Culture throughout the country

The plan states that culture must exist throughout the country and be available to all, and that it must counteract segregation and class differences. Actively lowering the barriers for children and young people and ensuring that cultural funds do not only end up in major cities is precisely that commitment put into practice. The election manifesto also describes how culture has been impoverished when provision has been withdrawn from smaller places.

• culture throughout the countrydecisive»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.”
• culture against class differences»Kulturen kan spegla samhället, motverka segregation och klasskillnader.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Culture can reflect society, counteract segregation and class differences.”
• culture that reaches all»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 that reaches everyone”
• impoverished cultural provision»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 impoverished when school libraries are closed, swimming schools become more expensive and cinemas exist in fewer places.”

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 states that access to culture and education shall not be a class issue and that culture shall be present in everyone's everyday lives, with cultural school throughout Sweden. The election manifesto promises special initiatives in resource-poor areas. The counter-proposal's demands for lowered thresholds for children and young people and for cultural funds not just going to major cities directly address these commitments.

• culture not a class issuedecisive»Tillgången till kultur och bildning ska inte vara en klassfråga.« (party programme ↗)“Access to culture and education shall not be a class issue.”
• initiatives in resource-poor 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 cultural school to secure all children's opportunities for cultural activities, and implement special initiatives in resource-poor areas.”
• cultural school in the whole country»Kulturskola i hela Sverige.« (party programme ↗)“Cultural school throughout Sweden.”
• culture in everyday life»Kulturen ska vara närvarande i alla människors vardag.« (party programme ↗)“Culture shall be present in everyone's everyday lives.”

The plan establishes that all children and young people, regardless of socioeconomic background or place of residence, should be able to pursue culture and be guaranteed cultural experiences through school. It also requires that people should be able to access culture regardless of where in Sweden they live, and the election manifesto wants to invest in cultural life throughout the country. To actively lower barriers and ensure that cultural funds do not only end up in major cities is the same commitment.

• equitable culture for childrendecisive»Alla barn och ungdomar, oavsett socioekonomisk bakgrund eller var i landet man bor, ska kunna utöva kultur och genom skolan garanteras kulturupplevelser.« (party programme ↗)“All children and young people, regardless of socioeconomic background or where in the country they live, should be able to pursue culture and be guaranteed cultural experiences through school.”
• culture regardless of place of residence»Du ska kunna gå på konsert, utställning, lära dig dansa eller spela ett instrument på kulturskolan, oavsett var du bor i Sverige.« (party programme ↗)“You should be able to attend a concert, exhibition, learn to dance or play an instrument at a cultural school, regardless of where you live in Sweden.”
• cultural life throughout the country»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 volunteer actors.”
• children's culture prioritized»Barns kultur ska särskilt värnas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Children's culture shall be specially valued.”

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 requires that government cultural institutions spread their activities throughout the country and that politics creates conditions for everyone to participate in cultural life. The counter-proposal's requirements for lowered thresholds for children and young people and for cultural funds to reach everyone and not just big cities are the same commitment. Furthermore, that the whole country shall thrive is described as a matter of justice.

• 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 Center Party.”
• distributed cultural activities»Statliga kulturinstitutioner ska sprida sin verksamhet i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“Government cultural institutions shall spread their activities throughout the country.”
• everyone's participation in culture»Politiken ska fokusera på att skapa förutsättningar för alla att delta i kulturlivet.« (party programme ↗)“Politics shall focus on creating conditions for everyone to participate in cultural life.”
• justice between regions»Att hela landet ska leva är också en fråga om rättvisa.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“That the whole country shall thrive is also a matter of justice.”

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 demands that the public at all levels increases the accessibility of culture for the entire population and that access to high-quality culture increases throughout the country. Children and young people are singled out, and state museums shall have free admission precisely to lower the barriers. The counter-proposal's demand that cultural funds shall benefit everyone and not just the major cities therefore follows from the plan.

• culture's accessibility for alldecisive»Det offentliga ska på alla nivåer gynna mångfalden av kulturuttryck, öka kulturens tillgänglighet för hela befolkningen och skapa ekonomiska förutsättningar även för sådan kultur som är av hög kvalitet utan att vara kommersiellt lönsam.« (party programme ↗)“The public shall at all levels promote the diversity of cultural expression, increase the accessibility of culture for the entire population and create economic conditions also for such culture that is of high quality without being commercially profitable.”
• culture throughout the country»Syftet bör vara att långsiktigt öka tillgängligheten till kultur av hög kvalitet i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“The aim should be to in the long term increase accessibility to high-quality culture throughout the country.”
• culture for children and young people»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 young people.”
• free admission to state museums»Statliga museer ska ha fri entré.« (party programme ↗)“State museums shall have free admission.”

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 assigns the state responsibility for a cultural infrastructure throughout the country and demands that the public not only guarantees cultural freedom but actively contributes to culture reaching citizens. Support shall primarily be directed toward children and youth activities. Actively lowering thresholds for children and youth and ensuring that funds reach the entire country is thus precisely what the plan requires.

• cultural infrastructure throughout countrydecisive»brukar benämnas en kulturell infrastruktur, i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“commonly called a cultural infrastructure, throughout the country.”
• culture shall reach citizens»offentliga ska inte bara garantera kulturell frihet, utan också aktivt bidra till att kulturen« (party programme ↗)“public shall not only guarantee cultural freedom, but also actively contribute to culture”
• support primarily for children and youth»Det offentliga stödet ska i första hand inriktas mot barn- och« (party programme ↗)“Public support shall primarily be directed toward children and”
• support but not direct»samhället ska stödjas av det offentliga, men inte styras« (party programme ↗)“society shall be supported by the public, but not directed”

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 to lower barriers to culture or on the distribution of cultural funds between city and countryside. The ideology programme warns that public funding and political ambitions pose a risk in cultural policy, and the plan points out the courts, defence and welfare as what must come first. Based on the closest underlying principle of prioritizing and cutting, further state cultural investments are therefore not supported.

• risk with political cultural fundingdecisive»offentlig finansiering och politiska ambitioner utgör en risk« (party programme ↗)“public funding and political ambitions pose a risk”
• prioritization of core tasks»De stora behoven inom rättsväsendet, försvaret och välfärden ställer stora krav på prioriteringar under åren som kommer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The major needs within the courts, defence and welfare place major demands on prioritizations in the years to come.”
• prioritize and cut»Politiken har en viktig uppgift att prioritera och välja bort« (party programme ↗)“Politics has an important task to prioritize and cut”
• the whole country must function»Moderaterna vill ta vara på hela Sveriges möjligheter. Men ska det gå att bo och verka i hela Sverige måste också hela Sverige fungera.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderates want to make use of all of Sweden's possibilities. But for people to be able to live and work in all of Sweden, all of Sweden must also function.”

The plan establishes that policy should be designed so that Swedish culture reaches all of Sweden, which is exactly what the counter-proposal demands when it wants cultural funds to be distributed to all and not just major cities. The plan wants to value, care for and showcase culture and distribute public cultural funds with greater citizen influence. Lowering barriers particularly for children and young people follows from the same commitment.

• culture throughout the 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.”
• showcase Swedish culture»Sverigedemokraterna vill värna, vårda och visa svensk kultur.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats want to value, care for and showcase Swedish culture.”
• distribution of cultural funds»Fördela offentliga kulturmedel och utforma offentliga miljöer med ett större medborgarinflytande« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Distribute public cultural funds and design public spaces with greater citizen influence”
• policy for the whole country»Bedriva en politik för hela Sverige« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Conduct a policy for all of Sweden”

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.