Culture

London, 9 March 2016. Check against delivery.

The Government’s 2015 Music Export Prize will be presented on 29 February 2016 by Minister for Enterprise and Innovation Mikael Damberg. Today the nominees will be presented.

Stockholm, 1 February 2016. Check against delivery.

Stockholm, 10 October 2015. Check against delivery.

The Government decided today to upgrade the Swedish presence in New York by opening a salaried Consulate General. The Consulate General will open in December and replace the honorary consulate currently there.

Göteborg, 24 september 2015. Check against delivery.

Following an agreement with the Left Party, the Government proposes that, starting in 2016, the appropriation for state museums be raised by SEK 80 million to introduce free admission at certain state museums.

The Government is investing SEK 100 million per year in promoting low fees for municipal schools for music and the arts. This is proposed in the Government’s Budget Bill for 2016 following an agreement with the Left Party.

The Government proposes investing SEK 25 million per year during the period 2016–2019 in strengthening smaller cinemas in rural areas and small towns. The proposal is based on an agreement between the Government and the Left Party.

The Government proposes in the Budget Bill that SEK 80 million be set aside for the introduction of free admission to certain state museums. The proposal is based on an agreement between the Government and the Left Party.

The Government is providing Nationalmuseum with an additional SEK 2 million per year from 2016 to strengthen the museum’s regional presence.

The Government proposes that Malmö Municipality be given a grant for a feasibility study into the prospects of establishing a national democracy and migration museum. The grant should also be used for an international academic conference in Malmö in spring 2016 to provide the starting point for the feasibility study. The proposal is based on an agreement between the Government and the Left Party.

The Government proposes that, as of 2017, the State is to take overall responsibility for national film policy. The State will end the Film Agreement, which has for a long time financed and governed parts of state film policy.

The Government proposes investing SEK 25 million per year during the period 2016–2019 to strengthen smaller cinemas in rural areas and small towns. This investment is part of the Government’s larger investment in the reorganisation of film policy.

1 June 2015, Stockholm Concert Hall Check against delivery.

SEK 23 million is being allocated in 2015–2018 to produce a strategy for the Swedish library system.

Malmö Live, 27 maj 2015 Check against delivery.

Translation of the Language Act, SFS 2009:600, in Finnish.

Translation of the Language Act, SFS 2009:600, in Lule Sami.