"I think many people are on edge," says Sofia Lindström Sol, associate professor and senior lecturer who researches culture at the University of Borås.
If the government formation process drags on, cultural policy will have to wait. It remains to be seen whether the Tidö government's previous direction of financing culture "according to philanthropic tradition" will continue, or whether there will be a shift to a more welfare-oriented cultural policy under a red-green government.
"It's not fun for any type of publicly funded cultural institution to have a political stalemate," Lindström Sol says.
After the 2018 election, it took 129 days before the government was formed. If something similar follows after the 2026 election, the risk is that people will not dare to tackle certain initiatives during the waiting period, such as student unions and popular education policy, says Sofia Lindström Sol.
There is also a possibility that the Tidö government's film policy will be scrapped if a new government is formed.
"So how does it actually affect people who work in film and production while it's up in the air?"
According to Lindström Sol, there is currently no plan for financing culture, or for how it will be able to survive throughout the country.
"As long as these questions are not answered, certain ambitions or initiatives will come to a halt," she says.
