Danish-Faroese Culture Fund

The Fund’s purpose

The purpose of the Fund is “to enhance the philosophical ties between the Faroe Islands and the rest of the Danish Realm.” This means to communicate culture, broadly understood, between the Faroe Islands and Denmark within the Unity of the Realm.

The Fund can support purposes in theatre, film, music and art, publishing books, certain types of study visits, etc. 

The Fund does not award grants for Nordic cultural cooperation, school trips, sports or educational purposes per se. 

Application Deadlines and Guidelines for the Cultural Fund

The fund accepts applications for 2025 from January 1 to March 1, 2025.

The annual application deadline is March 1st, with subsequent assessment by the Board in April/May. Applications must therefore be submitted by March 1st.

The grants awarded vary in size, but are typically between DKK 10,000 and DKK 50,000. 

The application form is available to download below:

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Applications must be submitted by e-mail to the Fund’s secretary, Marin Mikkelsen, at ro@fo.stm.dk or by post to Rigsombudsmanden på Færøerne, att. Marin Mikkelsen, Amtmansbrekkan 6, FO-100 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.

The application must contain a detailed statement of the purpose, budget and funding plan for the activity in question, as well as any accounting information available from equivalent past activities. The application must also state whether funding has been sought elsewhere for the same purpose.

Successful applicants are, to the broadest extent possible, expected to send the Fund one volume of the book, catalogue, periodical, etc. the Fund has supported.

Applications received after the deadline has lapsed will be rejected.

No funding can be granted to any events, activities, etc. that took place before June 1st of the year in question.

Grant awards are maintained over two years. After this a new application must be submitted if the project requires continued funding.

 

Special Provisions for The Danish-Faroese Society’s Study Trip Grant

The Danish-Faroese Culture Fund also manages the Danish-Faroese Society’s Study Trip Grant, which is published in Denmark and the Faroe Islands for distribution once a year.

The grant consists in two shares of DKK 10,000.00. One share is for a study trip to the Faroe Islands and the other for a study trip to Denmark for persons aged between 18 and 30 years. The study trip must serve an objective within the scope of the purpose of the Danish-Faroese Culture Fund.

The application form is available to download below:

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About the Fund’s charter and its Board

The Danish-Faroese Culture Fund was established in 1951 by agreement between the Danish Government and the Faroese Government.

The basis for the Fund’s assets is the repayment of loans issued by Denmark’s Treasury to Faroese persons who, for educational purposes or other reasons, were resident in Denmark during WWII when the connection between the Faroe Islands and Denmark was cut off. Additional funds have since been added to the Fund and its current assets, at year close 2018, stand at DKK 7.5 million.

The Fund operates on the basis of a charter dating from 1955. The charter sets out that the Fund is managed by a four-member board: The High Commissioner in the Faroe Islands, a representative of the Danish Ministry of Culture, and two representatives elected by the Faroese Government.

Current board members:

High Commissioner Lene Moyell Johansen (Chair by charter)

Museum Director Herleif Hammer, appointed by the Faroese Ministry of Culture

Cand.mag. Ólavur Jøkladal, appointed by the Faroese Ministry of Culture

Head of Development Anne Mette Rahbæk, appointed by the Danish Ministry of Culture 

In the period 2019/2020 the Fund received 76 applications, which were reviewed at the board meeting on April 24th, 2020.

At this meeting the board decided to award grants totalling DKK 250, 775 to 18 applicants, including one study trip grant.

For further information about the Danish-Faroese Culture Fund and application guidance, please contact the Fund’s secretary Marin Mikkelsen on tel. +298 201200.