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The Government Abandons Proposal for Magazine Support

After the referral bodies said no, the government is now dropping the proposal for a new time-limited digital support to magazines that offer in-depth social and news journalism. Culture Minister Parisa Liljestrand (M) commissioned Madeleine Sjöstedt in 2023 to develop proposals for such support, but the referral bodies were critical.

The Government Abandons Proposal for Magazine Support

Tough economic situation for museums and stages

The economic situation is tougher in 2025 compared to last year, think more than half of the surveyed museum and theatre scene managers in a new report. The anxiety about reduced public funds is great.

Tough economic situation for museums and stages

Sharp criticism against new supreme authority

The Academy of Fine Arts rejects "with determination and dismay" the government's proposal to merge the Modern Museum, Arkdes and the State Art Council into a larger authority. .

Sharp criticism against new supreme authority

Politician: A Welcome Conflict for Liljestrand

After the speech at the Gothenburg Film Festival, Parisa Liljestrand (M) is "at war" with the film industry. But for her, the conflict is welcome, according to Timbro publisher Andreas Johansson Heinö.

Politician: A Welcome Conflict for Liljestrand

Liljestrand: Exciting that it has become a huge debate

Minister of Culture Parisa Liljestrand (The Moderate Party) speaks out for the first time since she caused a commotion at the Gothenburg Film Festival on Friday. .

Liljestrand: Exciting that it has become a huge debate

80 years since Auschwitz was liberated

80 years ago, the extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated. On Monday, a memorial ceremony was held in Poland to honor the victims.

80 years since Auschwitz was liberated

The Government wants more commemorative trips

The Government intends to increase the funds for memorial journeys to memorial sites for the Holocaust to 8 million kronor. .

The Government wants more commemorative trips

Ruben Östlund: Cultural politicians are embarrassingly uneducated

Star director Ruben Östlund is tough on the cultural policy being pursued in Sweden today. He urges politicians to "grow up and become less embarrassingly ignorant".

Ruben Östlund: Cultural politicians are embarrassingly uneducated

The Minister of Culture Booed at the Gothenburg Film Festival

Minister of Culture Parisa Liljestrand (M) was met with boos during her opening speech at the Göteborg Film Festival. The film industry's criticism thus continues against the already questioned minister.

The Minister of Culture Booed at the Gothenburg Film Festival

Gothenburg Film Festival Opened

The 48th Gothenburg Film Festival has been officially inaugurated by Minister of Culture Parisa Liljestrand (M). 280 films from 80 countries will be shown during the week-long festival, and the theme of this year's festival is disobedience.

Gothenburg Film Festival Opened

Film Elite Upset over Minister's Absence

The Nordic film industry gathered for a meeting in Gothenburg – but Minister of Culture Parisa Liljestrand (M) chose to stay in Stockholm. Her absence sparked outraged feelings among the "film industry elite", according to Göteborgs-Posten.

Film Elite Upset over Minister's Absence

The Government wants to ban IPTV – prohibition is being investigated

The Film Inquiry gets extended time – the investigator is now also to come up with proposals on whether illegal so-called ip-tv can be banned. The money goes straight into the pockets of criminals, says Minister of Culture Parisa Liljestrand (The Moderate Party).

The Government wants to ban IPTV – prohibition is being investigated

Criticism of the Merger of Authorities

The proposal to merge ArkDes, Moderna Museet and Statens Konstråd into the same authority is now sparking criticism from several quarters. .

Criticism of the Merger of Authorities

The Opera's Sponsorship - "Inspirational Example"

The Royal Opera has managed to gather 300 million kronor in sponsorship funds for expansion and renovation. "Inspirational", thinks Gunnar Ardelius, Secretary General of Sweden's Museums.

The Opera's Sponsorship - "Inspirational Example"

The Opera receives 300 million in donations – expansion underway

The Opera in Stockholm is being renovated and expanded for 3. 5 billion kronor.

The Opera receives 300 million in donations – expansion underway

Norrbotten demands answers on minority groups

Norrbotten wants the government to take greater responsibility for the minority groups Tornedalians, Kvens, and Lantalaiset. This is a national issue, says Anders Öberg (S), chairman of the regional board.

Norrbotten demands answers on minority groups

Proposal on Arkdes and Moderna is complete

Minister of Culture Parisa Liljestrand (The Moderate Party) has now received proposals for the organization of Arkdes, the State Art Council and the Modern Museum. .

Proposal on Arkdes and Moderna is complete

The Culture Year 2024 – Poetry, Canon, and Crisis

Bruno K Öijer fans experienced ecstasy at the same time as the young poets stepped forward. But the cultural year 2024 was marked by economic crisis and the debate about a Swedish cultural canon that dragged on.

The Culture Year 2024 – Poetry, Canon, and Crisis

Fashion Expert: Sober and Understated

Sophisticated, stylish and relatively subdued. This is how fashion expert Frida Zetterström describes Queen Silvia's and Crown Princess Victoria's dresses.

Fashion Expert: Sober and Understated

Kiruna becomes Europe's cultural capital: "Grateful"

The European jury has made its choice and it will be Kiruna that is appointed European Capital of Culture 2029. We are so grateful.

Kiruna becomes Europe's cultural capital: "Grateful"

Mountain Farm Culture New Cultural Heritage

The Fäbod culture becomes new cultural heritage. UNESCO has decided that mountain farm dairy farming will be inscribed on the list of humanity's intangible cultural heritage.

Mountain Farm Culture New Cultural Heritage

Minister failed to register her chickens

Culture Minister Parisa Liljestrand (M) has chickens at home – but had missed registering them with the Board of Agriculture. Thus, she broke against the EU's regulatory framework, reports [Expressen](https://www.

Minister failed to register her chickens

New Director for the World Culture Museums

Britta Söderqvist becomes the new senior superintendent for the National Museums of World Culture – the Mediterranean Museum, the Ethnographic Museum and the East Asian Museum in Stockholm, plus the Museum of World Culture in Gothenburg. "I am so happy for the trust" she says in a press release.

New Director for the World Culture Museums

Further Criticism of the Cultural Canon: "Strange"

The work on a cultural canon has been heavily debated. In an interview with Sveriges Radio's Culture News, Lawen Redar, cultural policy spokesperson for the Social Democrats, expresses sharp criticism of the work on the cultural canon.

Further Criticism of the Cultural Canon: "Strange"