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Microsoft Word − 04 Culture and church.docx (X:100.0%, Y:100.0%) Created by Grafikhuset Publi PDF. Culture and National Church Museums and cultural heritage Libraries Films and media Theatres Culture, economy and structure National Church Microsoft Word − 04 Culture and church.docx (X:100.0%, Y:100.0%) Created by Grafikhuset Publi PDF. Culture and National Church Museums and cultural heritage 13.4 million visits to museums In 2013, admission rates of Danish museums reached 13.4 million visitors. Of the 258 museums included in the statistics, 131 are subsidized by the state. Museums subsidized or owned by the state had 10.7 million visitors in 2013, equal to 80 per cent of the total number of visitors in 2013. In 2013, the zoological and botanical gardens had a total of 5.8 million visitors. Prinsens Palais the most visited museum Prinsen Palais, which is a part of the National Museum of Denmark account for the highest admission rates of 728,000 visitors. With a total of 589,000 visitors, The Art museum Louisiana is now ranked as number two. Figure 1 Museums - the ten highest admission rates The National Museum, Prinsens Palais Louisiana Museum 2013 ARoS, Aarhus Kunstmuseum 2012 The Old Town The Danish National Gallery Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Experimentarium Post & Tele Museum The Rosenborg Collection Kronborg Castle 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 Thousand visits www.statbank.dk/mus Libraries Danes borrow fewer books The population continue to visit public libraries, but they do not borrow as many books as before. Lending of physical books was 28.5 million in 2013, which is 0.9 million fewer loans than the year before. This is a decrease of 3 per cent. In the same period, downloads of e-books from public libraries raised with 180.ooo downloads equivalent to 14 per cent. Total loans and downloads were thus 2 per cent less than the year before. If we go one year further back, the growth in downloads meant that total loans and downloads of books grew 0.2 per cent. Statistical Yearbook 2015 Microsoft Word − 04 Culture and church.docx (X:100.0%, Y:100.0%) Created by Grafikhuset Publi PDF. Culture and National Church Figure 2 Lending from public libraries. 2013 Books, 69.6 per cent Audio books, 3.3 per cent Music, 8.1 per cent Film, 10.6 per cent Multimedia, 2.5 per cent Periodicals, 4.7 per cent Other, 1.1 per cent www.statbank.dk/bib1 Films and media Another fall in the circulation of daily newspapers from 2013-2014 In comparison with 2013, the circulation of newspapers on weekdays had fallen by 88,000. One of the reasons for this fall was the shutdown of the free of charge news- paper 24Timer. In 2013, 24Timer had a circulation on weekdays of 130,000. Con- versely, the daily circulation of the free of charge newspaper MetroXpress increased from 243,000 in 2013 to 313,000 in 2014. Figure 3 Average daily circulation, total Thousands 2.000 1.750 1.500 Newspapers, free of charge 1.250 1.000 Regional newspapers 750 500 250 National newspapers 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 www.statbank.dk/dagblad Decrease in the number of tickets sold for films From 2012 to 2013 the number of tickets sold for films screened at Danish cinemas saw an decrease of 5 per cent and reached 12.9 million tickets sold. The number of tickets sold for American films showed a modest increase of 2 per cent, to 7,1 million tickets in 2013. In 2013, the three films seen by most people were Kvinden I buret, Jagten and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Danish films accounted for 30 per cent of all tickets sold in 2013. This is an increase of 2 percentage points com- pared to the previous year. The most popular Danish film was Kvinden I buret sell- ing 691,000 tickets in 2013. Statistical Yearbook 2015 Microsoft Word − 04 Culture and church.docx (X:100.0%, Y:100.0%) Created by Grafikhuset Publi PDF. Culture and National Church Figure 4 Tickets sold for movies Million 9 8 American movies 7 6 5 4 Danish movies 3 European movies 2 1 Other movies 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 www.statbank.dk/bio Minor fall in daily television viewing January is the month of the year, where the Danes over 3 years watch the most tele- vision. On average, the Danes watch TV in January for 3 hours and 32 minutes a day. In 2014, July was the month with least time spent in front of the television by 2 hours and 24 minutes of TV viewing. Compared to 2013, the Danes watched less TV in every month of 2014 except July and August. Music, entertainment and dramas are watched almost half of the time that Danes spend watching TV (46 per cent). Figure 5 Television viewing by program type. 2013 News, current affairs and debate, 22 per cent Education, information and culture, 21 per cent Music entertainment and dramas, 46 per cent Sports, 9 per cent Regional TV broadcast, 2 per cent Table 173 Theatres The audience of state subsidized theatres trickle away Admissions to state subsidized theatres reached a number of 2,0 mill. during the season of 2013/2014 which is 39,000 less than the previous season. In state subsi- dized theatres there were 587 productions in 2013/2014 and 585 productions in 2012/2013. Statistical Yearbook 2015 Microsoft Word − 04 Culture and church.docx (X:100.0%, Y:100.0%) Created by Grafikhuset Publi PDF. Culture and National Church Figure 6 Admissions to state-subsidizes theatres Million 2,5 2,0 1,5 1,0 0,5 0,0 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 www.statbank.dk/teat1, teat2 and teat3 Culture, economy and structure Sports, Radio and TV receive the largest shares of public funding Public funding for cultural activities for 2014 was DKK 23.1 billion. This is an in- crease compared to 2013, where funding totaled DKK 22.7 billion. The distribution of funding between various cultural domains is only changed slightly from 2013. In 2014, the largest proportions of funding are allocated to Sports (19 per cent), Radio and TV (19 per cent), and Libraries (16 per cent). Figure 7 Public subsidies to cultural activities . 2014 Performing arts, 7 per cent Music, 6 per cent Radio and TV, 19 per cent Libraries, 16 per cent Museums, 7 per cent Sports, 19 per cent Other, 26 per cent www.statbank.dk/bevil02 Municipalities and government support different cultural domains In 2014, the central government provided 57 per cent of the public funding for cul- tural activities, while local municipalities provided the remaining 43 per cent. These proportions are the same as in 2013. Central government and local municipalities support different cultural domains. The municipal funds account for almost 80 per cent of public funding for sports and libraries, while public support primarily is funded by the central government for performing arts and museums. Radio and TV are entirely funded by the central government, while public funding for music is distributed almost equally between the central government and the municipalities. Statistical Yearbook 2015 Microsoft Word − 04 Culture and church.docx (X:100.0%, Y:100.0%) Created by Grafikhuset Publi PDF. Culture and National Church Public funding for culture is mainly in the form of operating grants The distribution of public funding by financing type is virtually unchanged from 2013. In 2014, 85 per cent of public funding for culture is in the form of operating grants while construction works receive 7 per cent and projects 6 per cent. The rest is distributed between distribution support (1.8 per cent) and personal grants (1.3 per cent). National Church Fewer members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark An increasing number of people have decided not to be members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark. The share of the Danish population with membership was 77.8 per cent on 1 January 2015. The share shows a falling tendency and made up 78.4 per cent in 2014. The share was 83.4 per cent ten years ago. Largest membership of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark is seen in Western Jutland The share of members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark differs among the various regions of Denmark. The region accounting for the highest num- ber is Vestjylland, followed by Nordjylland and Sydjylland. The region with the low- est number of members is København by, followed by Københavns omegn and Nordsjælland. Figure 8 Membership of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. 1 January 2015 Member of National Church Not member of National Church All Denmark København By Københavns omegn Nordsjælland Bornholm Østsjælland Vest- og Sydsjælland Fyn Sydjylland Østjylland Vestjylland Nordjylland 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Per cent www.statbank.dk/km6 Statistical Yearbook 2015 Microsoft Word − Table 154.docx (X:100.0%, Y:100.0%) Created by Grafikhuset Publi PDF. Culture and National Church Table 154 Danish National Archives and provincial archives. 2013 Collections Material Reading rooms Written inquiries Permanent staff received under Size at the delivery Visitors end of the year schemes thousand metres metres thousands number Archives total 435 3 513 31 14 386 197 Danish National Archives 261 2 982 18 6 412 119 Provincial archives in: Copenhagen 1 - - - - - Odense 20 - 4 333 7 Viborg 75 11 5 7 175 32 Aabenraa 21 32 2 287 7 Industrial Archives 58 488 2 179 17 Danish Data Archives - - - - 15 1 From 2012 the provincial archives in Copenhagen has been merged with Danish National Archives.