The Nordvisions Fund

The Nordvisions Fund (Nordvisionsfonden) is the funding instrument of Nordvision, the regional public-service media partnership that brings together the Nordic region's national broadcasters. Nordvision's members are DR (Denmark), NRK (Norway), SVT (Sweden), Yle (Finland) and RUV (Iceland), with five associated partners: KNR (Greenland), KVF (Faroe Islands), UR (Sweden), Sveriges Radio (SR, Sweden) and Ålands Radio (Åland). The Fund exists to support Nordic co-productions and collaboration projects that strengthen Nordic cultural cooperation and stimulate the use of Nordic authors and artists. The Fund's revenues come from retransmission of television programmes from the Nordic members. Its resources are earmarked for Nordic co-productions and collaboration projects, which are intended to strengthen Nordic cultural cooperation and stimulate the use of Nordic authors and artists. In practice, the Fund is the financial engine behind the Nordvision collaboration's project pipeline, complementing the partnership's programme groups, expert networks and pitch meetings. Nordvision itself describes its ambition as being the best-functioning regional public-service media partnership in the world, including in digital content and the development of publishing technology. The Fund is therefore not a standalone commercial investment vehicle but a cooperative financing mechanism embedded in Nordic public-service broadcasting. Its grants are publicised through Nordvision.org, where an overview of supported collaboration projects is maintained. Because the Fund is tied to Nordvision's membership structure, its geographic scope mirrors the Nordic public-service map: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland as full members, plus Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Åland and the Swedish radio and educational broadcasters as associated partners. The Fund's activities are documented in Nordvision's annual key-figures summaries, such as the 2025 review of the Nordic collaboration.

The Nordvisions Fund is the funding component of Nordvision, the long-standing partnership among Nordic public-service broadcasters. Nordvision's members are DR (Denmark), NRK (Norway), SVT (Sweden), Yle (Finland) and RUV (Iceland), with five associated partners: KNR (Greenland), KVF (Faroe Islands), UR (Sweden), Sveriges Radio (SR, Sweden) and Ålands Radio (Åland). The partnership's stated vision is to be the best-functioning regional public-service media partnership in the world, including in digital content and the development of publishing technology. The Fund's revenues come from retransmission of television programmes from the Nordic members. Its resources are earmarked for Nordic co-productions and collaboration projects, which aim to strengthen Nordic cultural cooperation and stimulate the use of Nordic authors and artists. This makes the Fund a practical instrument of Nordic cultural policy within public-service media, rather than a commercial investment fund. Nordvision organises much of its work through programme groups and expert groups that meet twice a year, in autumn and spring. These meetings are the main occasions for pitching and presenting projects to find Nordic co-producers and collaboration partners. The Fund sits alongside this structure, providing the financial support that turns pitches into co-productions. Nordvision distinguishes between development projects, which may not yet be greenlit by a member company but have development potential, and co-productions, which are already signed up for production and seek Nordic co-producers. Nordvision publishes an overview of the latest Fund grants on Nordvision.org, and summarises the year's key figures for the Nordic collaboration. The Fund's guidelines are set out in the Nordvisionsfondet guidelines document, alongside the general Nordvision collaboration guidelines. Because the Fund is tied to the membership structure, its scope covers the full Nordic public-service map, from the five full members to the associated partners in Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Åland and Sweden's UR and Sveriges Radio.

• Nordvision's members are DR (Denmark), NRK (Norway), SVT (Sweden), Yle (Finland) and RUV (Iceland), with five associated partners: KNR (Greenland), KVF (Faroe Islands), UR (Sweden), Sveriges Radio (SR, Sweden) and Ålands Radio (Åland).

• The Nordvisions Fund receives its revenues from retransmission of TV programmes from the Nordic members.

• Nordvision publishes an overview of the latest Fund grants on Nordvision.org.

• Nordvision summarises the year's key figures for the Nordic collaboration, including a 2025 review.

A cooperative public-service funding mechanism for Nordic co-productions and cultural collaboration, embedded in the Nordvision partnership.

• Nordvisionsfonden grants

  Earmarked funding for Nordic co-productions and collaboration projects.

• Development project support

  Support for ideas that may not yet be greenlit but have development potential.

• Co-production funding

  Funding for projects already signed up for production that seek Nordic co-producers.

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