Ministry of Culture

On 20–21 October 2022, the Swedish Presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) will host an international conference in Stockholm on the genocide of the Roma and combating antigypsyism.

How many people work at the Government Offices? What was the central government budget like last year? How many acts and ordinances were issued last year? The answer to these and other questions can be found in the Swedish Government Offices Yearbook 2021.

"By comparing and equating Ukraine’s democratically elected government and their actions with the murderous policy of Nazi Germany, the history of the Holocaust is being grossly distorted and misused," said IHRA Chair Ambassador Ann Bernes in her first statement as IHRA Chair.

How many people work at the Government Offices? What was the central government budget like last year? How many acts and ordinances were issued last year? The answer to these and other questions can be found in the Swedish Government Offices Yearbook 2020.

How many people work at the Government Offices? What was the central government budget like last year? How many acts and ordinances were issued last year? The answer to these and other questions can be found in the Swedish Government Offices Yearbook 2019.

The Government provides periodical reports to the Council of Europe on Sweden’s compliance with the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

This publication is an abridged version and contains the Government Bill “Policy for Designed Living Environment” (Bill 2017/18:110).

This Communication provides an account of the measures the Government has implemented to safeguard democracy against violent extremism. The aim of these measures is to improve our knowledge of violent extremism and develop preventive initiatives and methods. These measures will enable authorities, municipalities and civil society organisations, including faith communities, to contribute in a more coordinated and effective manner to safeguard democracy against violent extremism.

The action plan sets out the measures which the Swedish Government has already taken and intends to take in order to strengthen awareness of democracy and to safeguard it against violence-promoting extremism.

Translation of the Language Act, SFS 2009:600, in Finnish.

Translation of the Language Act, SFS 2009:600, in Lule Sami.

Translation of the Language Act, SFS 2009:600, in Meänkieli.

Translation of the Language Act, SFS 2009:600, in Northern Sami.

Translation of the Language Act, SFS 2009:600, in Romany.

Translation of the Language Act, SFS 2009:600, in Southern Sami.

Translation of the Language Act, SFS 2009:600, in Yiddish.

The final report from the Digital TV Commission describes planning and implementation of the Swedish digital TV switchover.

Summary of the Report of the Swedish Committee of Inquiry on Cultural Policy.

With the understanding that coordination between public service and commercial radio is crucial for the successful transition to digital radio in Sweden, the Swedish Digital Radio Coordinator [Digitalradiosamordningen] has since last autumn worked together with Swedish public service radio and the commercial radio industry to produce a roadmap.

Work at the Government Offices of Sweden on drawing up a White Paper on the abuse and rights violations suffered by Roma began in spring 2011. Less than a year later the Delegation for Roma Issues had shown in the report "Roma Rights - a strategy for Roma in Sweden" (SOU 2010:55) that the human rights of Roma are being violated and that Roma are excluded from substantial parts of society.