Protection of ecclesiastical cultural heritage

The plan does not address church heritage compensation, but the party programme counts the Cultural Heritage Act's protection of cultural heritage as important for everyone to be able to live good lives, and wants culture to be present throughout the country. Based on the nearest lying principle, then, built cultural heritage should be protected even when a private person's resources shrink, which is what a national action plan for disused churches aims at. That the state takes responsibility for preservation does not conflict with the demand for a secular state, since it concerns cultural heritage and not religious practice.

• protection of cultural heritagedecisive»som skyddar vårt kulturarv, är viktiga för att alla människor ska kunna« (party programme ↗)“which protects our cultural heritage, are important for all people to be able to”
• 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 stands free from both commercial and political control and is present throughout the country.”
• culture enriches all»Kultur som konst, musik och film bidrar till att skapa ett rikare samhälle att leva i för alla.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Culture such as art, music and film contributes to creating a richer society to live in for everyone.”

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 says nothing about the church's cultural heritage or church monument compensation. The closest commitments are the election manifesto's demand for a living cultural life and the party programme's demand for cultural institutions throughout the country. A national action plan to protect churches at risk of closure follows from these principles, but support in the documents is weak.

• living cultural lifedecisive»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 solidarity and challenges.”
• cultural life throughout the country»Institutioner för det professionella kulturlivet ska därför finnas över hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“Institutions for professional cultural life must therefore exist throughout the country.”
• breadth of cultural heritage»Kulturinstitutionerna och kulturlivet måste spegla den kulturella mångfalden i dagens« (party programme ↗)“Cultural institutions and cultural life must reflect the cultural diversity in today's”

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 culturally and historically valuable buildings and environments in both cities and rural areas should be preserved and maintained for the future, and that cultural heritage is a shared heritage. Churches at risk of being taken out of use belong to that very stock, and a national action plan and review is a way to ensure preservation. The plan does not address the church heritage compensation itself, which is why the support is derived.

• preserve historically valuable buildingsdecisive»Kulturhistorisk värdefulla byggnader, minnesmärken och andra miljöer, såväl i städerna som på landsbygden, bör bevaras och vårdas för framtiden.« (party programme ↗)“Culturally and historically valuable buildings, monuments and other environments, both in cities and in rural areas, should be preserved and maintained for the future.”
• shared cultural heritage»Kulturarvet är vårt gemensamma arv.« (party programme ↗)“Cultural heritage is our shared heritage.”
• cultural environments in rural areas»Kultur bidrar till landsbygdens attraktionskraft och främjar inflyttning och besöksnäring.« (party programme ↗)“Culture contributes to the attractiveness of rural areas and promotes population influx and tourism.”

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 public task to care for and develop cultural heritage and gives public support for culture a clear value, and the election manifesto makes culture throughout the country a starting point. Churches that risk being taken out of use are a directly threatened part of that cultural heritage. A national action plan in cooperation with the Swedish Church thus aligns with the plan's direction.

• care for cultural heritagedecisive»att vårda och utveckla ett kulturarv« (party programme ↗)“care for and develop cultural heritage”
• public support for culture»Ett samhällsstöd till kultur har uppenbara vinster,« (party programme ↗)“Public support for culture has obvious benefits,”
• culture throughout the country»Att tillhandahålla kultur i hela landet är en viktig utgångspunkt för Centerpartiet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Making culture available throughout the country is an important starting point for the Centre Party.”
• support for civil society initiatives»Politikens uppgift är att riva hinder och röja väg för denna utvecklingskraft.« (party programme ↗)“The task of politics is to remove obstacles and clear the way for this creative force.”

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 the cultural heritage in the form of historical remains is a shared memory that shall be kept accessible to future generations. Churches at risk of falling into disuse are part of this cultural heritage, and an action plan for their protection follows from the commitment. That the plan wants to free the Church of Sweden from state governance does not prevent state responsibility for architectural heritage, but presupposes cooperation. The plan therefore speaks for the counter-proposal.

• cultural heritage shall be preserveddecisive»Det kulturarv som finns i Sverige är en del av mänsklighetens gemensamma kulturarv och ska hållas tillgängligt för kommande generationer.« (party programme ↗)“The cultural heritage that exists in Sweden is part of humanity's shared cultural heritage and shall be kept accessible to future generations.”
• heritage as shared memory»Kulturarvet – vårt gemensamma minne i form av historiska lämningar, kulturlandskap, arkiv, traditioner, dialekter och annat – utvecklas ständigt genom att samtiden ger sitt bidrag.« (party programme ↗)“The heritage – our shared memory in the form of historical remains, cultural landscape, archives, traditions, dialects, and more – develops constantly as the present makes its contribution.”
• church free from state governance»För att Svenska kyrkan ska stå helt fri från statlig styrning ska den särskilda lagen om Svenska kyrkan avskaffas.« (party programme ↗)“In order that the Church of Sweden shall stand entirely free from state governance, the special law on the Church of Sweden shall be abolished.”
• faith communities in civil society»Trossamfunden är en central del av det civila samhället.« (party programme ↗)“Faith communities are a central part of civil society.”

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's stewardship explicitly encompasses material cultural heritage in the form of culturally historic buildings, and cultural policy shall strive to preserve the valuable cultural heritage. The party programme also highlights the Christian heritage as a foundation for society's values and as an obligation to future generations. An action plan for the protection of churches at risk of falling out of use follows therefore from the plan.

• material cultural heritage to stewarddecisive»vi ser i form av till exempel kulturhistorisk bebyggelse, fornlämningar och föremål« (party programme ↗)“we see in the form of for example culturally historic buildings, ancient remains and objects”
• preserve the heritage»En god kulturpolitik måste sträva efter att ta tillvara det värdefulla kulturella arv« (party programme ↗)“A good cultural policy must strive to preserve the valuable cultural heritage”
• the Christian heritage's significance»Kristen etik utgör till stor del den värdegrund som« (party programme ↗)“Christian ethics forms to a great extent the values that”
• obligation to future generations»förvalta detta vitala arv.« (party programme ↗)“manage this vital heritage.”

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 is shaped by a Christian social and cultural heritage and that the party values the continuity the nation represents; protecting civilization's institutions is described as liberal conservatism's core. To present action plans for protecting church buildings that risk being taken out of use follows from this stewardship responsibility. The plan also commits to protecting religious communities. The demand is therefore supported, if albeit derived.

• Christian cultural heritagedecisive»Sverige är format av ett kristet socialt och kulturellt arv som« (party programme ↗)“Sweden is shaped by a Christian social and cultural heritage that”
• continuity and cultural heritage»Moderaterna värdesätter den kontinuitet som Sverige« (party programme ↗)“The Moderates value the continuity that Sweden”
• protect civilization's institutions»Värnandet om vår civilisations institutioner är kärnan i liberalkonservatismens syn« (party programme ↗)“Protection of our civilization's institutions is the core of liberal conservatism's outlook”
• protect religious communities»Slå vakt om trossamfundens säkerhet för alla ska kunna utöva sin tro utan att känna sig hotade« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Protect religious communities' security so that everyone can exercise their faith without feeling threatened”

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 establishes that preserving Christian cultural heritage is a matter for all Swedes and that the preservation of cultural heritage should be financed publicly. The election manifesto commits to cherishing, caring for and showcasing Swedish culture, and the party programme rejects that the state should be religiously neutral. A national action plan and review for churches at risk of falling into disuse thus follows from the plan's commitments.

• kristet kulturarv angelägetdecisive»Bevarandet av detta kulturarv är således en angelägenhet för alla svenskar« (party programme ↗)“The preservation of this cultural heritage is thus a matter for all Swedes”
• offentligt finansierat kulturarv»bevarandet av kulturarvet, utbildningen och omhändertagandet av svaga och sjuka« (party programme ↗)“the preservation of cultural heritage, education and care of the weak and sick”
• värna svensk kultur»Sverigedemokraterna vill värna, vårda och visa svensk kultur.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats want to cherish, care for and showcase Swedish culture.”
• kristendomens särställning»Den svenska staten kan inte, och bör inte, vara religiöst neutral.« (party programme ↗)“The Swedish state cannot, and should not, be religiously neutral.”