Culture
Cultural policy is about promoting a living and independent cultural heritage. This area covers the conditions for cultural practitioners and people’s access to culture in all its forms, and how cultural heritage is to be preserved, used and developed.
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Government grants to culture schools reintroduced
Photo: Henrik Montgomery/TT The Government intends to reintroduce government grants to municipal culture schools. The grants, which encompass SEK 50 million, will be used to broaden the offering within culture schools and reach new groups. The proposal is made in the Government’s Spring Amending Budget, which is based on an agreement between the Green Party, the Swedish Social Democratic Party, the Centre Party and the Liberals.
Free museum admission to remain
Photo: Mikael Sjöberg/TT Admission to a number of state-owned museums will remain free of charge under a proposal in the Government’s Spring Amending Budget for 2019. The Spring Amending Budget is based on an agreement between the Green Party, the Swedish Social Democratic Party, the Centre Party and the Liberals.
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Free museum admission to remain
Admission to a number of state-owned museums will remain free of charge under a proposal in the Government’s Spring Amending Budget for 2019. The Spring Amending Budget is based on an agreement between the Green Party, the Swedish Social Democratic Party, the Centre Party and the Liberals.
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Government grants to culture schools reintroduced
The Government intends to reintroduce government grants to municipal culture schools. The grants, which encompass SEK 50 million, will be used to broaden the offering within culture schools and reach new groups. The proposal is made in the Government’s Spring Amending Budget, which is based on an agreement between the Green Party, the Swedish Social Democratic Party, the Centre Party and the Liberals.
Government grants to culture schools reintroduced -
Speech by Amanda Lind at the Sami Culture Policy Summit
· Speech from Amanda Lind, Ministry of Culture
Umeå, 6 March 2019. Check against delivery.
Speech by Amanda Lind at the Sami Culture Policy Summit -
Nominations for the 2018 Music Export Prize
The Government’s Music Export Prize is awarded every year to an artist who has been internationally successful during the preceding year and has contributed to Swedish musical export success and to a positive image of Sweden. The winner will be announced by Minister for Foreign Trade, with responsibility for Nordic affairs, Ann Linde at a ceremony at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on Wednesday 6 March at 14.30.
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Speech by Amanda Lind at the opening of Göteborg Film Festival
· Speech from Amanda Lind, Ministry of Culture
Gothenburg, 25 January 2019 Check against delivery.
Speech by Amanda Lind at the opening of Göteborg Film Festival -
Policy for Designed Living Environment
This publication is an abridged version and contains the Government Bill “Policy for Designed Living Environment” (Bill 2017/18:110).
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Alice Bah Kuhnke to chair meeting of Nordic Council of Ministers for Culture in Oslo
· Press release from Ministry of Culture
Minister for Culture and Democracy Alice Bah Kuhnke will chair the meeting of the Nordic Council of Ministers for Culture in Oslo on 31 October. The meeting is being held in connection with the annual session of the Nordic Council, where the Nordic Council prizes are also awarded. Sweden holds the Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2018.
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Barents: 25 years of successful cooperation
The Barents cooperation has laid the foundation for far-reaching people-to-people cooperation and high-level political dialogue in the European Arctic. The 25th anniversary of cooperation was marked by a seminar at the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the European Union on 5 June to highlight cooperation in an EU perspective and to look ahead.
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Speech by Alice Bah Kuhnke at the ALMA Award ceremony 2018
· Speech from Ministry of Culture
Stockholm, 29 May 2017. Check against delivery.
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Acne Studios winner of the 2017 Cultural and Creative Industries Export Prize
On 24 May, Minister for EU Affairs and Trade Ann Linde presented the Government's 2017 Cultural and Creative Industries Export Prize. The newly established prize was awarded to the Swedish fashion company Acne Studios.
Acne Studios winner of the 2017 Cultural and Creative Industries Export Prize
