Dansk Sprognævn ([ˌtænˀskˈspʁɔwˌnewˀn]ⓘ "Danish Language Council") is the official regulatory body of theDanish language as a part of theDanish Ministry of Culture and is located inBogense. It was established in 1955. The committee has three main objectives:[1]
The working members of the committee follow written and broadcast media, read books to keep track of new words and record their usage. New words which have appeared enough in print and speech to be considered notable are added toRetskrivningsordbogen, which all government institutions and schools are obliged by law to follow.[2] The committee receives some 14,000 inquiries by phone or mail each year about the Danish language, half of them from private companies, but also by private citizens.
Dansk Sprognævn cooperates with its equivalents in the otherScandinavian countries, theSwedish andNorwegian Language Councils, to make sure that the threeMainland Scandinavian languages, which are more or less mutually intelligible, do not diverge more than necessary from one another.
Different practices forDanish orthography has been in existence since the language started to be written down. During the last 400 years, this was systematized in descriptions usually written by people with knowledge about the language, some with and without official status. The first case of a state-supported norm was in the case of theLatin school act of 1739. The first official orthographic dictionary wasDansk Haandordbog by Svend Grundtvig from 1872. Different regulations and circulars has been issued since, most important the orthography reform of 1948.[3]
The Danish Language Council was created on March 17th, 1955.[4] Since then, official changes have occurred in a more regular and incremental fashion than before.[3]
In 2006, the Danish Language Council went through changes in their organization, in which the position as a director was created, andSabine Kirchmeier became the first in that position. In 2019, she was succeeded by Thomas Hestbæk Andersen.[4]
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