Production incentives

The plan demands that cultural policy create good economic conditions for both institutions and independent culture, and the election manifesto particularly highlights film as part of a richer society. Strengthening production incentives over time and improving the application process address the economic commitment. The plan also wants culture to stand free from commercial control, which speaks for public support rather than market conditions.

• good conditions for culturedecisive»Kulturpolitiken behöver skapa goda ekonomiska villkor för såväl« (party programme ↗)“Cultural policy needs to create good economic conditions for both”
• film as part of welfare»Kultur som konst, musik och film bidrar till att skapa ett rikare samhälle att leva i för alla.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Culture as art, music and film contributes to creating a richer society to live in for everyone.”
• space for cultural creation»Vi vill se gott om utrymmen för kulturellt skapande, som når alla i« (party programme ↗)“We want to see plenty of spaces for cultural creation, reaching everyone in”
• culture free from control»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 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 states that Sweden should have a lively, free and independent cultural life and that society should support cultural life so that artists get real opportunities to meet their audience. An enhanced and better-functioning production incentive for audiovisual works is such support and simultaneously strengthens the long-term conditions for enterprise. The plan does not expressly address film support's level.

• lively cultural lifedecisive»Sverige ska ha ett levande, fritt och obundet kulturliv som både stärker samhörigheten och utmanar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden should have a lively, free and independent cultural life which both strengthens togetherness and challenges.”
• society's support to culture creators»Samhället ska stödja kulturlivet och ge konstnärer inom alla konstarter« (party programme ↗)“Society should support cultural life and give artists in all art forms”
• long-term conditions for the sector»Stärk de långsiktiga förutsättningarna för företagande och innovation.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen the long-term conditions for enterprise and innovation.”

The election manifesto wishes to invest in a broad recovery plan for cultural life throughout the country, which includes both public, free and professional actors, and improve cultural creators' economic conditions. The party programme wishes cultural policy to open generous spaces for creativity and that free groups' cultural practice is also supported. Strengthening the under-financed production incentives and improving the application process lies in line with this.

• broad support for cultural lifedecisive»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 throughout the country, which includes both public, free, professional and non-profit actors.”
• cultural creators' economic conditions»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 creators' rights are protected.”
• generous conditions for creativity»Kulturpolitiken ska öppna upp generösa utrymmen för« (party programme ↗)“Cultural policy shall open up generous spaces for”
• support for free cultural actors»institutioner som kulturutövande av fria grupper« (party programme ↗)“institutions as cultural practice by free groups”

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 does not address film policy's production incentives. The closest-lying principle is that policy should contribute to good conditions for a free culture throughout the country but keep an arm's length distance, which argues for a predictable and well-functioning support rather than an underfunded one with unsustainable application procedures. At the same time, the plan demands that tax funds are used sparingly, so certainty is low.

• good conditions for culturedecisive»Den akademiska och konstnärliga friheten liksom den fria kulturen är grundbultar i ett vitalt civilsamhälle. Politiken ska bidra till goda förutsättningar men hålla armlängds avstånd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Academic and artistic freedom as well as free culture are foundations of a vibrant civil society. Policy should contribute to good conditions but keep an arm's length distance.”
• culture throughout the country»Att tillhandahålla kultur i hela landet är en viktig utgångspunkt för Centerpartiet. Kulturen ska vara fri och oberoende, idrotten jämlik och inkluderande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Providing culture throughout the country is an important starting point for the Centre Party. Culture shall be free and independent, sport fair and inclusive.”
• culture's intrinsic value»Kulturupplevelser är en grundläggande del av människors självförverkligande och delaktighet i samhället, som ständigt utvecklas i våra möten med varandra.« (party programme ↗)“Cultural experiences are a fundamental part of people's self-realization and participation in society, constantly developing in our encounters with each other.”
• manage tax funds»Politiken ska hushålla med skattebetalarnas pengar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Policy shall manage taxpayers' money.”

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 party programme wants to replace state film policy with a broad multi-stakeholder agreement and stimulate private financing, rather than expand state production support; cultural policy shall moreover protect culture's own value against purely utilitarian purposes. The counter-proposal's demand to strengthen production incentives over time thus goes against the plan's line. That the plan wants to offer attractive conditions for artistic environments at high international level pulls partly in another direction.

• film policy via multi-stakeholder agreementdecisive»partsöverenskommelse där alltifrån filmskapare till bredbandsbolag finns representerade.« (party programme ↗)“multi-stakeholder agreement where everyone from filmmakers to broadband companies are represented.”
• private cultural financing»Privat finansiering ska stimuleras genom ökad« (party programme ↗)“Private financing shall be stimulated through increased”
• culture's own value»Kulturens ekonomiska och samhälleliga betydelse ska erkännas, men« (party programme ↗)“Culture's economic and social importance shall be recognized, but”
• attractive conditions for creation»förutsättningar för etablering och upprätthållande av konstnärliga miljöer på hög internationell« (party programme ↗)“conditions for establishing and maintaining artistic environments at high international”

Production incentives are a targeted rebate on businesses' production costs, and the party programme explicitly states that business policy shall be conducted with general means and that direct business subsidies are rejected. To strengthen the support over time is therefore difficult to reconcile with the plan, even though the plan simultaneously gives the public sector a responsibility for the arts to have good conditions. Since the plan only gives general principles in the area, the certainty is low.

• no direct subsidiesdecisive»Direkta företagssubventioner avvisas.« (party programme ↗)“Direct business subsidies are rejected.”
• general means in business policy»Näringspolitiken ska bedrivas med generella medel,« (party programme ↗)“Business policy shall be conducted with general means,”
• good conditions for the arts»Det offentliga har ansvar för att konstarterna får« (party programme ↗)“The public sector has a responsibility for the arts to have”

The plan does not address film support. The closest commitments are that all new reforms must be financed within the surplus target and that justice, defence and welfare require hard priorities, and the party programme's warning that public financing of culture constitutes a risk. Expanded production incentives therefore lie outside the plan's priorities, even though the plan shares the desire to shorten processing times.

• reforms must be financeddecisive»Alla nya löften och reformer – som till exempel våra inkomstskattesänkningar – behöver finansieras eller rymmas inom överskottsmålet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All new promises and reforms – for example our income tax cuts – need to be financed or fit within the surplus target”
• clear priorities»De stora behoven inom rättsväsendet, försvaret och välfärden ställer stora krav på prioriteringar under åren som kommer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The major needs within justice, defence and welfare place large demands on priorities in the years to come”
• risk with public cultural support»offentlig finansiering och politiska ambitioner utgör en risk.« (party programme ↗)“public financing and political ambitions constitute a risk”
• shorter processing times»Korta myndigheternas handläggningstider genom en bortre tidsgräns« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Shorten government agencies' processing times through a deadline”

The plan wants to reduce state economic control over contemporary culture and the media sphere and requires clear results from every public investment and that unnecessary expenditure is scaled back. An expanded production incentive for film companies goes in the opposite direction. The plan's desire to protect and showcase Swedish culture speaks partly for the counter-proposal, which is why the conclusion is uncertain.

• less state cultural controldecisive»Minska det offentligas ekonomiska kontroll över samtidskulturen och mediesfären« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce state economic control over contemporary culture and the media sphere”
• results requirements for investments»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demand clear results from every public investment”
• restraint with expenditure»Skala bort onödiga utgifter i det offentliga« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Scale back unnecessary expenditure in the public sector”
• protect Swedish culture»Sverigedemokraterna vill värna, vårda och visa svensk kultur.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats want to protect, maintain and showcase Swedish culture.”