Cultural policy and cultural authorities

The plan sees culture as part of welfare and a public responsibility area that must stand free from commercial steering. Giving cultural authorities a clearer mission to support entrepreneurs in cultural and creative industries pulls cultural policy in a business-policy direction, which the plan warns against when business interests find their way into ever more arenas. The plan therefore speaks against the requirement, although without addressing the question directly.

• culture free from commercial steeringdecisive»Det är viktigt att kulturen står fri från såväl kommersiell som politisk styrning och finns i hela landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is important that culture stands free from both commercial and political steering and exists throughout the country.”
• culture as public responsibility»Lagen ska slå fast att kulturen är ett offentligt ansvarsområde i likhet med skolan, socialtjänsten eller försvaret.« (party programme ↗)“The law must establish that culture is a public responsibility area like schools, social services, or defense.”
• counter commercial intrusion»Marknadsföring och andra marknadsaktiviteter tar former som gör att de stora företagen och deras intressen tar sig in på allt fler arenor.« (party programme ↗)“Marketing and other market activities take forms that mean that large companies and their interests find their way into ever more arenas.”
• culture is welfare»Kulturen spelar en viktig roll och är en del av välfärden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Culture plays an important role and is part of welfare.”

The programme imposes on society the task of supporting cultural life and giving artists real opportunities to work, and to stimulate new business and social entrepreneurship. The election manifesto wants to strengthen long-term conditions for business. A clearer mandate to cultural authorities to support entrepreneurs in cultural and creative industries lies at that intersection, but the plan does not address the issue directly.

• societal support for cultural creatorsdecisive»Samhället ska stödja kulturlivet och ge konstnärer inom alla konstarter« (party programme ↗)“Society shall support cultural life and give artists in all art forms”
• better conditions for business»Stärk de långsiktiga förutsättningarna för företagande och innovation.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen long-term conditions for business and innovation.”
• stimulate entrepreneurship»entreprenörskap och kooperativ och social företagsamhet ska stimuleras.« (party programme ↗)“entrepreneurship and cooperatives and social enterprise shall be stimulated.”
• living and free cultural life»Sverige ska ha ett levande, fritt och obundet kulturliv som både stärker samhörigheten och utmanar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden shall have a living, free and unbound cultural life that both strengthens togetherness and challenges.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto promises to improve cultural creators' economic and social conditions and a comprehensive recovery plan for cultural life that also covers independent and professional actors. The party programme wants public cultural institutions to have a clear mandate and for people with good ideas to receive support to run businesses. A clearer mandate for cultural authorities to support creative industries therefore aligns with the plan.

• cultural creators' conditionsdecisive»förbättra kulturskaparnas ekonomiska och sociala villkor och modernisera upphovsrätten så att kulturskaparnas rättigheter värnas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“improve cultural creators' economic and social conditions and modernize copyright so that cultural creators' rights are valued.”
• clear mandate for cultural institutions»ha ett tydligt uppdrag att tillgängliggöra sin« (party programme ↗)“have a clear mandate to make accessible”
• recovery plan for cultural life»satsa på en bred återhämtningsplan för kulturlivet i hela landet, som omfattar både offentliga, fria, professionella och ideella aktörer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“invest in a comprehensive recovery plan for cultural life across the country, which covers both public, independent, professional and volunteer actors.”
• support for small business»goda idéer att starta och driva företag. På så vis kan« (party programme ↗)“good ideas to start and run businesses. In this way,”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan makes it a main line that it should be easy to start and run a business and that the red tape for entrepreneurs is cleaned up, while culture should exist throughout the country. To investigate how cultural policy has affected the cultural and creative industries and give cultural authorities a clearer mandate to support entrepreneurs follows from the entrepreneurial line. The plan's requirement for arm's length distance applies to culture's content, not authorities' business support.

• good conditions for businessdecisive»Det ska vara lätt att starta och driva företag; det ska löna sig att ta klivet och satsa.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It should be easy to start and run a business; it should be worth taking the step and making an effort.”
• regulatory simplification for entrepreneurs»Rensa upp i regelträsket för entreprenörer, stora som små.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Clean up the red tape for entrepreneurs, big and small.”
• culture throughout the country»Att tillhandahålla kultur i hela landet är en viktig utgångspunkt för Centerpartiet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To provide culture throughout the country is an important starting point for the Centre Party.”
• arm's length distance to the content»Politiken ska akta sig för att agera smakdomare och diktera kulturens innehåll.« (party programme ↗)“Politics must be careful not to act as a taste arbiter and dictate culture's content.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto establishes that the state shall steer culture less and that culture creators, not politicians, shall make decisions about support, and that cultural policy shall value culture's intrinsic worth against mere instrumental purposes. The counter-proposal instead wants to give cultural agencies an expanded business and enterprise support mandate. The plan's path to better conditions runs through independent institutions and private financing, not through expanded agency mandates.

• the state shall steer culture lessdecisive»Därför vill vi att staten ska styra mindre och att det ska vara kulturskapare och inte politiker som fattar besluten om stöd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore we want the state to steer less and it shall be culture creators and not politicians who make decisions about support.”
• culture's intrinsic value»Kulturpolitiken ska värna kulturens eget värde gentemot rena nyttoändamål.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Cultural policy shall value culture's intrinsic worth against mere instrumental purposes.”
• independent cultural institutions»Mångfalden i kulturlivet ska öka genom att fler kulturinstitutioner görs självständiga från staten.« (party programme ↗)“Diversity in cultural life shall increase through more cultural institutions being made independent from the state.”
• private cultural financing»Fler stiftelser för kulturfinansiering ska skapas.« (party programme ↗)“More foundations for cultural financing shall be created.”

The party programme wants initiative and creativity to be encouraged by society and places small and medium-sized enterprises at the centre of economic policy, while culture is given its own value. A clearer mandate for cultural agencies to support entrepreneurs in cultural and creative industries follows from both these commitments. Investigating how cultural policy has affected the industries is in line with the same stance.

• encourage creativitydecisive»Det är viktigt att initiativ och skaparkraft uppmuntras av samhället« (party programme ↗)“It is important that initiative and creativity be encouraged by society”
• small enterprises at the centre»De små och medelstora företagen, som ofta är familjeföretag« (party programme ↗)“Small and medium-sized enterprises, which are often family businesses”
• culture's intrinsic value»Genom kulturen får vi rötter till vår historia, mening i nuet, visioner för framtiden« (party programme ↗)“Through culture we get roots to our history, meaning in the present, visions for the future”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants a free business sector to create prosperity and promises to remove one-third of red tape and strengthen incentives for entrepreneurship. Cultural authorities receiving a clearer mandate to support entrepreneurs in cultural and creative industries, and investigating the effects of cultural policy on these industries, aligns with the business policy commitment. The plan at the same time values the independence of cultural institutions, which somewhat dampens the support.

• free business sectordecisive»Moderaterna vill bygga ett land där ett fritt näringsliv skapar ett välstånd som kommer alla till del.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderates want to build a country where a free business sector creates a prosperity that benefits everyone.”
• reduced red tape»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove one-third of businesses' administrative costs and one-third of red tape”
• incentives for entrepreneurship»Stärka drivkrafterna för investeringar, forskning och entreprenörskap, genom lägre skatter på företagande« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen incentives for investments, research and entrepreneurship, through lower taxes on business”
• culture's independence»Målet ska vara självständiga institutioner som i sin verksamhet står fria från stat och politik.« (party programme ↗)“The goal shall be independent institutions that in their operations stand free from state and politics.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires that every public investment shows clear results and that conditions for entrepreneurship and business creation are created with reduced regulatory burden. An investigation of how cultural policy has affected the cultural and creative industries, and a clearer assignment to support entrepreneurs in these industries, is in line with both commitments. However, the plan also wants to reduce the public sector's economic control over contemporary culture.

• support for businessdecisive»Skapa förutsättningar för nyföretagande och entreprenörskap« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Create conditions for new business and entrepreneurship”
• results requirements for public investments»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demand clear results for every public investment”
• regulatory simplification»Verka för regelförenkling och avlasta småföretagens administrativa börda« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work for regulatory simplification and relieve small businesses' administrative burden”
• less public cultural steering»Minska det offentligas ekonomiska kontroll över samtidskulturen och mediesfären« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce the public sector's economic control over contemporary culture and media sphere”