Det Danske Cultural Institute
Det Danske Kulturinstitut (Danish Cultural Institute) is the institute for the promotion and dissemination of the Danish language and culture.
history
The Danish Cultural Institute emerged in 1989 from the Danske Selskab (Danish Society) founded by Folmer Wisti in 1940 , which had set itself the goal of rebuilding cultural relations between Denmark and abroad before the end of the Second World War . The headquarters of the Danish Cultural Institute is in Copenhagen .
Since June 22, 2005, the institute has been under the patronage of Crown Princess Mary Donaldson , wife of the Danish heir to the throne Frederik .
tasks
The Danish Cultural Institute is an independent public-law body that reports to the Danish Ministry of Culture . Its task is the cultural and social exchange between Denmark and abroad. In addition, artistic, literary or musical events are offered, seminars and conferences are held at home and abroad, and exchanges are organized. The cultural institute also offers Danish courses.
Locations
The first institute in Germany was founded in Dortmund in the early 1960s as the “Danish Institute for Information and Cultural Exchange” . After the institute was located in Hanover from 1996 to 2002, it was relocated to North Rhine-Westphalia again at the turn of the year 2002/2003 and officially opened on March 23, 2003 by Princess Benedigte in Bonn. It stopped working at the end of 2011.
There are also institutes in Belgium ( Brussels ), Latvia ( Riga ), Poland ( Warsaw ), Russia ( Saint Petersburg ), China ( Beijing ), India ( New Delhi ) and Brazil ( Rio de Janeiro ).
See also
- EUNIC (National Cultural Institutes in the European Union)
Web links
- Homepage of the Danske Kulturinstitut (Danish / Eng.)