The Danish Arts Foundation () is the principal Danish government funded arts foundation founded by a special Law on 27 May 1964.Peter Michael Lauritzen Grund og bølge: en litterær, tids- og åndshistorisk studie af Erik ... - 2009 - Page 442 "Kunstfonddebatten i foråret 1965 Det var Loven om Statens Kunstfond af 27. maj 1964, vedtaget af alle politiske partier 1 Folketinget med undtagelse af det stærkt højreorienterede De Uafhængige, og Kulturministeriets bekendtgørelse af 6."Elisabeth Fabritius The ambassador John L. Loeb Jr. Danish art collection - Page 417 2005 "Statens Kunstfond (The Danish Arts Foundation) - 1964 - With the establishment of this foundation, state support for the arts was provided with more money and more consistent rules for awards. The three-year working grants are of particular ..."
Statens Kunstfond alongside the (English sometimes State Arts Council now Danish Agency for Culture) allocates funds provided by the Ministry of Culture (:da:Kulturministeriet). It is overseen and administered by the :da:Kulturstyrelsen (Danish Cultural Authority) which is an administrative unit of the Ministry of Culture. Danish literature is supported both by the Statens Kunstfond and a larger amount directly by the Ministry of Culture.Jens Cavallin Media Concentration and Media Ownership in the Nordic Countries 1993 -- Page 4 "Literature is supported partly through Statens Kunstfond (National Foundation for the Arts, 4 m DKK) and via the Ministry for Culture (ca 7 m ..."Else Hansen, Else Hansen & Leon Jespersen Samfundsplanlægning i 1950'erne: tradition eller tilløb? 2009Worsøe-Schmidt, Lisbeth: Staten og kunsten: Et historisk rids af Statens Kunstfond 1964-2004, chapter in Statens Kunstfond 1964‐2004. edited Peter Schepelern and Vibeke Jakobsen Royal Library/Kbh. 2006.
In 2014 the Danish Arts Council and the Danish Arts Foundation merged to form one new body, to be known as the Danish Arts Foundation.
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Our Art: Art in public spaces in Denmark bought and funded by the Danish arts foundation The Danish Pavilion in Venice