Nordic Culture Fund creates new paths for future art and cultural cooperation
Through our funding programmes, partnerships and cultural policy work, we aim to stimulate the development of art and cultural life and ensure flexible frameworks for new transnational collaborations.
Partnerships lead to new knowledge and long-term commitment
We stimulate policy development, debate art and culture from new angles and generate new knowledge together with a range of actors and organisations.
Globus Call
We are now open for applications for the Fund’s Globus Call programme, designed to give artists and cultural actors the opportunity to engage in transnational and long-term collaborations and networks. Applications can be submitted till 15 September 2023.
- - Antology, Artistic freedom
New anthology on artistic freedom by think tank a/nordi/c
The book “Should I / Should I not” explores current issues concerning artistic freedom, shedding light on the subject from several different perspectives through a wide range of texts. The anthology is the final publication of the think tank a/nordi/c, which in recent years has worked to open the dialogue and knowledge development on new perspectives on art and cultural policy in the Nordic Region.
- - News, Project Funding
The Fund has awarded DKK 8,3 mio. in this year’s first round of Project Funding.
The Nordic Culture Fund has awarded 51 projects totalling DKK 8,375,000. By the application deadline, on the 15th of February, the Fund had received 236 valid applications.
- - News, Cultural policy
Curated Conversations in Reykjavik, April 17-18
The third meeting in the series of network meetings Curated Conversations gathers participants from different Nordic countries to discuss new perspectives on art economy. The meeting is organized in collaboration with the Nordic House in Reykjavik, Think Tank a/nordi/c and the Nordic Culture Fund.
- - Cultural policy, Partnerships
The Nordic Culture Fund will participate in the IFACCA (International Federation of Arts Councils and Cultural Agencies) World Summit in Stockholm on May 3-5, 2023
The conference will focus on artistic freedom and ensuring diversity of artistic expression on a global scale. As part of the Globus initiative, the Nordic Culture Fund together with IFACCA has gathered and invited a group of artists and cultural actors from 11 countries in the Global South to participate in the conference.
Globus is created for a changing world
Globus is our major thematic initiative towards 2024. With Globus, we are turning our gaze outwards, bringing art and culture into global arenas, and giving artists and cultural practitioners new opportunities to seek support. The focus is on collaborations that simultaneously embrace both the local and the global.
Reparative Encounters: a transcontinental network for artistic research and reparative practices
A project aiming to establish a transcontinental network for knowledge sharing between artists and cultural agents from the USVI, Ghana, Greenland and the Nordic region, instigating new North-South and South-South knowledge infrastructures
Benny Marcel moderates report seminar on participation in cultural life
On June 1 from 11-15 pm in Gothenburg, the Swedish Agency for Cultural Analysis will present the report ‘Att bredda deltagandet i kulturlivet’, a mapping of barriers and opportunities for participation in cultural life. The presentation will be followed by an in-depth discussion between representatives from the cultural sector. The discussion will be moderated by Benny Marcel, Director of the Nordic Culture Fund.
Nordic literature policy summit
The Nordic Literary Summit in Gothenburg gathers politicians, researchers, writers and professionals from different Nordic countries. The meeting is organized in connection with Bokmässan in Gothenburg in collaboration with Göteborg Bokmässa, Västra Götalandregionen, Litteraturstaden Gothenburg and the Nordic Culture Fund.
Our year in numbers
- 29
millions
The Nordic Culture Fund awards grants worth approximately DKK 29 million every year.
- 1400
applications
The Fund receives 1,400 applications every year.
- 350
projects
Every year approximately 180 receive Project Funding, 105 receive Opstart and about 57 receive Puls funding.
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