DFM Mimir v1: An Open HRM Delivering Frontier Performance at 1B Parameters Using Only Permissible Post-Training Data

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Mimir v1 is a 1-billion-parameter Hierarchical Reasoning Model trained on ethically sourced data that achieves competitive English performance and sets state-of-the-art results for Danish, matching larger frontier models.

Current large language model development relies on massive, often non-permissible datasets, creating a high barrier for researchers committed to open-source and ethically sourced data. We introduce Mimir v1, a 1-billion-parameter language model based on the Hierarchical Reasoning Model (HRM) architecture, that is trained from scratch and delivers highly competitive performance for English and sets a new state of the art for Danish using only permissible post-training data. Trained on a mixture of 161 datasets, Mimir v1 outperforms the original HRM-Text 1B and competes with larger frontier models like Qwen 3.5 4B and Gemma 4 E2B, tested across 20 benchmarks for English, Math & Code and Danish. The model is available on the Hugging Face Hub: https://huggingface.co/danish-foundation-models/DFM-Mimir
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Mimir v1 is a 1-billion-parameter Hierarchical Reasoning Model trained solely on permissible data that achieves competitive English results and state-of-the-art Danish performance across multiple benchmarks.

Current largelanguage modeldevelopment relies on massive, often non-permissible datasets, creating a high barrier for researchers committed to open-source and ethically sourced data. We introduce Mimir v1, a 1-billion-parameterlanguage modelbased on theHierarchical Reasoning Model(HRM) architecture, that is trained from scratch and delivers highly competitive performance for English and sets a new state of the art for Danish using only permissiblepost-training data. Trained on a mixture of 161 datasets, Mimir v1 outperforms the original HRM-Text 1B and competes with larger frontier models like Qwen 3.5 4B and Gemma 4 E2B, tested across 20benchmarksfor English, Math & Code and Danish. The model is available on the Hugging Face Hub: https://huggingface.co/danish-foundation-models/DFM-Mimir

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