Kulturministeriet (Ministry of Culture) Due Diligence

Run due diligence on Kulturministeriet (Ministry of Culture): check compliance and get alerts when suppliers or ownership change.

Denmark · owned by Government of Denmark (Denmark) · kum.dk · 20 vendors

The Danish Ministry of Culture is responsible for ministerial advisory services and legislative initiatives in cultural affairs. The ministry oversees cultural institutions, media policy, copyright, sports, arts support, cultural heritage, and international cultural cooperation.

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Last updated 2026-09-18 · revision 23

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9 in-scope frameworks identified; showing 3.

ISO 27001 (source) — No public evidence

While not a legal requirement, ISO 27001 is a best-practice framework for information security management. For a government ministry handling sensitive data, its adoption is highly recommended and often expected.

Public Procurement Act — No public evidence

The Danish Public Procurement Act applies to all public authorities when they purchase goods, services, or works above certain threshold values. The Ministry of Culture is subject to these rules.

GDPR (source) — Evidence found

The Ministry is a public authority established in Denmark (an EU member state) and processes the personal data of Danish and EU citizens. Therefore, GDPR is directly applicable.

Evidence: https://kum.dk/1/persondata, https://kum.dk/kontakt/privatlivspolitik

Financials

Three-year financials

Financial Resilience Score: 9/10

Kulturministeriet is a Danish government ministry funded directly through the state budget (Finansloven), which effectively eliminates credit and liquidity risk in the corporate sense. The department has maintained a stable financial profile over the past three years, with ordinary operating income fluctuating within a narrow ±3% band around DKK 142-147 million. The ministry has consistently generated underspends (mindreforbrug), growing from essentially breakeven in 2023 to a DKK 8.8 million surplus in 2025, building accumulated carried-forward reserves of DKK 26.9 million and a lønsum reserve of DKK 22.4 million by end-2025. The department maintains clean audit standing with Rigsrevisionen oversight, and utilization of its loan facility (låneramme) was only 6.6% in 2025, down from 11.5% in 2024, indicating very low borrowing pressure. Headcount is stable at around 130-134 FTEs, with cost per FTE increasing modestly due to OK24 wage settlements. While there are some pressures - including a multi-year administrative savings target of DKK 103.3 million toward 2030, ressort changes transferring the tech portfolio to Digitaliseringsministeriet, and a recently resolved EU Copyright Directive fine - these are manageable within the sovereign funding framework. Volatility in administered items like the TV2 dividend (underperforming budget by DKK 23-47 million annually) affects pass-through accounts rather than the department's own resilience.

Key strengths: Sovereign funding base directly from Danish state budget eliminates credit/liquidity risk, Consistent underspend pattern with DKK 8.8M surplus in 2025, Accumulated carried-forward reserves of DKK 26.9M plus DKK 22.4M lønsum reserve, Very low loan facility utilization (6.6% in 2025, down from 11.5%), Clean audit and påtegning by Departementschef, Stable headcount of 129-134 FTEs over three years, Broader Ministry of Culture portfolio strengthened by DKK 700M+ investment 2025-2028

Risk factors: Multi-year administrative savings target of DKK 103.3M toward 2030, EU compliance risk (DKK 20M provision booked in 2023 for Copyright Directive fine), Ressort changes reducing 2025 grant by DKK 3.0M (tech portfolio transferred to Digitaliseringsministeriet), Volatile TV2 dividend income (DKK 23-47M below budget in 2024-2025), Political leadership turnover (new Minister Zenia Stampe from 3 June 2026), Declining core parliamentary grant from DKK 138.8M (2023) to DKK 131.3M (2025)

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