Selskabet for Børnelitteratur, IBBY Danmark

Selskabet for Børnelitteratur, IBBY Danmark

Frederiksberg C, Denmark

Children & YouthArts & CultureEducation
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Profile last updated: October 26, 2026

About

Selskabet for Børnelitteratur, IBBY Danmark is a non-profit association based in Frederiksberg C, Denmark working on children & youth, arts & culture, education.

Selskabet for Børnelitteratur, IBBY Danmark is the Danish section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). It is a voluntary, multidisciplinary association that brings together authors, illustrators, librarians, teachers, publishers, booksellers and researchers working with children's and young adult literature. The association promotes Danish children's literature domestically and abroad, nominates Danish authors and illustrators for international awards, organises seminars and events, publishes the membership magazine Klods Hans, and runs the book review service Bogbotten. It is funded mainly by membership fees and operates in Denmark, with links to IBBY's Nordic, European and international networks.

Location

Frederiksberg C, Denmark

Organisation type

Association

Legal form

Forening

Registration

33188994

Focus areas

children's literatureyoung adult literaturereading promotionIBBYbook reviewsDenmark

Languages

DA

Causes & programmes

Causes

Children & YouthArts & CultureEducation

Works for

ChildrenYouth

How they work

Awareness & educationAdvocacy & campaigningCommunity programmesVolunteer programmes

Programmes

Bogbotten

Arts & Culture · Denmark

Book review service for children's and young adult literature, run by two volunteer editors and volunteer reviewers.

Klods Hans

Arts & Culture · Denmark

Membership magazine on Danish and international children's and young adult literature, published three times a year.

Statusseminar

Arts & Culture · Denmark

Annual seminar giving an overview of the previous year's children's and young adult book publications and trends.

Klods Hans-prisen

Arts & Culture · Denmark

Annual prize honouring a person, institution or group that has made a special effort to promote children's and young adult literature.

Countries of operation

Denmark

Funding & support

Funded by

Membership fees

Ways to support

MembershipVolunteerShop

Credentials & affiliations

Industry memberships

IBBY InternationalIBBY EuropeIBBY Nordic

Partnerships

IBBY International, IBBY Europe, IBBY Nordic, Dansklærerforeningen, Toronto Public Library

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