Access to culture and cultural activities

The plan establishes that everyone shall have the same right and opportunity to practice culture and participate in cultural life, and that state cultural policy shall guarantee equivalent distribution across the country. The counter-proposal's demand for free and accessible culture regardless of place of residence, disability or background is the same commitment. The plan also sees culture as a tool against segregation and class differences. The plan supports the demand.

• equal right to culturedecisive»Alla ska ha samma rätt och möjlighet att utöva kultur och att ta del av kulturlivet.« (party programme ↗)“Everyone shall have the same right and opportunity to practice culture and participate in cultural life.”
• equivalent culture across the country»En statlig kulturpolitik ska garantera en demokratiskt likvärdig fördelning av resurser över landet och alla invånares tillgång till kulturverksamhet.« (party programme ↗)“A state cultural policy shall guarantee a democratically equivalent distribution of resources across the country and all residents' access to cultural activities.”
• free culture across 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 control and exists across the country.”
• culture against class differences»Kulturen kan spegla samhället, motverka segregation och klasskillnader.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Culture can reflect society, counter segregation and class differences.”

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 party programme explicitly states that cultural policy is about making the different forms of artistic expression accessible to everyone, children and adults, throughout the country, and that institutions should exist everywhere. The election manifesto promises a strengthened cultural school and special initiatives in resource-poor areas as well as cheaper leisure and cultural activities. The counter-proposal's demand for free and accessible culture regardless of place of residence, background or disability is thus in line with the plan.

• culture accessible to alldecisive»konstens olika uttrycksformer tillgängliga för alla, barn och vuxna, i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“the different forms of artistic expression accessible to everyone, children and adults, throughout the country.”
• cultural school and disadvantaged areas»Vi vill stärka kulturskolan för att säkra alla barns möjligheter till kulturella aktiviteter, och genomföra särskilda satsningar i resurssvaga områden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to strengthen the cultural school to secure all children's opportunities for cultural activities, and implement special initiatives in resource-poor areas.”
• culture independent of means»Tillgången till fritidsaktiviteter till rimliga kostnader, både vad gäller idrott och kultur, behöver öka. Föräldrarnas plånbok ska inte avgöra.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Access to leisure activities at reasonable costs, both for sport and culture, needs to increase. Parents' wallets should not decide.”
• cultural institutions throughout the country»Institutioner för det professionella kulturlivet ska därför finnas över hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“Institutions for professional cultural life should therefore exist throughout the country.”

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 party programme's cultural policy is based on everyone being able to practice and participate in culture on equal terms and all children being able to go to cultural school regardless of family finances. The election manifesto wishes to build a stronger cultural life that more have access to throughout the country and particularly cherish children's culture. The counter-proposal's demands for free and accessible culture regardless of place of residence, disability or background are therefore supported.

• culture on equal termsdecisive»utöva och ta del av kultur på jämlika villkor.« (party programme ↗)“practice and participate in culture on equal terms.”
• culture throughout the country, children first»Vi vill bygga ett starkare kulturliv som fler har tillgång till — i hela landet. Barns kultur ska särskilt värnas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We wish to build a stronger cultural life that more have access to — throughout the country. Children's culture shall be particularly cherished.”
• culture regardless of family finances»kultur inom någon form av kulturskola oavsett« (party programme ↗)“culture in some form of cultural school regardless”
• 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 broad recovery plan for the cultural life throughout the country, which includes both public, free, professional and non-profit actors.”

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 makes culture throughout the country an explicit starting point and demands that state cultural institutions spread their activities across the country. The counter-proposal's demand for free and accessible culture regardless of residence, disability or background is thus the plan's own direction. The plan also states that culture shall be free and that everyone should have access to cultural values.

• 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 Centre Party.”
• dispersed cultural activities»Statliga kulturinstitutioner ska sprida sin verksamhet i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“State cultural institutions shall spread their activities throughout the country.”
• free and inclusive culture»Kulturen ska vara fri och oberoende, idrotten jämlik och inkluderande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Culture shall be free and independent, sport fair and inclusive.”

The party programme requires the public sector to increase at all levels the accessibility of culture to the entire population and to create economic conditions also for culture that is not commercially profitable. Sweden shall be a model when it comes to culture by and for children and young people, and gender equality within culture shall increase. The counter-proposal's demand for free and accessible culture regardless of place of residence, disability or background follows directly from this.

• increased accessibility to culturedecisive»Det offentliga ska på alla nivåer gynna mångfalden av kulturuttryck, öka kulturens tillgänglighet« (party programme ↗)“The public sector shall at all levels promote diversity of cultural expression, increase the accessibility of culture”
• culture for children and youth»Sverige ska vara ett föredöme på området kultur av och för barn och ungdomar.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden shall be a model in the field of culture by and for children and youth.”
• gender equality in culture»Insatser måste göras för att öka jämställdheten inom kulturen.« (party programme ↗)“Measures must be taken to increase gender equality within culture.”
• free access via libraries»Biblioteken har en central roll för att alla ska ha kostnadsfri tillgång till litteratur och annan kultur« (party programme ↗)“Libraries have a central role so that everyone has free access to literature and other culture”

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 places on the state the responsibility for cultural infrastructure throughout the country and requires that cultural and leisure activities are accessible to persons with disabilities. Culture is assigned an intrinsic value that shall be available to all citizens. The counter-proposal's requirement for free and accessible culture regardless of place of residence, disability or background responds to these commitments.

• culture throughout the countrydecisive»en kulturell infrastruktur, i hela landet« (party programme ↗)“cultural infrastructure, throughout the country”
• accessible culture and leisure»att offentliga inrättningar, anläggningar och informationssystem utformas med höga krav på tillgänglighet« (party programme ↗)“that public institutions, facilities and information systems are designed with high accessibility requirements”
• 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 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 lacks commitments about culture's accessibility throughout the country. The nearest-lying principles are the goal of a broad and free supply, that nature and outdoor life shall be accessible to everyone and the stated concern for households pressured by price increases. Based on these, the plan gives weak support for culture to be accessible regardless of residence and for inflation's effects to be monitored, while at the same time protecting cultural institutions' freedom from political control.

• broad and free supplydecisive»Vi ska ha en mediepolitik för mångfald« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall have a media policy for diversity”
• accessibility for everyone»Friluftslivet och naturen ska vara tillgänglig för alla.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Outdoor life and nature shall be accessible to everyone.”
• pressured household economy»Det har blivit orimligt dyrt att vara svensk.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It has become unreasonably expensive to be Swedish.”
• culture's freedom 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.”

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 states that cultural policy should be designed so that culture reaches all of Sweden and that citizen participation in the distribution of cultural funds should increase. The counter-proposal's demand that culture should be accessible regardless of place of residence and disability, with particular responsibility for children and young people, aligns with that commitment and with the plan's principle of equal access regardless of background. The plan, however, speaks of Swedish culture rather than equal access as a goal in itself.

• culture shall reach the whole countrydecisive»Politiken bör utformas för att den svenska kulturen ska nå hela Sverige.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Policy should be designed so that Swedish culture reaches all of Sweden.”
• the whole country shall live»Bedriva en politik för hela Sverige« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Conduct a policy for all of Sweden”
• equal access regardless of background»Ge alla tillgång till idrott oavsett kön, ålder eller kulturell bakgrund« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give everyone access to sports regardless of gender, age or cultural background”
• citizen participation in cultural funding»Fördela offentliga kulturmedel och utforma offentliga miljöer med ett större medborgarinflytande« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Distribute public cultural funds and design public environments with greater citizen participation”

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.