2024-04-242023/24:KrU10 · p.1KrUCulture
Conditions for performing arts
Conditions for the performing arts – theatre, dance and music
What's at stake: Many actors within theatre, dance, and music are small and have been hit hard by higher electricity and rent costs, and dance has weaker institutional standing than other art forms; the outcome affects how quickly their conditions can be strengthened.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether the government should take specific initiatives to strengthen the infrastructure and conditions of dance and music, or whether ongoing efforts and inquiries for the performing arts are sufficient.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee welcomes the efforts already being made to enable access to professional theatre, dance, and music activity, wants to await the processing of ongoing inquiries aimed at improving the conditions for cultural workers, and notes the government's strategy for businesses in the cultural and creative industries.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 1 (S, MP)
The infrastructure of dance and music should be specifically strengthened: the government should initiate dialogue with dance schools, institutions, and independent practitioners to strengthen dance infrastructure, and the conditions for Swedish music should be investigated since the community music school's conditions have weakened and the number of music venues has declined.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 1 by S, MP.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The decision would have held
Explicit commitments that contradicted the vote: LLiberalerna
Ja 197–109Ja 183–123
Counterfactual: the parties above are moved to the position their own documents explicitly point at, carrying their whole contingent present. Every other party keeps its real figures, including dissenters and absentees.
How the AI parties would have voted
For each party: what its own plan – election manifesto and party programme – argues for in this case, next to how the party actually voted. The AI can only answer Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| AI | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | No | Yes 21/0/0/3 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| S | No | No 0/92/0/14 | match | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| MP | No | No 0/16/0/2 | match | confidence: high | not addressed |
| C | No | Yes 22/0/0/2 | differs | confidence: low | not addressed |
| L | No | Yes 14/0/0/2 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| KD | No | Yes 17/0/0/2 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| M | Yes | Yes 59/0/0/9 | match | confidence: low | not addressed |
| SD | No | Yes 63/0/0/9 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions 2023/24:98 by Lili André (KD), 2023/24:1488 by Mirja Räihä and Per-Arne Håkansson (both S) provisions 1-3, 2023/24:1798 by Leonid Yurkovskiy and Fredrik Lindahl (both SD), and 2023/24:2686 by Lawen Redar et al. (S) provisions 6 and 7.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2023/24:98 av Lili André (KD), 2023/24:1488 av Mirja Räihä och Per-Arne Håkansson (båda S) yrkandena 1-3, 2023/24:1798 av Leonid Yurkovskiy och Fredrik Lindahl (båda SD) och 2023/24:2686 av Lawen Redar m.fl. (S) yrkandena 6 och 7.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag said no to approximately 80 proposals in motions from the general motion period in 2023 on everyone's access to culture. The reason is, among other things, that work is ongoing or that measures have already been taken on the issues that the proposals address. The proposals dealt with, among other things, conditions for performing arts, access to culture and cultural practice, and literature and library matters.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants the government to investigate the conditions of Swedish music and improve dance infrastructure. (S, MP) — Reservation 1
Plan vs actual vote
Every party, in chamber order: what its own plan pointed to, how it voted, and the reasoning behind both. Highlighted rows are where the two differ — but a vote that follows the plan is a result too, so the reasoning is there for every party.
The plan wants to enshrine support for cultural school and guarantee equal distribution of cultural resources across the country, and it defends independent culture.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wants to enshrine support for cultural school and guarantee equal distribution of cultural resources across the country, and it defends independent culture. To strengthen dance and music infrastructure and investigate music's conditions when cultural school's resources weaken and venues become fewer responds to these commitments. The plan does not specifically mention performing arts infrastructure, so the support is derived.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill lagfästa kulturskolans stöd och garantera en likvärdig fördelning av kulturresurser över landet, och den försvarar den oberoende kulturen. Att stärka dansens och musikens infrastruktur och utreda musikens villkor när kulturskolans förutsättningar försvagas och scenerna blir färre svarar mot dessa åtaganden. Planen nämner inte scenkonstens infrastruktur särskilt, varför stödet är härlett.
- legal support to cultural schooldecisive»Kulturskolan ska få lagmässigt stöd och bibliotekslagen ska skärpas så att bibliotek även måste finnas på mindre orter,« (party programme ↗)“The cultural school should receive legal support and the library act should be strengthened so that libraries must also exist in smaller towns,”
- equal cultural financing»En statlig kulturpolitik ska garantera en demokratiskt likvärdig fördelning av resurser över landet och alla invånares tillgång till kulturverksamhet.« (party programme ↗)“A public cultural policy should guarantee a democratically equal distribution of resources across the country and all inhabitants' access to cultural activities.”
- independent culture»Vänsterpartiet försvarar den oberoende kulturen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party defends independent culture.”
- 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 is 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 programme requires that institutions for professional cultural life exist across the whole country, that society gives artists real opportunities to work and that music and cultural schools are accessible to all children.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The programme requires that institutions for professional cultural life exist across the whole country, that society gives artists real opportunities to work and that music and cultural schools are accessible to all children. The election manifesto promises a strengthened cultural school. To strengthen dance and music infrastructure and investigate conditions for Swedish music are measures in just that direction.
Original (Swedish)
Programmet kräver att institutioner för det professionella kulturlivet finns över hela landet, att samhället ger konstnärer reella möjligheter att verka och att musik- och kulturskolor är tillgängliga för alla barn. Valmanifestet lovar en stärkt kulturskola. Att stärka dansens och musikens infrastruktur och utreda den svenska musikens villkor är åtgärder i just den riktningen.
- cultural institutions nationwidedecisive»Institutioner för det professionella kulturlivet ska därför finnas över hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“Institutions for professional cultural life shall therefore exist across the whole country.”
- strengthened cultural school»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 undertake specific initiatives in resource-poor areas.”
- support for culture creators»Samhället ska stödja kulturlivet och ge konstnärer inom alla konstarter« (party programme ↗)“Society shall support cultural life and give artists in all art forms”
- music and cultural school for all»Biblioteken ska vara avgiftsfria. Musikskolor och kulturskolor« (party programme ↗)“Libraries shall be free of charge. Music schools and cultural schools”
The election manifesto wants to strengthen cultural schools with a cultural school law and improve cultural creators' economic and social conditions.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto wants to strengthen cultural schools with a cultural school law and improve cultural creators' economic and social conditions. The party programme states that a rich cultural life consists of both institutions and free groups and individuals, and that music schools are important for children's encounter with cultural expression. Strengthening the infrastructure for dance and music and investigating music's conditions follow from these commitments.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet vill stärka kulturskolan med en kulturskolelag och förbättra kulturskaparnas ekonomiska och sociala villkor. Partiprogrammet slår fast att ett rikt kulturliv består av både institutioner och fria grupper och individer, och att musikskolor är viktiga för barns möte med kulturuttryck. Att stärka dansens och musikens infrastruktur och utreda musikens villkor följer av dessa åtaganden.
- strengthened cultural schoolsdecisive»stärka kulturskolan och inrätta en kulturskolelag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen cultural schools and establish a cultural school law.”
- cultural creators' 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 cultural creators' rights are protected.”
- both institutions and free groups»institutioner som kulturutövande av fria grupper« (party programme ↗)“institutions such as cultural practice by free groups”
- the importance of music schools»Kultur- och musikskolor samt skolor och studieförbund i landets kommuner är viktiga för att barn« (party programme ↗)“Cultural and music schools as well as schools and study associations in the country's municipalities are important for children”
The plan makes culture throughout the country a starting point and requires that state cultural institutions spread their activities, which speaks for dance and music infrastructure being strengthened and that music's conditions are investigated.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan makes culture throughout the country a starting point and requires that state cultural institutions spread their activities, which speaks for dance and music infrastructure being strengthened and that music's conditions are investigated. The counter-proposal concerns conditions and dialogue, not culture's content, and therefore does not clash with the plan's requirement for arm's length distance. Since the plan does not mention scenic arts' conditions, the conclusion is derived.
Original (Swedish)
Planen gör kultur i hela landet till en utgångspunkt och kräver att statliga kulturinstitutioner sprider sin verksamhet, vilket talar för att dansens och musikens infrastruktur stärks och att musikens villkor utreds. Motförslaget rör förutsättningar och dialog, inte kulturens innehåll, och krockar därför inte med planens krav på armlängds avstånd. Eftersom planen inte nämner scenkonstens villkor är slutsatsen härledd.
- 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 Centerpartiet.”
- spread cultural activities»Statliga kulturinstitutioner ska sprida sin verksamhet i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“State cultural institutions should spread their activities throughout the country.”
- arm's length distance to content»Politiken ska akta sig för att agera smakdomare och diktera kulturens innehåll.« (party programme ↗)“Politics should beware of acting as taste judge and dictating 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 party programme requires that high-quality artistic creation have good conditions, that the performing arts be given new opportunities through a new artistic national mandate and that the quality of cultural schools be secured through a national knowledge centre.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme requires that high-quality artistic creation have good conditions, that the performing arts be given new opportunities through a new artistic national mandate and that the quality of cultural schools be secured through a national knowledge centre. The counter-proposal's demand for strengthened infrastructure for dance and an investigation of music's conditions lies directly in that line, as does the goal to increase culture's accessibility throughout the country.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet kräver att konstnärligt skapande av hög kvalitet ska ha goda villkor, att scenkonsten ska ges nya möjligheter genom ett nytt konstnärligt nationellt uppdrag och att kulturskolans kvalitet ska säkras genom ett nationellt kunskapscentrum. Motförslagets krav på stärkt infrastruktur för dans och en utredning av musikens villkor ligger direkt i den linjen, liksom målet att öka kulturens tillgänglighet i hela landet.
- good conditions for artistsdecisive»Konstnärligt skapande av hög kvalitet ska ha goda villkor.« (party programme ↗)“High-quality artistic creation shall have good conditions.”
- new opportunities for performing arts»Scenkonsten ska ges nya möjligheter genom ett nytt konstnärligt nationellt uppdrag, där en viss« (party programme ↗)“The performing arts shall be given new opportunities through a new artistic national mandate, where a certain”
- secured quality in cultural school»större plats i skolan, och kvaliteten i kulturskolan ska säkras genom skapandet av ett nationellt« (party programme ↗)“more space in schools, and the quality of cultural school shall be secured through the creation of a national”
- diversity of cultural expression»Det offentliga ska på alla nivåer gynna mångfalden av kulturuttryck, öka kulturens tillgänglighet« (party programme ↗)“The public shall at all levels promote the diversity of cultural expression, increase culture's accessibility”
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 states that the world would be poor without musicians' and other artists' creativity.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan places on the state the responsibility for cultural infrastructure throughout the country and states that the world would be poor without musicians' and other artists' creativity. The public must protect artistic freedom and provide good conditions for the arts. To strengthen the infrastructure for dance and music and investigate music's conditions thus aligns with the plan.
Original (Swedish)
Planen lägger på staten ansvaret för en kulturell infrastruktur i hela landet och konstaterar att världen vore fattig utan musikers och andra konstnärers skapande. Det offentliga ska värna den konstnärliga friheten och ge konstarterna goda villkor. Att stärka dansens och musikens infrastruktur och utreda musikens villkor ligger därför i linje med planen.
- state responsibility for cultural infrastructuredecisive»en kulturell infrastruktur, i hela landet« (party programme ↗)“cultural infrastructure, throughout the country”
- value of professional creation»Utan kulturellt skapande av exempelvis musiker, författare, konstnärer och skådespelare« (party programme ↗)“Without cultural creation by for example musicians, writers, artists and actors”
- artistic freedom»Därför är det viktigt att slå vakt om den konstnärliga friheten« (party programme ↗)“Therefore it is important to stand guard over artistic freedom”
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 contains no commitments about dance or music infrastructure.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan contains no commitments about dance or music infrastructure. Its cultural policy principle is that public financing and political ambitions constitute a risk and that institutions shall stand free from state and politics, while justice system, defense and welfare are pointed out as what must be prioritized. Based on these nearest principles the plan does not support new state commissions and investigations in the performing arts field.
Original (Swedish)
Planen innehåller inga åtaganden om dansens eller musikens infrastruktur. Dess kulturpolitiska princip är att offentlig finansiering och politiska ambitioner utgör en risk och att institutionerna ska stå fria från stat och politik, samtidigt som rättsväsende, försvar och välfärd pekas ut som det som måste prioriteras. Utifrån dessa närmast liggande principer ger planen inte stöd åt nya statliga uppdrag och utredningar på scenkonstområdet.
- culture's independencedecisive»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.”
- justice system and defense are prioritized»De stora behoven inom rättsväsendet, försvaret och välfärden ställer stora krav på prioriteringar under åren som kommer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The great needs within the justice system, defense and welfare set great demands on prioritization in the years to come.”
- limited political ambition»Politiken har en viktig uppgift att prioritera och välja bort« (party programme ↗)“Politics has an important task to prioritize and choose”
The plan counts music and art as part of Swedish culture to be protected, nurtured and showcased, and requires that culture reach all of Sweden.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan counts music and art as part of Swedish culture to be protected, nurtured and showcased, and requires that culture reach all of Sweden. The counter-proposal's requirement to strengthen the infrastructure of dance and music and investigate the conditions for Swedish music follows from that commitment. The plan wants to protect cultural institutions' freedom from political interference, which qualifies the support.
Original (Swedish)
Planen räknar musiken och konsten till den svenska kulturen som ska värnas, vårdas och visas, och kräver att kulturen når hela Sverige. Motförslagets krav på att stärka dansens och musikens infrastruktur och utreda den svenska musikens villkor följer av det åtagandet. Planen vill samtidigt värna kulturinstitutionernas frihet från politiska pekpinnar, vilket kvalificerar stödet.
- protect music as Swedish culturedecisive»Sverigedemokraterna vill värna, vårda och visa svensk kultur. Svensk kultur är både konsten, musiken och maten men även de sociala koderna, värderingar, kollektiva minnen, gemensamma myter, högtider, traditioner, seder och bruk för att hålla ihop.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“the Sweden Democrats want to protect, nurture and showcase Swedish culture. Swedish culture is both art, music and food but also social codes, values, collective memories, shared myths, holidays, traditions, customs and practices to hold it together.”
- culture should reach the whole country»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.”
- cultural cohesion»Skapa sammanhållning kring den svenska kulturen och den nationella identiteten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Create cohesion around Swedish culture and national identity”
- freedom from political steering»Samtidigt ska oberoende kulturinstitutioners frihet från politiska pekpinnar värnas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“At the same time, independent cultural institutions' freedom from political interference should be protected.”
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.
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2023/24:KrU10)
- Committee report full text (HB01KrU10)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2023/24:1031 — Fullföljning av satsningen på blåsmusiken av Tomas Eneroth (S)
- Motion 2023/24:1431 — Indelning av länder och språk på bibliotek av Ann-Charlotte Hammar Johnsson och Ulrika Heindorff (båda M)
- Motion 2023/24:1488 — Offentliga satsningar på musik av Mirja Räihä och Per-Arne Håkansson (båda S)
- Motion 2023/24:1524 — Politik för de nationella minoriteterna av Amanda Lind m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2023/24:1622 — Utveckling av kultursamverkansmodellen för ökat kulturellt genomslag i hela landet av Anders Ådahl (C)
- Motion 2023/24:1798 — Finansiering av Stockholms konserthus av Leonid Yurkovskiy och Fredrik Lindahl (båda SD)
- Motion 2023/24:1839 — Teckenspråk av Carita Boulwén (SD)
- Motion 2023/24:1884 — Levla upp spelpolitiken av Amanda Lind m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2023/24:1885 — Kulturpolitiska frågor av Amanda Lind och Jacob Risberg (båda MP)
- Motion 2023/24:2446 — Politik för det samiska folket av Amanda Lind m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2023/24:2483 — Kultur, civilsamhälle, idrott och medier i hela landet av Catarina Deremar m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2023/24:2548 — Ökad finansiering av biblioteken av Jamal El-Haj m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2023/24:2606 — Dalhalla - en nationell sommarscen för Kungliga Operan av Martin Ådahl (C)
- Motion 2023/24:2679 — Stärka teckenspråkets ställning i Sverige av Camilla Hansén m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2023/24:2685 — Utgiftsområde 1 Rikets styrelse av Ida Karkiainen m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2023/24:2686 — Utgiftsområde 17 Kultur, medier, trossamfund och fritid av Lawen Redar m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2023/24:2705 — Ett rikare liv för äldre av Ulrika Westerlund m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2023/24:271 — Tillgänglighet till scenkonst av Magnus Berntsson (KD)
- Motion 2023/24:2736 — E-sport och spelande i Sverige av Rickard Nordin (C)
- Motion 2023/24:344 — Bibliotek i tradition och förnyelse av Runar Filper m.fl. (SD)
Source: The Swedish Parliament