Statistical report 2003-2005 (in Danish) (439 KB) Statistical Year Report from 2007 (in Swedish) (1012 KB) 28 questions and answers concerning grants from the Nordic Culture Fund
Number of applications
How many applications does the Fund receive?
Each year, the Fund receives more than 1.000 applications.
How many projects are granted support?
The Fund grants support to 250-300 projects per year.
How many invalid applications does the Fund receive?
Every fourth application is invalid, because it does not comply with the Fund’s guidelines or because it has not been submitted via the Fund’s homepage. This type of application receives no hearing.
Amount
What is the total amount applied for per year?
Each year, the Fund receives applications for over 100 million DKK.
What is the total amount distributed by the Fund per year?
Each year, the Fund grants approximately 24 million DKK to Nordic culture projects.
How big are the grants applied for?
70% of the applications are for up to and including 100.000 DKK and 10% of the applications for amounts exceeding 300.000 DKK.
How big are the grants awarded?
More than 80% of the grants are for 100.000 DKK, or less. In total, these grants account for approximately 60% of the total distributed amount.
How often is the Fund asked to be the main contributor?
In every third application, the Fund is asked to contribute more than 50% of the total budget.
How many other funds have the applicants contacted?
On average, applicants have applied for grants from four other contributors (e.g. funds and public means).
The projects
Which sectors do the projects cover?
The vast majority of the applications cover the various art forms, with music being the largest sector. Approximately 20% of the applications are for multi-cultural or multi-sector projects.
What type of activities do the projects involve?
Very mixed. The most frequent type of activity is conferences/seminars and festivals.
Who participate in the projects?
One third of the projects contain a specified age group of the participants. 4% of the applications have children and teenagers as participants.
What are the projects’ target groups?
25% of the projects have a specified age group as their target group. Every eighth project granted support is aimed at children and teenagers (0-18 years).
Geography
How many countries participate in the projects?
Approximately 60% of the projects involve more than five different countries/self-governing areas.
How many of the projects do the Nordic countries/self-governing areas participate in?
The bigger Nordic countries all participate in 75-85% of the projects.
How many projects are Scandinavian?
Approximately 5% of the projects receiving grants are Scandinavian, with Sweden, Norway, and Denmark being almost the only participants.
Which countries do the applications originate from?
The applications predominantly come from the Nordic countries: The bigger the country, the more applications. Most applications come from Sweden (27%), followed by Denmark (23%), Norway (19%), and Finland (14%).
How much money do the different countries, by means of these grants, receive?
Sweden has from 2003-05 received 18 million DKK, Norway 15 million DKK, Denmark 14 million DKK, Finland 10 million DKK, and Iceland 5 million DKK. The distribution varies greatly from year to year.
Do applicants mainly come from the capital cities?
Approximately half of the applicants come from the capital cities. There is no significant relation between the frequency of granted support and the applicant’s hometown.