Only two out of ten library employees respond that they have a contingency plan for war.
In the 2026 budget, the government allocates SEK 59 million for measures to increase cultural preparedness, but this is not enough, according to DIK's union chairwoman Anna Troberg. This corresponds to 0.03 percent of a total of SEK 225 billion for defense and society's crisis preparedness next year, according to the union's calculations.
"Making culture defenseless when the world is burning around us is foolish. Investments in culture are never wasted. If we build cultural welfare today, we strengthen and enrich tomorrow, regardless of what it brings," says Anna Troberg in a press release.
