Nordvision is a cooperative venture between five Nordic

Nordic countries

The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...

 public service broadcasters

Public broadcasting

Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing and commercial financing.Public broadcasting may be...

: Denmark's DR, Sweden's SVT

Sveriges Television

Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...

, Norway's NRK, Finland's YLE and Iceland's RÚV

RÚV

Ríkisútvarpið is Iceland's national public-service broadcasting organization.Operating from studios in the country's capital, Reykjavík, as well as regional centres around the country, the service broadcasts a variety of general programming to a wide audience across the whole country via radio...

. Greenland's KNR

Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa

Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa is the national public broadcasting corporation of Greenland, based in the country's capital city, Nuuk....

, Sweden's Utbildingsradio

Sveriges Utbildningsradio

Sveriges Utbildningsradio — the Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company — is a public-service corporation dedicated to serving the needs of the Swedish general public by providing educational programming on radio and television.-External links:**...

 and the Faroe Islands' Kringvarp Føroya

Sjónvarp Føroya

Sjónvarp Føroya means "Television of the Faroe Islands". It is the only public TV station in the small country of 48,000 inhabitants, speaking their own Faroese language....

 are associate members. The cooperation was established in 1959.

Nordvision's main task is co-production of programs and program exchange. Nordvision's secretariat is located at DR Byen

DR Byen

DR Byen is the headquarter of the Danish national broadcasting corporation , located in Copenhagen, Denmark. The buildings include the Copenhagen Concert Hall by architect Jean Nouvel....

 in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

.