Objectives

The Government's proposed new objectives

Culture is to be a dynamic, challenging and independent force based on the freedom of expression. Everyone is to have the opportunity to participate in cultural life. Creativity, diversity and artistic quality are to
be integral parts of society's development.

To achieve the objectives, cultural policy is to:

• promote opportunities for everyone to experience culture, participate in educational programmes and develop their creative abilities;
• promote quality and artistic renewal;
• promote a dynamic cultural heritage that is preserved, used and developed;
• promote international and intercultural exchange and cooperation in the cultural sphere; and
• pay particular attention the rights of children and young people to culture.

The cultural policy area includes the following agencies:

The National Council for Cultural Affairs, the Swedish Library for Talking Books and Braille, the National Public Arts Council, the National Swedish Handicraft Council, the Arts Grants Committee, the National Archives and regional archives, the Institute for Dialectology, Onomastics and Folklore Research, the Swedish Dictionary of National Biography, the National Heritage Board, the National Historical Museums, the National Museum of Fine Arts with Prince Eugen's Waldemarsudde, the Museum of Natural History, the National Museums of World Culture, the Royal Armoury, Skolkloster Castle and the Hallwyl Museum, the National Maritime Museums, the Swedish Museum of Architecture, the Swedish National Collections of Music, the National Swedish Museums of Military History, Moderna museet, Swedish Travelling Exhibitions, the Living History Forum and the Commission for State Grants to Religious Communities. There are also three state-owned companies with activities in the cultural area: the Royal Opera, the Royal Dramatic Theatre and Voksenåsen, a national gift of Norway to Sweden.

In addition there are a large number of other institutions working in the field, of which the following can be mentioned:

The Swedish National Touring Theatre, Concerts Sweden, the House of Dance Foundation, the Easy-to-Read Foundation, Nordiska museet, Skansen, the National Museum of Science and Technology, the Museum of Work, the Dance Museum Fund for the Dance Museum, Drottningholms teatermuseum, the Carl and Olga Milles Lidingöhem Foundation, the Thiel Gallery, the Preventive Conservation Foundation in Kiruna and the Swedish Film Institute.