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The Danish Language Council
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Country |
Denmark |
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Foundation Date |
March 17th, 1955 |
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Type of institution |
Public agency |
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Parent body |
The Danish Ministry of Culture |
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Language |
Danish |
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Objectives/Tasks/Activities |
The Danish Language Council (Dansk Sprognævn) was founded in 1955. It is a national body un-der the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, and is housed in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Copenhagen on the Amager campus. The Council has responsibility for research as well as advisory functions in official Danish language planning. It has three main tasks: ● to answer questions about Danish language usage; ● to produce the official dictionary of Danish orthography; ● to chart the development of Danish, for instance by collecting examples of new words and word usage. The tasks of the Council are laid down in Act No. 320 of May 14, 1997, of the Danish Language Council as well as in the legal notice of the Ministry of Culture, No. 707 of September 4, 1997, concerning the activities and composition of the Danish Language Council. In addition to its work at national level, the Council also cooperates closely with the other Nordic language councils. |
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Responsible person |
Chairman: Professor Niels Davidsen-Nielsen |
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Contact |
Sabine Kirchmeier-Andersen |
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Number of staff |
Academic staff: 10 |
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Periodicals and serial publications |
News from the Danish Language Council (Danish) |
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Address |
Postal address: |
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Languages in which the organisation is able to communicate actively |
Swedish, Norwegian, English and German |
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Other languages in which the institution is able to receive communications |
French |
