The direction of policy for architecture, form and design

The plan wants to realize stronger rights for children and has expressed confidence in young people's ability to decide about their lives, which speaks for the counter-proposal's demand for a clear child rights perspective in the direction for shaped living environments. The plan also requires societal planning with genuine democratic anchorage, which sits poorly with a vaguely held direction without specified measures. However, this is a derivation; the plan does not address architecture, form and design policy.

• children's rightsdecisive»Utvecklingen mot starkare rättigheter för barn är en av de progressiva« (party programme ↗)“Development towards stronger rights for children is one of the progressive”
• democratically anchored planning»Planeringen behöver en genuin demokratisk« (party programme ↗)“Planning needs genuine democratic”
• youth influence»Vi har ett starkt förtroende för unga människors förmåga att fatta« (party programme ↗)“We have strong confidence in young people's ability to decide”
• culture available to everyone»Politiken ska skapa förutsättningar för en bred kultur som kommer alla till del och hålla armlängds avstånd till innehållet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Politics should create conditions for broad culture available to all and maintain arm's length distance from content.”

The plan does not address policy for architecture, form and design. The nearest-lying principles are that culture shall be present in all people's everyday life, that cultural infrastructure with meeting places shall be built out and that everyone has the right to a safe immediate environment. From this the demand for a clearer orientation with a children's rights perspective lies closer to the plan than a generally held wording.

• culture in everyday lifedecisive»Kulturen ska vara närvarande i alla människors vardag.« (party programme ↗)“Culture shall be present in all people's everyday life.”
• designed meeting places»Kulturell infrastruktur med fler samlingslokaler och andra mötesplatser« (party programme ↗)“Cultural infrastructure with more community halls and other meeting places”
• safe living environment»Rätt till trygg närmiljö för alla, prioritering av trygghetsskapande arbete.« (party programme ↗)“Right to safe immediate environment for all, prioritisation of safety-creating work.”
• children and young people's participation»Livskraftigt föreningsliv som särskilt stöttar barn och unga.« (party programme ↗)“Vigorous association life that particularly supports children and young people.”

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 what is built should be pleasant and safe with good architecture and greenery and that buildings should take account of cultural and natural values. The plan also sees children as active co-creators of society, which supports the counter-proposal's demand for an explicit child rights perspective in the designed living environments. The plan does not however say anything about how a political direction in the area should be formulated.

• good architecture and greenerydecisive»Det vi bygger ska vara trivsamt och tryggt för människor, med god arkitektur och grönska.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“What we build should be pleasant and safe for people, with good architecture and greenery.”
• children as co-creators»Barn är aktiva medskapare av samhället och ska inte ses som passiva mottagare av det samhälle som vuxna skapar åt dem.« (party programme ↗)“Children are active co-creators of society and should not be seen as passive receivers of the society adults create for them.”
• regard for cultural and natural values»Bebyggelse ska ta hänsyn till kultur- och naturvärden och bidra till goda livsmiljöer.« (party programme ↗)“Construction should take account of cultural and natural values and contribute to good living environments.”
• children's designed living environments»Skolgårdarna ska vara inspirerande, gröna, tillgängliga och trygga platser för lek, rörelse och återhämtning.« (party programme ↗)“School playgrounds should be inspiring, green, accessible and safe places for play, movement and recovery.”

The party programme states that policy should be careful not to act as a tastemaker and instead focus on creating preconditions, and the election manifesto that policy should maintain arm's length from culture. A broad-based direction that leaves room for actors themselves thus comes closer to the plan than a new, more detailed state direction. The plan's emphasis on children's rights pulls in the opposite direction but weighs less.

• no political direction-setting in culturedecisive»Politiken ska akta sig för att agera smakdomare och diktera kulturens innehåll.« (party programme ↗)“Policy should be careful not to act as a tastemaker and dictate the content of culture.”
• arm's length»Politiken ska bidra till goda förutsättningar men hålla armlängds avstånd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Policy should contribute to good conditions but maintain arm's length.”
• create conditions, not govern»Politiken ska fokusera på att skapa förutsättningar för alla att delta i kulturlivet.« (party programme ↗)“Policy should focus on creating conditions for everyone to participate in cultural life.”
• children's rights perspective»Av största betydelse är då barnens rättigheter och perspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Of greatest importance are then the rights and perspectives of children.”

The plan establishes that the state shall steer culture less and that public financing shall take forms that guarantee independence from political detailed control. A requirement for a new, more precisely formulated state direction pulls in the opposite direction and therefore gets no support. The plan's acknowledgement of children's and young people's rights does speak in favour of a child rights perspective, but does not carry the requirement for a new direction.

• the state shall steer culture lessdecisive»Kulturpolitiken ska utgå från frihet, mångfald och kvalitet men ska inte lägga sig i innehållet i kulturen. Därför vill vi att staten ska styra mindre och att det ska vara kulturskapare och inte politiker som fattar besluten om stöd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Cultural policy shall be based on freedom, diversity and quality but shall not meddle in the content of culture. Therefore we want the state to steer less and for it to be culture creators and not politicians who make decisions about support.”
• cultural policy without steering»Den liberala kulturpolitikens uppgift är inte att styra kulturen, utan att förbättra förutsättningarna för det konstnärliga skapandet och för individens bildning.« (party programme ↗)“The liberal cultural policy's task is not to steer culture, but to improve the conditions for artistic creation and for the individual's education.”
• freedom from detailed control»Offentlig finansiering ska ske i former som garanterar kulturlivets oberoende gentemot politisk detaljstyrning.« (party programme ↗)“Public financing shall take place in forms that guarantee the cultural life's independence from political detailed control.”
• children's rights»Barn och ungdomar har rätt att respekteras som individer och i takt med åldern få ta ett ökande ansvar för sin egen tillvaro.« (party programme ↗)“Children and young people have the right to be respected as individuals and with increasing age take increasing responsibility for their own lives.”

The plan requires architecture and urban planning that creates lasting values and safe, aesthetically pleasing local environments, and it explicitly highlights children as the smallest citizens in the planning with the best interests of the child in the foremost place. A vaguely formulated direction without a child rights perspective does not meet these commitments, which supports the counter-proposal's demand for a new and clearer direction.

• architecture with lasting valuesdecisive»Därför är det av stor vikt med en arkitektur och stadsplanering som skapar bestående värden och är hållbar i begreppets fulla bemärkelse.« (party programme ↗)“Therefore, it is of great importance to have architecture and urban planning that creates lasting values and is sustainable in the full sense of the term.”
• plan with children in mind»skapar ett småskaligt och greppbart boende även för de minsta av våra medborgare« (party programme ↗)“creates small-scale and comprehensible housing also for the smallest of our citizens”
• the best interests of the child»FN:s barnkonvention stadgar att barnets bästa ska komma i främsta rummet.« (party programme ↗)“The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child stipulates that the best interests of the child should come first.”
• safe and beautiful local environment»En trygg och estetiskt tilltalande närmiljö är viktig för att vi ska må väl och utvecklas i positiv riktning.« (party programme ↗)“A safe and aesthetically pleasing local environment is important for us to feel well and develop in a positive direction.”

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 wants to give citizens greater influence over architecture and replace advanced plans with simpler ones, not establish a more detailed state direction. It also warns that public funding and political ambitions constitute a risk in culture and media policy. The counter-proposal's demand for a new, clearer and more precise direction therefore goes against the plan's line.

• citizen influence over architecturedecisive»Låta medborgare få större inflytande över arkitekturen för att minska överklaganden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Allow citizens to have greater influence over architecture to reduce appeals”
• political control of culture is a risk»offentlig finansiering och politiska ambitioner utgör en risk.« (party programme ↗)“public funding and political ambitions constitute a risk.”
• free cultural life»Fria medier och ett fritt kulturliv är fundament i ett pluralistiskt« (party programme ↗)“Free media and a free cultural life are fundamental in a pluralistic”
• simpler planning»Ersätta avancerade detaljplaner med enklare byggplaner« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Replace advanced detailed plans with simpler building plans”

The plan takes a clear position on design matters: it wants to work for pleasant and safe areas with classical architecture and emphasises aesthetics and design as crucial to how an environment is experienced. A vaguely framed direction without precisions does not provide such steering, and the plan additionally requires that a child and family perspective permeates spatial planning. The plan therefore supports the requirement for a new and clearer direction.

• classical architecturedecisive»Sverigedemokraterna vill verka för trivsamma och trygga områden med klassisk arkitektur.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats want to work for pleasant and safe areas with classical architecture.”
• aesthetics and safety»Estetik och gestaltning är viktiga faktorer för hur en miljö upplevs och för tryggheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Aesthetics and design are important factors for how an environment is experienced and for safety.”
• child and family perspective»barn- och familjeperspektivet vara genomgående och grönytor och naturliknande« (party programme ↗)“child and family perspective be pervasive and green spaces and nature-like”
• citizen influence over environments»Fördela offentliga kulturmedel och utforma offentliga miljöer med ett större medborgarinflytande« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Distribute public cultural 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.