Culture shapes the future of the Nordics
Through our funding programmes, partnerships and cultural policy work, The Nordic Culture Fund stimulates the development of art and cultural life and ensure flexible frameworks for new transnational collaborations.
Nordic Culture Fund is revising its programmes – changes to application deadlines in the autumn
As part of implementing the Fund’s 2026–2030 strategy, we are currently updating the Fund’s overall grant-making approach and programme portfolio. As a result, the Opstart and Project Funding programmes will be revised, and there will be changes to the application deadlines this autumn while we finalise the new programme framework.
Nordic Culture Fund launches ENTER
ENTER is the first launch in the Fund’s new programme portfolio. The programme is designed to support ambitious ideas that need collaboration to be explored and tested in practice. It creates space for encounters between different experiences, disciplines, places and perspectives, allowing ideas to be explored, tested and developed and their potential to be brought further. This autumn, applications for the programme are open from 14 September 2026 to 16 October 2026.
NEMO – Northern European Mobility Opportunity
Launched in 2025, the Northern European Mobility Opportunity (NEMO) is a programme for mobility and artistic exchange. It is supported by the Nordic Culture Fund and the arts funding agencies of Ireland, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The programme focuses on individual artists and arts practitioners in the early stages of their careers. It reflects a shared recognition among the partners that this group has a particular need for additional support and opportunities in the current climate.
Funding Culture for a Changing World
Across two volumes, Brussels-based researcher Elena Polivtseva investigates, analyses, and summarises Globus, the global funding initiative of the Nordic Culture Fund during 2020-2025. Both publications offer recommendations and forward-looking perspectives on how to develop more relevant, responsive and future-oriented funding models for cross-border cultural collaboration. The insights will also inform the Nordic Culture Fund’s future funding practices, partnerships and strategic role.
Our year in numbers
- 30
million
The Nordic Culture Fund grants approximately DKK 30 million every year.
- 1500
applications
The Fund receives around 1.500 valid applications every year.
- 248
projects
248 projects received funding in 2025.
