross Border Stakeholder Seminar, November 12 & 13th in Copenhagen, Denmark
Discover how Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) can protect your organization’s sensitive data in the post-quantum era. Join industry pioneers and public sector leaders to explore real-life cross-border use cases driving the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI) in a Cross Border perspective!
Why Attend?
- Future-Proof Your Security: Learn why the post-quantum era requires unbreakable, physics-based encryption to keep your data safe.
- Explore Real-Life Use Cases: See how organizations and companies are already deploying and implementing QKD in the real world across Europe.
- Cross-Border Interoperability: Understand how connected, pan-European initiatives are securing data across borders among participating EU nations.
Event Details
- Date: November 12-13 2026
- Time: The Seminar starts with lunch at 12.00 on 12 November, and ifinishies around lunch time the next day 13 Nov.
- Venue: Peter Bangs Vej 5B, 2000 Frederiksberg (Copenhagen) https://www.diakonissestiftelsen.dk/konference/
- Who Should Attend: Public and Private sector Technology leaders, CISOs, Infrastructure planners, and Innovators eager to implement QKD solutions.
- Including sectors like financial sector, healthcare sector, governmental sector (e-government) defence industry, suppliers of security for authorities, logistic companies, industrial and automotive, telecom providers relying on highly secure facilities, aviation, police, border control, high performance computing, and e-businesses in general.
Invitations including detailed program and further information will follow
See you in Copenhagen in November 2026!
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Anne Mette PersdotterQuantum Communication High Level Meeting at ESS in Sweden
Government representatives convene in Lund focusing on safeguarding sensitive data across Europe & the Nordics
Harvest now, decrypt later: How is classified and confidential information kept safely in the Era of Quantum?
Health data, financial information, critical infrastructure, and public communication need to be protected from cybercriminals who can already now intercept encrypted data and decrypt it later by using quantum computing.
Quantum technology is threatening both personal and sensitive governmental data making safeguarding an urgent societal challenge rather than a distant tech problem.
The QCIdk Cross Border Consortium, representing Denmark, Sweden, and Poland is planning the project’s first Ministerial Board Meeting at the European Spallation Source (ESS) in Lund in September 2026. National quantum communication infrastructures the “NatQCIs” - all funded by the EU - have now successfully laid the foundation for quantum-safe security in each of the 27 EU-countries. The next step towards European digital resilience lies in a pan-European interoperability which in the coming years will be connecting these QCI national islands across borders in Europe and the Nordics.
European Sovereignty & Preparedness
The higher purpose of the QCIdk-CB project is to deploy Quantum Safe Network throughout Europe based on Quantum Key Distribution Technologies (QKD). By doing so, digital preparedness of the Quantum Threat is addressed and coordinated by the European Commission and The EuroQCI Initiative. Experts are predicting that advancements in quantum computing will make current asymmetric encryption methods unsafe by 2029 if not even before.
Therefore, close collaboration with key stakeholders like central ministries in Poland. Denmark, and Sweden is crucial and high level governmental representatives will play a key role in the project. Including the Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs of Denmark, Ministry of Higher Education and Science Denmark, Danish Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. As well as Polish and Swedish ministries, who are all co-funding the project.
The project is spanning 3.5 years and the total budget is EUR 10 mio. The principal funding authority is the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA).
Facts about QCIdk Cross Border Ministerial Board Meeting
Agenda and Focus: Quantum Safe Network across Europe
Date: 18 September 2026
Location: European Spallation Source in Lund, Sweden
Participants: High Level Governmental Representatives
Countries involved & invited for meeting: Poland, Denmark, and Sweden
Only by Invitation: Only government representatives of Poland, Denmark or Sweden are invited,
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QCI.dk-Cross Border Project Launch: Pan-European Quantum Communication is coming closer!
Sweden, Denmark, and Poland have recently launched the EU Funded QCI.dk Cross Border Project with a duration of 42 months. During the coming years, the project partners will be deploying a secure, interoperable quantum communication infrastructure based on Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) technologies across the EU Member States. Thereby they will be contributing to the wider interoperable European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI) initiative.
Thanks to all project partners for their constructive contributions to an awesome Kick Off Meeting held 2 + 3 February in a winter cold Copenhagen. Despite a freezing cold stay some very insightful and interesting discussions were carried through. Everyone has been showing great initial dedication and engagement in the project. Exciting and constructive collaboration will now take place during the next few years.
Cross-border quantum data security will be guaranteed using both undersea optical fiber cables and quantum-secure satellite links. EuroQCI ultimately aims to provide secure QCI spanning across the whole EU.
By implementing these new, disruptive technologies the project will be achieving and contributing to Europe’s preparedness for the post quantum cryptography era creating both digital resilience and engagement of a broad a user base as possible. Quantum Safe Network are just around the corner!
Anne Mette Persdotter