Business Promotion Measures

The plan treats cultural and creative activities as cultural policy, not business policy, but commits that cultural policy shall create good economic conditions for both institutions and free culture and for new cultural forms. The counter-proposal's demand for higher ambition level for reforms and financing, as well as an investigation of an institute for games, music and film, aligns with this. The plan's demand that culture stands free from commercial control simultaneously pulls against a purely growth-oriented approach.

• good economic conditions for culturedecisive»Kulturpolitiken behöver skapa goda ekonomiska villkor för såväl« (party programme ↗)“Cultural policy needs to create good economic conditions for both”
• culture's value for all»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.”
• good conditions for sound business»Vi vill se goda villkor för sunda företag, som tar tillvara på människors drivkrafter att bygga upp egna verksamheter och riktar dem mot« (party programme ↗)“We want to see good conditions for sound business, which taps into people's drive to build their own activities and directs them toward”
• culture's independence (qualifying)»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.”

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 wants to strengthen the long-term conditions for enterprise and invest in digitalization and education, and stands guard over a vibrant cultural life. The counter-proposal's requirement for a more ambitious and concrete strategy for the cultural and creative industries is in line with the active business policy the plan advocates. However, the plan says nothing about sector-specific versus general support systems, which is why the conclusion is derived and uncertain.

• active business and innovation policydecisive»Vi vill satsa på grön teknik, digitalisering och utbildning så att företagsklimatet stärks och kompetensförsörjningen förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to invest in green technology, digitalization and education so that the business climate is strengthened and skills supply is improved.”
• living 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 independent cultural life that both strengthens cohesion and challenges.”
• stimulate enterprise»entreprenörskap och kooperativ och social företagsamhet ska stimuleras« (party programme ↗)“entrepreneurship and cooperative and social enterprise shall be stimulated”

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 wants to see a broad recovery plan for cultural life throughout the country and to improve culture creators' economic and social conditions, which presupposes concrete measures and funding rather than a generally worded strategy. The party programme also wants society to support the emergence of smaller businesses. The counter-proposal's requirement for an updated strategy with higher ambition levels and an investigated institute is in line with this.

• recovery plan 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, covering both public, independent, professional and voluntary actors.”
• culture creators' conditions»förbättra kulturskaparnas ekonomiska och sociala villkor och modernisera upphovsrätten så att kulturskaparnas rättigheter värnas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“improve culture creators' economic and social conditions and modernise copyright so that culture creators' rights are protected.”
• support for small businesses»Vi vill stärka möjligheterna för människor med goda idéer att starta och driva företag.« (party programme ↗)“We want to strengthen the opportunities for people with good ideas to start and run businesses.”

The plan's line for business is general conditions, lower taxes and fewer rules, not industry-specific investments and new state institutes. The party programme furthermore warns that policy acts as a taste judge and the manifesto demands arm's length distance from culture. An updated state strategy with designated reforms and an institute for cultural and creative industries therefore goes against the plan's stance.

• arm's length distance from 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 and free culture are cornerstones of a vital civil society. Policy should contribute to good conditions but keep arm's length distance.”
• no political taste judgement»Skaparglädje frodas i frihet. Politiken ska akta sig för att agera smakdomare och diktera kulturens innehåll.« (party programme ↗)“Creative joy flourishes in freedom. Policy should beware of acting as a taste judge and dictating culture's content.”
• general regulatory simplification»Rensa upp i regelträsket för entreprenörer, stora som små.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Clear up the regulatory thicket for entrepreneurs, large and small.”
• lower taxes for business»Sänk skatten på jobb och företagande, särskilt för småföretag och egenföretagare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Lower taxes on jobs and business, especially for small businesses and self-employed.”

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 establishes that general measures for the business climate are most important, which speaks against the counter-proposal's requirement for an upgraded sector strategy with higher financing ambition and a new institute for cultural and creative industries. On the cultural area the plan moreover wants the state to steer less and that culture's own value is protected against mere utility purposes, which goes against making culture the object of business policy steering. The counter-proposal's requirements thus do not lie in line with the plan.

• general measures ahead of special supportdecisive»företagande, innovationer och tillväxt ska stärkas i hela landet. Viktigast är generella åtgärder för« (party programme ↗)“enterprise, innovation and growth shall be strengthened throughout the country. Most important are general measures for”
• the state shall steer culture less»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 that it shall be culture-makers and not politicians who make decisions on support.”
• culture's own value»Kulturpolitiken ska värna kulturens eget värde gentemot rena nyttoändamål.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Cultural policy shall protect culture's own value against mere utility purposes.”
• reduced regulatory burden»Regelbördan för små företag ska minska, genom ansträngningar på både kommunal, statlig och« (party programme ↗)“The regulatory burden for small enterprises shall decrease, through efforts at both municipal, state and”

The plan states that business policy should be conducted with general means and that direct company subsidies are rejected. The counter-proposal's requirement for a sector-targeted strategy with higher financing and a special institute for cultural and creative industries is precisely such targeted business policy. The plan instead wants the state to create a good climate for innovations generally. Therefore the requirement is rejected.

• general business policydecisive»Näringspolitiken ska bedrivas med generella medel,« (party programme ↗)“Business policy should be conducted with general means,”
• no direct subsidies»Direkta företagssubventioner avvisas.« (party programme ↗)“Direct company subsidies are rejected.”
• good innovation climate»gott klimat för innovationer samt produkt- och marknadsutveckling.« (party programme ↗)“good climate for innovations and product and market development.”

The programme explicitly warns that public financing and political ambitions in culture and media policy constitute a risk and sets as a goal independent institutions free from state and politics. The counter-proposal demands higher ambition levels for reforms and financing plus an investigation of a new state institute for cultural and creative industries. The plan's line is instead general conditions and less red tape for all companies, which is why it rejects the demand.

• risk med offentlig kulturfinansieringdecisive»offentlig finansiering och politiska ambitioner utgör en risk.« (party programme ↗)“public financing and political ambitions constitute a risk.”
• kulturliv fritt från politik»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.”
• generella företagsvillkor»Stärka drivkrafterna för investeringar, forskning och entreprenörskap, genom lägre skatter på företagande« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen the driving forces for investments, research and entrepreneurship, through lower taxes on business”
• regelförenkling framför stöd»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove a third of companies' administrative costs and a third of red tape”

The plan wants to reduce public economic control over the cultural sector and protect cultural institutions' freedom from political interference, while at the same time agencies should be consolidated rather than increased. The counter-proposal's demands for a more ambitious state strategy with increased funding and an investigated institute for cultural and creative industries pull in the opposite direction; the plan's way is general conditions for business.

• reduced public controldecisive»Minska det offentligas ekonomiska kontroll över samtidskulturen och mediesfären« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce public economic control over contemporary culture and the media sphere”
• fewer agencies»Stoppa slöseriet inom myndigheterna och slå samman myndigheter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop waste in agencies and consolidate agencies”
• general business conditions»Skapa förutsättningar för nyföretagande och entreprenörskap« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Create conditions for start-ups and entrepreneurship”
• freedom from political control»Samtidigt ska oberoende kulturinstitutioners frihet från politiska pekpinnar värnas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“At the same time, the independence of cultural institutions from political interference should be protected.”