Culture for children and young people

The party programme states that a state cultural policy should guarantee a democratically equal distribution of resources across the country and all inhabitants' access to cultural activities, and that everyone should have the same right to practice culture and participate in cultural life. The election manifesto sees culture as part of welfare that should exist across the country. A cultural guarantee that gives all students the right to professional stage art is thus directly the plan's line.

• equal cultural access across the countrydecisive»En statlig kulturpolitik ska garantera en demokratiskt likvärdig« (party programme ↗)“A state cultural policy should guarantee a democratically equal”
• equal right to culture»Alla ska ha samma rätt och möjlighet att utöva kultur och att ta del« (party programme ↗)“Everyone should have the same right and opportunity to practice culture and participate in”
• culture as welfare»Kulturen spelar en viktig roll och är en del av välfärden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Culture plays an important role and is part of welfare”
• criticism of depleted culture»Även kulturen och idrotten har utarmats när skolbibliotek läggs ned, simskolan blivit dyrare och biografer finns på färre orter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Culture and sports have also been depleted as school libraries close, swimming schools become more expensive and cinemas exist in fewer places”

The plan wants to strengthen cultural school to ensure all children's opportunities for cultural activities and carry out special efforts in resource-poor areas, and establishes that parents' wallet shall not determine access to culture. The party programme requires that art's forms of expression are made accessible to all children throughout the country and that cultural institutions exist throughout the country. A cultural guarantee that gives all students the right to professional theatre art follows from this.

• all children's access to culturedecisive»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 cultural school to ensure all children's opportunities for cultural activities, and carry out special efforts in resource-poor areas.”
• culture accessible throughout country»konstens olika uttrycksformer tillgängliga för alla, barn och vuxna, i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“art's various forms of expression accessible to all, children and adults, throughout the country.”
• wallet shall not determine»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 regarding sports and culture, needs to increase. Parents' wallet shall not determine.”
• professional culture throughout country»Institutioner för det professionella kulturlivet ska därför finnas över hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“Institutions for professional cultural life shall therefore exist 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 children's culture shall particularly be valued, wants to invest in children's culture in schools and requires that all children can participate in culture regardless of family's economics. The state cultural institutions should also make their activities accessible throughout the country, which directly addresses regional disparities. A cultural guarantee for students' access to professional stage arts thus lies in the plan's direction.

• children's culture in schoolsdecisive»satsa på barns kultur i skolan, med utbildad personal på alla skolbibliotek« (2022 manifesto ↗)“invest in children's culture in schools, with trained staff in all school libraries”
• culture throughout the country»ha ett tydligt uppdrag att tillgängliggöra sin« (party programme ↗)“shall have a clear mandate to make its”
• culture regardless of economics»Alla barn ska ha möjlighet att utöva« (party programme ↗)“All children shall have the opportunity to practice”
• children's culture valued»Barns kultur ska särskilt värnas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Children's culture shall particularly be valued”

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 makes it a self-evident part of the public assignment, particularly in publicly funded education, that everyone regardless of residence and background gets access to cultural values, and requires that state cultural institutions spread their activities throughout the country. The counter-proposal's cultural guarantee targets precisely the regional differences in students' access to professional theatre. The election manifesto makes access to culture throughout the country an explicit starting point.

• state culture throughout the countrydecisive»Statliga kulturinstitutioner ska sprida sin verksamhet i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“State cultural institutions must spread their activities throughout the country.”
• everyone's access to culture»en chans att få tillgång till kulturvärden och skapande« (party programme ↗)“a chance to access cultural values and creative expression”
• culture's geographic equality»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.”
• culture's value for young people»Idrotten, friluftslivets och kulturens betydelse för folkhälsan är odiskutabel.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The importance of sport, outdoor recreation, and culture for public health is indisputable.”

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 Sweden shall be a model for culture of and for children, that culture shall take a greater place in school, and that the public sector shall increase the accessibility of culture throughout the country. This speaks for all pupils reaching professional performing arts regardless of where they live. At the same time, the plan wants the state to exercise less control over cultural content, which limits how detailed a guarantee should be.

• culture for children prioritizeddecisive»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 of and for children and young people.”
• increased accessibility to culture»Det offentliga ska på alla nivåer gynna mångfalden av kulturuttryck« (party programme ↗)“The public sector shall at all levels promote diversity of cultural expression”
• performing arts nationwide»Syftet bör vara att långsiktigt öka tillgängligheten till kultur av hög kvalitet i hela« (party programme ↗)“The aim should be to long-term increase accessibility to high-quality culture throughout”
• state exercises less control»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 exercise less control and for cultural creators and not politicians to make decisions on support.”

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 the public does not only guarantee cultural freedom but actively contributes to culture reaching the citizens, and places on the state the responsibility for a cultural infrastructure throughout the country. Public support shall first and foremost be directed towards children and young people. A cultural guarantee that gives all pupils access to professional performing arts thus follows from this, subject to the subsidiarity principle.

• culture shall reach citizensdecisive»Det offentliga ska inte bara garantera kulturell frihet, utan också aktivt bidra till att kulturen kommer medborgarna till del.« (party programme ↗)“The public shall not only guarantee cultural freedom, but also actively contribute to culture reaching the citizens.”
• state cultural infrastructure»Staten ska ansvara för det som brukar benämnas en kulturell infrastruktur, i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“The state shall be responsible for what is usually called a cultural infrastructure, throughout the country.”
• support for children and young people»Det offentliga stödet ska i första hand inriktas mot barn- och ungdomsverksamhet.« (party programme ↗)“Public support shall first and foremost be directed towards children and youth activities.”
• subsidiarity in cultural policy»Vägledande för statens, kommunernas och landstingens/regionernas förhållningssätt till den kulturella verksamheten ska vara subsidiaritetsprincipen.« (party programme ↗)“Guiding for the state's, municipalities' and county councils'/regions' approach to cultural activities shall be the subsidiarity principle.”

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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 commitment to a cultural guarantee. Its cultural policy starting point is that public funding and political ambitions constitute a risk and that the goal is institutions that stand free from state and politics. The plan also emphasizes that politics must prioritize and make choices, and its school investments go to teaching time and knowledge. The demand for a systematized state cultural grant with guarantee therefore does not follow from the plan.

• risk of political cultural controldecisive»offentlig finansiering och politiska ambitioner utgör en risk« (party programme ↗)“public funding and political ambitions constitute a risk”
• free cultural institutions»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.”
• political prioritization»Politiken har en viktig uppgift att prioritera och välja bort« (party programme ↗)“Politics has an important task to prioritize and make choices”
• reforms can wait»Vi vet vad som måste göras – och vad som får vänta.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We know what must be done – and what can wait.”

The plan wants Swedish culture to reach all of Sweden and for culture to be protected, cared for and shown as a cohesive glue. A cultural guarantee that gives all students access to professional performing arts regardless of where they live follows from that commitment, even though the plan simultaneously wants to reduce the public sector's economic control of the culture sector. The plan is silent on the committee's reasoning that existing initiatives make a statement unnecessary.

• culture shall reach all of Swedendecisive»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.”
• protect and show Swedish culture»Sverigedemokraterna vill värna, vårda och visa svensk kultur.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats want to protect, care for and show Swedish culture.”
• cohesion around culture»Skapa sammanhållning kring den svenska kulturen och den nationella identiteten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Create cohesion around Swedish culture and national identity”
• citizen influence over culture funding»Fördela offentliga kulturmedel och utforma offentliga miljöer med ett större medborgarinflytande« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Distribute public culture funding and design public environments with greater citizen influence”

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.