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 2023

Iceland

Chairperson: Hafdís Hrönn Hafsteinsdóttir, Member of Parliament

Substitute: Guðmundur Ingi Kristinsson, Member of Parliament

Vice Chairperson: Arnbjörg María Danielsen, Director, curator and producer

Substitute: Þorgeir Ólafsson, Producer

Sweden

Board member: Gunilla Carlsson, Member of Parliament

Substitute: Ann-Sofie Alm, Member of Parliament

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

Substitute: Teshome Wondimu, founder and manager, Selam

Denmark

Board member: Henrik Møller, Member of Parliament

Substitute: Awaiting new substitute

Board Member: Lasse Horne Kjældgaard, Director, Carlsbergfondet

Substitute: Sanne Kofod Olsen, Vice Chancellor, Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm

Faroe Islands

Board member: Erling Eidesgaard, Member of Parliament

Substitute: Johan J. Dahl, Member of Parliament

Finland

Board member: Veronika Honkasalo, Member of Parliament

Substitute: Eva Biaudet, Member of Parliament

Board member: Tapani Sainio, Senior Advisor, The Ministry of Education and Culture (on study leave through november 2023)

Substitute: Kirsi Väkiparta, Special Advisor, Arts Promotion Centre Finland (TAIKE)

Greenland

Board Member: Claus Kleemann, Head of Legal Department, Department of Education, Culture, Sports and Church

Substitute: Pia Lynge, Acting Head of Department for the Department for Culture, Sports and Church, Department of Education, Culture, Sports and Church

Norway

Board Member: Kathrine Kleveland, Member of Parliament

Substitute: Helge Andre Njåstad, Member of Parliament

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

Substitute: Henning Henriksen, assistant secretary general, Ministry of Culture

Åland

Board Member: Yvonne Törneroos, Cultural Planner, Department of Education and Culture

Substitute: Pia Sjöberg, Antiquarian, Department of Education and Culture

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: Torben Hansen, Ulla Schaltz, Thorbjørn Tønder Hansen, Christiane Finsen

Finland: Minna Vainikainen, Anni Järvelä, Jimmy Pulli, Olli Kortekangas

Faroe Islands: Andrea Heindriksdóttir

Greenland: Arnajaraq Støvlbæk

Iceland: Brynjar Leifsson, Brynja Sveinsdottir, Halla Helgadóttir

Norway: Helle Siljeholm, Aesha Ullah, Amund Sjølie Sveen, Sigve Knutson

Sweden: Helen Sigeland, Tanja Mangalanayagam, Petra Gipp, Eli Frankell

Åland: Fredrik Erlandsson

Globus: Jimena Lara (MX), Pooja Sood (IN), Hild Borchgrevink (NO), Farai Mpfunya (ZW), Ouafa Belgacem (TN/ EG/ FR), Steven Loft (CA).