6.1 Short overview The ambitions in recent years to finance a
bigger part of cultural activities by private means e.g. tax
reductions (see chapter 5.1.5) raised interesting questions
concerning changes in the public financing of culture: Has the
public budget been reduced or increased? An estimation from the
Ministry of Culture is that there was an increase of about 300
000 DKK in 2006, compared to 2001. Research conducted by the
artists' organisation DJBFA (Danish Jazz, Beat and Folk music
Authors) concluded that there was a reduction of approximately
400 000 DKK. It is impossible to draw the right conclusion
without an independent investigation. This is partially due to
the different definitions of the culture concept. The share of
the state budget allocated for culture in 2011 was approx. 1% -
amounting to DKK 10 399.6 million (not including interest, taxes
and duties; see further Table 3). The household spending on
cultural activities and goods (including tickets for the cinema,
theatre, concerts, museums