[HIGHLIGHTS] Therefore, cultural policy became a charged topic in the party leadership debate

During SVT: Agenda's party leader debate, cultural policy and cultural freedom became a hot topic of debate. Märta Stenevi (MP) and Jimmy Åkesson (SD) dueled.

The topic was the independence of culture and the principle of arm's length, i.e. how much influence politicians should have on publicly funded cultural activities. Per Andersson of Culture News is not surprised that cultural issues have become one of the major topics of conversation. The Sweden Democrats have always had their own, different opinion than the other parties on key cultural issues.