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There isn't any specific labour law in Denmark that applies to artists or other people employed in the cultural field. The current Danish Labour Law is valid for all Danes, regardless of their profession.

Cultural production and distribution is generally taxed on the same basis as regular tax regulations on income from other activities. However, some special agreements have been passed by the Parliament in order to improve the economic working conditions of the cultural system, through tax regulations specially targeted to artists themselves, specific exemptions on corporate taxes for investment in culture, laws on private foundations of public utility and VAT exemptions: Act nr. 1062 of December the 17th 2002 on tax equalisation of income from artistic creation made it possible for artists to split their income over different tax years; for example... read more →

Besides the regular labour market legislation, there are no special social security arrangements for artists and cultural workers in Denmark. Artists operate under the same social security system as all other citizens.

Neither the Ministry of Culture nor the Minister of Culture can dispense or intervene in the allocation of public funds for culture, according to the Laws of the State Arts Foundation and the Danish Arts Council. This has not been changed in recent years (see chapter 1.2.2,  chapter 2.1 and chapter 4.2.1). The Danish Arts Agency (now called the Danish Agency for Culture) is an administrative unit under the auspices of the Danish Ministry of Culture (see chapter 1.2.2) and acts as the secretariat for the Danish Arts Foundation and the Danish Arts Council. The Danish Arts Foundation's role is... read more →

There are no articles in the Danish constitution directly related to cultural rights or issues of cultural politics in the normal sense that cultural policy is conceptualised today. These are indirectly included in the agreements of protection of human rights as defined in the Danish Constitution, in Chapter 7 relating to religion, and in Chapter 8 on personal freedom, in particular on property rights, freedom of speech and freedom to gather. Positive human rights, e.g. the right to social security and the right to free education, are also protected. According to the constitution, personal freedom is inviolable. Restriction of liberty... read more →

To sum up,the Danish debate on cultural politics has focussed on the following general topics in 2010 and 2011: how can cultural politics contribute to secure the cohesion of a society challenged with a growing number of cultural minorities, internally, and multicultural global cultural influences from the outside? The question is about sovereignty of the people and thereby the relation between the constitutional state and democracy, identity and the nation. The transformation of public cultural policy to identity policy and to cultural policy as an instrument for social cohesion has been encouraged, for instance in the new cultural strategy Culture... read more →

In two recent reports issued by the Ministry of Culture, Reach Out! and Culture for all, more attention is given to user-generated content and digital media. In Reach Out!, focus in mainly on the instrumental use of these aspects, encouraging these kind of uses to attract children and youth, and to create experiences which the public / users is ready to pay for. Hence, the focus is mainly on the quantitative side of culture, where attendance numbers and financial income is encouraged. The report is not particularly accurate on its last challenge, which is increasing quality, as it seems to... read more →

One of the main priorities in the new governmental programme A Denmark That Stands Together, amended in October 2011, is to improve gender equality in the cultural field (see chapter 2.1). According to the Act on Gender Equality (from 2004), all public authorities are obliged to work towards gender equality in public administration (see http://www.lige.dk/files/PDF/bekendtgorelse.pdf). The Ministry of Culture is – together with all the Danish ministries – obliged to observe the intentions in the Act on Gender Equality. The Ministry of Culture has contributed with a range of projects. In 2005, the Ministry of Culture launched a report on... read more →

One of the main priorities in the new governmental programme A Denmark That Stands Together, amended in October 2011, combined with the governments initiative under the Danish Presidency of the EU, January  – July 2012 (see chapter 1.4), is to improve a more open identity and integration policy and strengthen social cohesion of non-ethnic defined terms of citizenship (see chapter 2.1). Social cohesion at national and local level is an underlying consideration in most major parts of Danish cultural policy and in the general political debate in Denmark. Almost every Danish Minister of Culture has put special emphasis on the... read more →

The most important Danish radio and TV stations are: Danmarks Radio (DR), which broadcasts the TV channels DR and DR 2, along with DR Update, DR K (focuses on culture, history, music and film), DR Ramasjang (for children) and DR HD (high definition and focus on young people). DR transmits the FM radio channels P1, P3 and P4, as well as regional channels and channels on digital platforms. On 1 November 2009 Denmark shifted to digital antenna TV in order to enhance picture quality, sound, TV format, and to offer better services such as improved subtitles and a sight interpreter... read more →