Nordic Culture Fund creates new paths for future art and cultural cooperation

At the Nordic Culture Fund, we are entering 2026 with a new strategy that sets the direction for the Fund towards 2030. The strategy builds on the Fund’s development in recent years and strengthens its proactive and future oriented role within Nordic cultural cooperation. Central to the strategy is the decisive importance of art and culture for the development of Nordic societies – as well as the relevance of art and culture in a rapidly changing world.

The Nordic Culture Fund has granted 9 initiatives a total of 4.190.000 DKK. The aim of Globus FORWARD is to support longer-term sustainability and strengthen the organisational capacity of artistic and cultural collaborations that unfold across broad transnational settings.

30 exchange and mobility projects have been granted a total of 2 150 000 DKK (288 000 EUR) in the NEMO pilot programme – a mobility funding opportunity between the eight Nordic countries, Ireland, and the UK.

Kristin Danielsen took up her position as CEO of The Nordic Culture Fund just under three weeks ago, and her path to the Nordic region has from the outset been focused on international cooperation. When The Nordic Culture Fund launches its new strategy for the period up to 2030 this autumn, it will also mark 60 years since its establishment in 1966. With an awareness of the past, a keen eye on the future and her feet firmly planted in the present, Danielsen meets us at her new office in the Nordic House in Copenhagen.