Population

5,850,189 (2021)

Official language

Danish

Currency

Danish krone (kr.)

Capital

Copenhagen

Time Zone

UTC+1 (CET); Summer UTC+2 (CEST)

Dialling Code

+3

Area (sq. miles)

16,577

GDP

$299 bn (PPP)

Important Ministries

Ministry of Education
Ministry of Culture 
Danish Arts Foundation 

VAT on Books

25% for books and eBooks

Fixed Book Price Systems

No

Trade Associations

Statistics

  • Children’s Reading Report (Think Tank Future Libraries, 2017, in Danish) 
  • Reports from the Ministry of Culture’s committee of inquiry (Danish Booksellers Association, 2000–2008, in Danish) 
  • Denmarks report to Federation of European Publishers Assembly (Danish Publishers Association, 2017) [link to download/view] 
  • Book market statistics (PA, 2017) [link to download/view] 
  • Scandinavia publishing market profile (PA, 2004) [link to download/view] 

Annual Book Fairs

Copenhagen Bogforum is held over 3 days in November. 

Translations Programmes

Danish Arts Foundation Literature Translation Fund supports projects that promote literature within fiction, general cultural literature and general non-fiction.

Contact: mhd@kulturstyrelsen.dk 

Trade Magazines

BogMarkedetis a web resource for the Danish book industry. 

Useful Contacts

Department for International Trade

Email: commenq.copenhagen@fco.gov.uk

Booksellers

Directory of Danish Booksellers (Danish Booksellers Association) 

Publishers

Directory of Danish Publishers (Danish Publishers Association)