Cultural sector will be without financial investments when the government today presented its spring budget. Expenditure in the field of culture is projected to decrease in 2023 compared to 2022.
This is due to the end of several pandemic measures and via an earlier reduction of state funds to the municipal music school by SEK 100 million. "Strengthened libraries", with extra money for public libraries, will also end after 2023. Björn Orring, acting Secretary General of the Swedish Library Association, is worried about the news.