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Funding from the Foundation for Swedish-Norwegian Co-operation
The Foundation for Swedish-Norwegian Co-operation is a state-run, bilateral foundation that promotes co-operation between Norway and Sweden. The Foundation promotes mutual exchange of culture and information about Swedish and Norwegian culture and society. The Foundation provides three different types of funding: project funding, artist scholarships as well as residence scholarships. Individuals, associations and institutions are eligible to apply for funding.
The Greenland Fund
The purpose of the Greenland Fund is to strengthen relations between Greenlanders and Icelanders. The fund provides grants for study tours, study residencies, art exhibitions, sports exhibition games and other forms of art, knowledge and technology. The fund's authorised capital, which was put by the Icelandic State in 1981 and 1982, is administered by Iceland's Central Bank and the annual interest profit is used for funding.
Residence programme for culture researchers at the Nordic Arts Centre Dalåsen
Researchers who study visual culture, including design and architecture, are eligible to apply for a period of residence at the Nordic Arts Centre Dalåsen in Norway. Applications are only accepted from individuals.
The West Nordic Fund
The West Nordic Fund lends money to invest in companies in the Faroe Islands and Greenland, as well as to Icelandic companies, for co-operation projects between an Icelandic and/or a Faroese or a Greenlandic company.
Nordic High School Grant Scheme
The scholarship scheme has been created to increase interest in the Nordic high schools and improve knowledge of Nordic languages and culture. The scheme provides grants to Danish pupils for stays at 'folk high schools' in other Nordic countries and also applies to pupils from the Faroe Islands and Greenland, although not for stays at high schools in Denmark.
A.P. Møller and Chastine Mc-Kinney Møller's Foundation for General Purposes
The Foundation provides grants for co-operation and cultural interaction between Denmark and the other Nordic countries. Application may be made by both individuals and organisations.
Funding from the North Atlantic Tourism Association
The North Atlantic Tourism Association (NATA) aims to make the West Nordic countries' co-operation on tourism more effective by strengthening and co-ordinating existing initiatives and by implementing forward-looking projects to develop new activities and attractions. Projects must involve two out of the three countries in order to qualify for funding.
Residence programme for artists at the Nordic Arts Centre Dalåsen
Individual visual artists, designers and architects may apply.
Residence programme for groups at the Nordic Arts Centre Dalåsen
Groups that work with visual culture, including design and architecture, are eligible to apply for a period of residence at the Nordic Arts Centre Dalåsen in Norway. Applications are only accepted from groups.
The Letterstedt Association
The aim of the association, according to its charter, is to promote fellowship between the five Nordic countries in terms of industry, science and art. The association's activities consist of granting funds for Nordic purposes, publishing the Nordisk Tidskrift, awarding the Jacob Letterstedt's Nordic Medal for Merit and other activities.
Residencies at Villa Bergshyddan in Stockholm
The Culture Administration offers residencies in the Villa Bergshyddan in Stockholm. Residence in the renovated 18th-century house, consisting of three rooms and a kitchen, is provided free of charge for professional artists from the other Nordic capital cities. Applications may be submitted by people employed in the cultural sector who live and work in one of the other capital cities.
Funding for Nordic culture, language and education projects
The Co-ordinating Committee for Nordic Studies Abroad works to promote teaching of the Nordic languages and cultures at foreign universities.
Nordic Summer University funding
The Nordic Summer University funds study and research activities. Funding is provided primarily for the circles that hold winter symposiums each year, organise the programme for the summer semester and publish the summer university's publications. The project must have a Nordic angle.
NORDVULK Programme
Nordvulk focuses on young scientists. Every year five posts for young volcanologists are advertised, which gives other Nordic citizens the opportunity to come and live in Iceland.
Culture and Art Programme
The main aim of the Culture and Art Programme is to help rejuvenate Nordic co-operation on culture and art. The programme places great emphasis on communications work, both externally with the general public, and internally between artists and cultural professionals. The programme is divided into two modules: skills enhancement, criticism and knowledge transfer; and activities aimed at production and communication. Both individuals and organisations are entitled to apply.
Mobility Funding
 
Nordplus funding
Nordplus funds projects whose purpose is: to promote Nordic languages and culture and mutual Nordic-Baltic linguistic and cultural understanding; to help to develop quality and innovation in educational systems for lifelong learning in the participating countries, via partnerships, development projects, knowledge exchanges and networks; to support, develop, use and promote innovative products and processes in the education sector, through systematic exchanges of experiences; to improve and develop Nordic co-operation on education, and to help to establish Nordic-Baltic co-operation in the same area. Institutions and organisations are eligible to apply, not individuals.
Nordic Film & TV Fund's funding scheme
The Nordic Film & TV Fund's funding scheme promotes high quality Nordic film and television.
The Nordic Game Program - Development support
The Nordic Game Program aims to ensure an effective Nordic infrastructure for developers, producers and distributors of computer games. The programme will co-ordinate joint Nordic activities, ensure a greater exchange of information and improved industry know-how. Private Nordic companies are eligible to apply for funding.
Nordic Culture Fund: Project Funding
The Fund is engaged in a wide range of art and culture areas, involving both professionals and amateurs. The Fund supports activities characterized by quality, vision, accessibility, and variety, where both traditional and new ways of working can be developed.