Cinemas in smaller towns

The plan explicitly points out that culture has been impoverished when cinemas exist in fewer places and demands that culture exists throughout the country and is counted as part of welfare. To especially protect cinemas in smaller places as cultural infrastructure is therefore exactly what the plan advocates. The party programme moreover demands an equivalent distribution of cultural resources across the country.

• cinemas disappearing from townsdecisive»Även kulturen och idrotten har utarmats när skolbibliotek läggs ned, simskolan blivit dyrare och biografer finns på färre orter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Culture and sport have also been impoverished when school libraries are closed, swimming schools have become more expensive and cinemas exist in fewer places.”
• culture throughout the country»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.”
• equivalent cultural policy across the country»En statlig kulturpolitik ska garantera en demokratiskt likvärdig« (party programme ↗)“A state cultural policy shall guarantee democratically equivalent”
• culture as part of 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 stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan requires that institutions for professional cultural life exist throughout the country and that forms of artistic expression are made accessible to all throughout the country. Cinemas in smaller towns are precisely such cultural infrastructure, and the plan wants to see a vibrant cultural life and a state that is present throughout the country. Cinemas are however not explicitly mentioned.

• kulturinstitutioner i hela landetdecisive»Institutioner för det professionella kulturlivet ska därför finnas över hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“Institutions for professional cultural life shall therefore exist throughout the country.”
• kultur tillgänglig i hela landet»Kulturpolitiken går ut på att göra konstens olika uttrycksformer tillgängliga för alla, barn och vuxna, i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“Cultural policy is about making the various forms of artistic expression accessible to all, children and adults, throughout the country.”
• levande kulturliv»Sverige ska ha ett levande, fritt och obundet kulturliv som både stärker samhörigheten och utmanar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden shall have a vibrant, free and unbound cultural life that both strengthens social cohesion and challenges.”
• samhällsservice i hela landet»För att säkra välfärden i hela landet behöver vi se över skatteutjämningssystemet, så att det garanterar offentlig service av hög kvalitet i hela landet, även i små kommuner som kämpar med sitt befolkningsunderlag. Staten ska finnas närvarande i hela landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To ensure welfare throughout the country, we need to review the tax equalisation system, so that it guarantees public services of high quality throughout the country, even in small municipalities struggling with their population base. The state shall be present throughout the country.”

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 to build stronger cultural life that more people have access to across the country and invest in a broad recovery plan for cultural life. The party programme requires that culture be made accessible across the country and invests in regional cultural activities. To particularly protect cinemas in smaller communities as part of cultural infrastructure is thus in line with the plan.

• cultural life across the countrydecisive»satsa på en bred återhämtningsplan för kulturlivet i hela landet, som omfattar både offentliga, fria, professionella och ideella aktörer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“invest in a broad recovery plan for cultural life across the country, which includes public, independent, professional and non-profit actors.”
• culture accessible across the country»verksamhet i hela landet. Digital teknik ska« (party programme ↗)“activities across the country. Digital technology shall”
• culture as rural infrastructure»Kultur bidrar till landsbygdens attraktionskraft och främjar inflyttning och besöksnäring.« (party programme ↗)“Culture contributes to rural areas' attractiveness and promotes in-migration and tourism.”

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 makes access to culture throughout the country an explicit starting point, and the party programme requires that cultural institutions spread their activities throughout the country and that everyone is given the opportunity to participate in cultural life. A cinema in a smaller town is precisely such a part of the cultural infrastructure. The plan therefore speaks in favour of it being specially protected.

• culture throughout the countrydecisive»Att tillhandahålla kultur i hela landet är en viktig utgångspunkt för Centerpartiet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Providing culture throughout the country is an important starting point for the Center Party.”
• cultural activities throughout the country»Statliga kulturinstitutioner ska sprida sin verksamhet i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“State cultural institutions should spread their activities throughout the country.”
• everyone's participation in cultural life»Politiken ska fokusera på att skapa förutsättningar för alla att delta i kulturlivet.« (party programme ↗)“Policy should focus on creating conditions for everyone to participate in cultural life.”
• culture's value for the individual»Kulturupplevelser är en grundläggande del av människors självförverkligande och delaktighet i samhället« (party programme ↗)“Cultural experiences are a fundamental part of people's self-fulfilment and participation in society”

The party programme requires that cultural accessibility increases for the entire population and that accessibility to high-quality culture increases in the long term throughout the country, even for culture that is not commercially profitable. Specially protecting cinemas in smaller towns as part of a cultural infrastructure follows from these commitments. However, the plan wants to change state film policy to a broad stakeholder agreement rather than new targeted political commitments.

• cultural accessibilitydecisive»öka kulturens tillgänglighet för hela« (party programme ↗)“increase cultural accessibility for the entire”
• culture throughout the country»Syftet bör vara att långsiktigt öka tillgängligheten till kultur av hög kvalitet i hela« (party programme ↗)“The goal should be to increase accessibility to high-quality culture in the long term throughout”
• support for non-commercial culture»skapa ekonomiska förutsättningar även för sådan kultur som är av hög kvalitet utan att vara« (party programme ↗)“create economic conditions even for culture that is of high quality without being”
• reformed film policy»Det statliga filmpolitiken bör ersättas av en bred partsöverenskommelse« (party programme ↗)“State film policy should be replaced by a broad stakeholder agreement”

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 places on the state the responsibility for cultural infrastructure throughout the country and requires that the public actively contributes to culture reaching citizens. Cinemas in smaller towns are precisely such a part of the infrastructure, and the election manifesto wants all of Sweden to function also outside the major cities. The plan's subsidiarity view speaks for support without control of the activity.

• cultural infrastructure throughout the countrydecisive»svara för det som brukar benämnas en kulturell infrastruktur, i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“provide what is usually called cultural infrastructure, throughout the country.”
• culture shall reach citizens»ska inte bara garantera kulturell frihet, utan också aktivt bidra till att kulturen kommer medborgarna till« (party programme ↗)“shall not only guarantee cultural freedom, but also actively contribute to culture reaching citizens”
• all of Sweden shall function»Hela Sverige ska fungera och det ska gå att bo och verka även utanför de stora städerna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All of Sweden shall function and it shall be possible to live and work also outside the major cities.”
• support but not control»Den innebär att kulturverksamhet som bedrivs av det« (party programme ↗)“This means that cultural activity conducted by”

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 has no commitments about cinemas or film infrastructure. The programme establishes that culture and media policy must always be conducted with insight that public financing and political ambitions constitute a risk, and that the goal is institutions that stand free from state and politics. A special political protection of cinemas in smaller places therefore does not follow from the plan, even though it wants to make use of all of Sweden's possibilities.

• risk with public cultural financingdecisive»offentlig finansiering och politiska ambitioner utgör en risk.« (party programme ↗)“public financing and political ambitions constitute a risk.”
• culture free from politics»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 activities stand free from state and politics.”
• all of Sweden shall function»Moderaterna vill ta vara på hela Sveriges möjligheter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderate Party wants to make use of all of Sweden's possibilities.”

The plan states that cultural policy shall be shaped so that Swedish culture reaches all of Sweden and that culture shall be protected, cared for and shown. Particularly protecting cinemas in smaller towns as part of a cultural infrastructure throughout the country follows from that, together with the principle that the whole country shall thrive. The committee's reasoning that film policy is already being handled is not affected by the plan.

• culture throughout the countrydecisive»Politiken bör utformas för att den svenska kulturen ska nå hela Sverige.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Policy should be shaped for Swedish culture to reach all of Sweden.”
• protected Swedish culture»Sverigedemokraterna vill värna, vårda och visa svensk kultur.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats want to protect, care for and show Swedish culture.”
• the whole country shall thrive»Principen om att hela Sverige skall leva är mycket viktig för Sverigedemokraterna.« (party programme ↗)“The principle that the whole country shall thrive is very important to Sweden Democrats.”
• policy for the whole country»Bedriva en politik för hela Sverige« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Conduct policy for all of Sweden”

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.