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Events Company Sentenced to Repay Pandemic Support

A events company is sentenced by the Stockholm District Court to pay back 510,002 kronor in pandemic support, writes Dagens Juridik. In 2020, the events company was forced to cancel 30 Christmas concerts due to covid restrictions, which led to the company being granted 2,374,700 kronor in pandemic support in 2021.

Events Company Sentenced to Repay Pandemic Support

Dance Band Appeal: "We Are Also Culture"

Dance band is also culture, claim those active in the dance band industry who have joined forces in a joint appeal. This is a question we have been fighting about since the 90s, says Lasse Lundberg, bandleader of the dance band Blender.

Dance Band Appeal: "We Are Also Culture"

Threatened Cultural Actors: Contemporary Art in a Screw Press

Wanås in Skåne and Rackstadmuseet in Värmland are struggling against economic headwinds. At Körsbärsgården on Gotland, this year's art summer looks like it will be the last.

Threatened Cultural Actors: Contemporary Art in a Screw Press

Closure Threat Looms Over Teater Fryshuset

Theater Fryshuset is threatened with closure, after nearly 15 years of operation, reports [Dagens Nyheter](https://www. dn.

Closure Threat Looms Over Teater Fryshuset

The End is Near for Teatermaskinen - "Tragic"

In the fall, the time is up for the cultural platform Teatermaskinen in Skinnskatteberg. The money is gone, and bankruptcy is waiting.

The End is Near for Teatermaskinen - "Tragic"

Cultural Actors Struggle in the Wake of Crises

Sweden's small cultural institutions are struggling. In a cultural landscape where the pandemic, inflation, and reduced allocations have left deep economic scars on operations, the actors are taking matters into their own hands.

Cultural Actors Struggle in the Wake of Crises

Merger Meets Strong Resistance from the Arts

Representatives of the arts express strong concern over the government's plans to incorporate the Arts Council under the Cultural Council. The joint organisation of artistic professions, Klys, "advises against" such a centralisation of power in the submission made to the government.

Merger Meets Strong Resistance from the Arts

Gallery does not have to repay crisis support

The Wetterling Gallery art gallery in Stockholm will not be required to repay the crisis support paid out by the State Cultural Council during the pandemic, according to a decision by the Stockholm District Court. According to the Cultural Council, the gallery was to repay 1.

Gallery does not have to repay crisis support

Édouard Louis proposed for the school's new reading list

French author Édouard Louis's autobiographical novel "Envy: A Novel" is included on a first-reading list for high school. So is "Theft" by Ann-Helén Laestadius.

Édouard Louis proposed for the school's new reading list