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Nordisk Kulturfond: Opstart Funding Programme | Deadline 14 November 2025

Opstart is designed to give collaborative projects in the arts and culture a good start. Apply as an individual, group, institution, association or company, as well as a public or private organisation and develop cultural cooperation across the Nordic countries.

Opstart is the Nordic Culture Fund’s investment in the initial phases of artistic and cultural projects. The programme supports the joint development of new and promising project ideas, with a view to strengthening the Nordic ambitions of the projects.

Who can Apply?
You can apply as an individual, group, institution, association or company, as well as a public or private organisation. The programme supports projects with concrete ambitions to develop cooperation across the Nordic countries. The Nordic countries are Denmark, Finland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Åland. Participation from outside the Nordic countries is also welcome.

What is Offered?

  • Grants of up to DKK 25,000 with no requirement for co-financing
  • The opportunity to build on a global vision that can help create new relevance for Nordic art and cultural cooperation

Help develop the artistic and cultural life in the Nordic region and apply!

MORE INFORMATION AND APPLICATION
Deadline 14 November 2025

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