Organisation

Secretariat

The Secretariat takes care of the daily duties of the Nordic Culture Fund at Nordens Hus in Copenhagen. The secretariat is led by a director who is appointed by the board of the Nordic Culture Fund. The daily tasks include every aspect of processing the applications and supporting the board and the experts. The secretariat also works with the Fund’s partnerships, networks and general development tasks. The secretariat consists of a director, four advisors, a project manager and a student assistant.

The Board

The 13 members of the Board are appointed by the Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers for a two-year period. Each Nordic state has two members; the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland have one each. The chair is for a term of two years and rotates between the five states.

The Board 2025

Iceland

Chairperson: Sigmundur Ernir Rúnarsson, Member of Althingi

Substitute: Pending decision

Vice Chairperson: Finnur Bjarnason, Senior Adviser, Department for Culture and Media, Ministry of Culture and Business Affairs

Substitute: Arna Kristín Einarsdóttir, Director General, Department for Culture and Media, Ministry of Culture and Business Affairs

Sweden

Board member: Ann-Sofie Alm, Member of Parliament

Substitute: Gunilla Carlsson, Member of Parliament

Board member: Kajsa Ravin, Director General, Swedish Arts Council

Substitute: Bongi MacDermott, Head of Unit for International Cooperation, Swedish Arts Council

Denmark

Board member: Henrik Møller, Member of Parliament

Substitute: Lars-Christian Brask, Member of Parliament

Board Member: Lasse Horne Kjældgaard, Director, Carlsbergfondet

Substitute: Anne Lisbeth Lund, Museum Director, Willumsens Museum

Faroe Islands

Board member: Hedvig Westerlund-Kapnas, Director, Faroese Folk High School

Substitute: Armgarð Weihe, Civil Servant, Ministry of Culture

Finland

Board member: Veronika Honkasalo, Member of Parliament

Substitute: Eva Biaudet, Member of Parliament

Board member: Kirsi Väkiparta, Senior Adviser, Arts Promotion Centre Finland (TAIKE)

Substitute: Tapani Sainio, Cultural Counsellor, Ministry of Education and Culture

Greenland

Board Member: Else Bjerge Petersen, Park Ranger, Kujataa World Heritage

Substitute: Doris J. Jensen, Member of Inatsisartut

Norway

Board Member: Kathrine Kleveland, Member of Parliament

Substitute: Helge Andre Njåstad, Member of Parliament

Board Member: Henning Henriksen, assistant secretary general, Ministry of Culture

Substitute: Elisabeth Lier Haugseth, Head of expedition, Ministry of Culture and Equality

Åland

Board Member: Krister Norrgrann, Director Musices, Board Member and Retired Principal

Substitute: Alfons Röblom, Member of the Åland Parliament

Experts

The Nordic Culture Fund uses experts to assess applications and provide the Fund with a basis for artistic and cultural qualities and other cultural policy assessments. The Fund’s experts come from all over the Nordic region and are experts in the various fields of art and culture. The Fund’s director appoints the experts on the basis of proposals from the national cultural authorities and organisations.

Denmark: Christiane Finsen, Patricia Bbaale Bandak, Tali Rázga, Thorbjørn Tønder Hansen

Finland: Carl Knif, Olli Kortekangas, Philip Nicolai Teir, Selma Green

Faroe Islands: Andrea Heindriksdóttir

Greenland: Maria Panínguak’ Kjærulff

Iceland: Brynjar Leifsson, Halla Helgadóttir, afventer beslutning

Norway: Amund Sjølie Sveen, Anne Hytta, Anne Oterholm Sigve Knutson

Sweden: Christoffer Andersson, Eli Frankel, Nanna Hellberg, Petra Glipp

Åland: Minna Maria Öberg

Sápmi: Matti Aikio (FI)

Globus: TBA