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)
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Culture
Danish Arts Foundation
25% for books and eBooks
No
- Danish Publishers Association (Danske Forlag)
- Danish Booksellers Association (Boghandlerforeningen)
- Danish Library Association (Danmarks Biblioteksforening or DLA)
- Annual Report (Danish Publishers Association, 2018)
- Results of the Read for Life Project (Danish Booksellers Association, 2017, in Danish)
- Bookshop Association’s member survey 2016 (Danish Booksellers Association, 2016, in Danish)
- 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)
- Denmark’s 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]
Copenhagen Bogforum is held over 3 days in November.
Danish Arts Foundation Literature Translation Fund supports projects that promote literature within fiction, general cultural literature and general non-fiction.
Contact: mhd@kulturstyrelsen.dk
BogMarkedet is a web resource for the Danish book industry.
Useful Contacts
Directory of Danish Booksellers (Danish Booksellers Association)
Directory of Danish Publishers (Danish Publishers Association)