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Nordic cultural co-operation forms a strong overall unit in which art and culture make up the cornerstone of the community spirit that binds the Nordic countries together. This cultural cooperation greatly influences the world around it and reflects the foundation of our common Nordic values.

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The Nordic Council prizes

The Nordic Council rewards the very best in Nordic literature, music, film, children's and young people’s literature and environmental work. Read more about the Nordic Council prizes.

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News

25.09.24 | News

Nordic and Baltic Ministers: Protect culture and cultural heritage in the event of a crisis

Undertegning av Nordisk språkdeklarasjon

02.05.24 | News

Nordics to bolster their language community: New declaration on Nordic language policy.

19.04.24 | News

Final call till Nordiska rådets miljöpris 2024

17.04.24 | News

Nordic ministers express concern about the link between screen time and children and young people's wellbeing

Nordiska rådets barn- och ungdomslitteraturpris 2024

16.04.24 | News

Meet the nominees for the 2024 Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize

26.03.24 | News

Public consultation on new Nordic Council of Ministers' programmes for co-operation 2025–2030

22.03.24 | News

Nordic funding available for civil society organisations

23.02.24 | News

Nordic Climate Action and the Road to COP29

Nordiska rådets litteraturpris 2024, nominerade

22.02.24 | News

Here are the nominees for the 2024 Nordic Council Literature Prize

13.02.24 | News

New director for Nordic Institute in Åland

30.01.24 | News

2024 Nordic Council Environment Prize to focus on sustainable construction

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Information

22.08.24 | Information

Submission of event proposals at the Nordic Pavilion

The Nordic Co-operation invites you to submit a proposal to host a session at our pavilion at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. In the following you can learn more about our criteria for application.

15.03.24 | Information

Livestreams during Nordic Week 2024

Here are links to all of the livestreams from events in the week leading up to Nordic Day on 23 March 2024.

05.03.24 | Information

Nordic Day 2024

21.11.23 | Information

Information for media and journalists

17.11.23 | Information

Programme for the Nordic Pavilion at COP28

10.03.23 | Information

Nordic Day 2023 - join us!

20.09.19 | Information

About the Nordic Council of Ministers for Culture (MR-K)

The ministers for culture of the Nordic countries, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland have overall responsibility for cultural co-operation within the Nordic Council of Ministers. Th...

Declarations

10.09.24 | Declaration

Language declaration

The language or languages we use have a huge impact on how we understand ourselves, how other people understand us, and how we understand them. Language as well as culture conveys our history and constitutes our most important piece of shared social infrastructure.

03.05.24 | Declaration

Nordic-Baltic ministerial declaration on the role of culture and cultural heritage for democratic and resilient societies

The declaration was approved by the Ministers for Culture in the Nordic and Baltic states on 3 May 2024.

30.06.22 | Declaration

Joint statement - combatting harmful content online

Joint statement from Canada and the Nordic Council of Ministers for Culture, reiterating their full support for combatting harmful content online, including disinformation.

21.06.22 | Declaration

Statement by the Nordic Council of Ministers for Culture (MR-K) on protection of cultural heritage in Ukraine

The Nordic Ministers for Culture, who gathered at a meeting in Oslo on 4 May 2022, express great concern about the consequences of the war in Ukraine.

09.11.21 | Declaration

Art and culture as promoters of sustainable development

The Nordic Ministers of Culture approved the following Declaration at their meeting in Copenhagen on 3 November 2021.

01.07.20 | Declaration

Uttalande om behovet av initiativ för att minska de sociala och kulturella konsekvenserna av gränsstängningarna för medborgarna i Norden

18.05.20 | Declaration

Uttalande från utskottet för kunskap och kultur om behov av stärkt nordiskt samarbete i samband med coronakrisen

30.10.19 | Declaration

Cultural heritage is a prerequisite for safe and peaceful global development

Declaration from the Nordic ministers for culture – cultural heritage as a premise for safe and peaceful global development, and the importance of preventing the illegal trade in cultural...

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Publications

16.09.24

Building within the Safe Operating Space Nordic Insights on Sustainable Construction

Publication number

2024:440

10.09.24

BIM-based building LCA – Instructions for material inventory for normative climate declarations

Publication number

2024-439

09.09.24

Nordic Networks for Circular Construction Policy Pathways for Fostering Circular Transition in Construction in the Nordic Region

Publication number

2024:030

03.09.24

Statliga insatser för ökad läsning och läslust hos barn och unga i Norden Policy brief

Publication number

2024:035

02.09.24

Decarbonisation of the building stock

24.06.24

Harmonisering av nordisk litteraturstatistik Teknisk rapport

Publication number

2024:025

24.06.24

Digitalt udlån – muligheder og begrænsninger i Norden

13.06.24

Nordic Network for Circular Construction WP 3 - Metrics for circularity

Publication number

nord2024:024

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Funding opportunities

09.09.18 | Funding opportunities

Grants from the Foundation for Danish-Icelandic Co-operation

The Foundation for Danish-Icelandic Co-operation aims to promote understanding and co-operation between Denmark and Iceland. In particular, it has a duty to promote the Danish language in...

09.09.18 | Funding opportunities

The Foundation for Danish-Swedish Co-operation

The Foundation for Danish-Swedish Co-operation provides funding for work and study visits to Denmark and Sweden, scientific work of interest to both countries, training and exchange progr...

09.09.18 | Funding opportunities

Norwegian-Icelandic cultural co-operation

Between them, the Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture and the Arts Council Norway earmark NOK 1.6 million p.a. to fund a wide range of cultural co-operation between the t...

Co-operation programme on culture policy 2021–2024

The programme focuses on culture as an all-embracing and supporting force for sustainable development of our societies – particularly regarding the culture ministers’ efforts to attain a green, competitive, and socially sustainable Nordic region.

Culture

The Nordic Council prizes

Content

Nordiskt ministermöte om barns och ungas läsning på Göteborgs bokmässa

Nominations for the Nordic Council Film Prize 2024

Susanne Andreasen becomes new director of Nordic Institute in Greenland

See all the candidates for the Environment Prize 2024

Here are the nominees for the 2024 Nordic Council Music Prize

Nordic and Baltic Ministers: Protect culture and cultural heritage in the event of a crisis

Nordics to bolster their language community: New declaration on Nordic language policy.

Final call till Nordiska rådets miljöpris 2024

Nordic ministers express concern about the link between screen time and children and young people's wellbeing

Meet the nominees for the 2024 Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize

Public consultation on new Nordic Council of Ministers' programmes for co-operation 2025–2030

Nordic funding available for civil society organisations

Nordic Climate Action and the Road to COP29

Here are the nominees for the 2024 Nordic Council Literature Prize

New director for Nordic Institute in Åland

2024 Nordic Council Environment Prize to focus on sustainable construction

Submission of event proposals at the Nordic Pavilion

Livestreams during Nordic Week 2024

Nordic Day 2024

Information for media and journalists

Programme for the Nordic Pavilion at COP28

Nordic Day 2023 - join us!

About the Nordic Council of Ministers for Culture (MR-K)

Language declaration

Nordic-Baltic ministerial declaration on the role of culture and cultural heritage for democratic and resilient societies

Joint statement - combatting harmful content online

Statement by the Nordic Council of Ministers for Culture (MR-K) on protection of cultural heritage in Ukraine

Art and culture as promoters of sustainable development

Uttalande om behovet av initiativ för att minska de sociala och kulturella konsekvenserna av gränsstängningarna för medborgarna i Norden

Uttalande från utskottet för kunskap och kultur om behov av stärkt nordiskt samarbete i samband med coronakrisen

Cultural heritage is a prerequisite for safe and peaceful global development

Grants from the Foundation for Danish-Icelandic Co-operation

The Foundation for Danish-Swedish Co-operation

Norwegian-Icelandic cultural co-operation

Co-operation programme on culture policy 2021–2024