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The Danish Agency for Culture is an agency under the aegis of the Danish Ministry of Culture, established on January 1, 2012.  The agency is a merger of three former agencies: The Danish Arts Agency, the Heritage Agency of Denmark, and the Danish Agency for Libraries and Media.

The merger was created to:

• improve professional synergies
• create a greater impact in other policy areas
• make it possible for the Danish Ministry of Culture to grapple with future economic challenges.

The Danish Agency for Culture consists of four centers, an Executive Secretariat, and a Human Resources Group. 

The four centers are:

• Libraries, Media and Digitalization
• Cultural Heritage and Architecture
• Cultural Institutions and Operational Support,
• Arts Funding. 

The vision of the Danish Agency for Culture is:

• To bolster the interplay among art, cultural heritage, libraries and media
• To improve the coordination of national and municipal efforts in cultural fields
• To promote the development and exploitation of an increasingly digitalized culture and media landscape
• To develop new proposals and forms of communication for citizens
• To strengthen international cultural collaboration within all professional fields
• To increase cooperation among, inter alia, education, teaching, research, the environment and nature, and business development, including architecture and tourism.

Logo

You may download the agency's logo here.