The government has decided on the distribution of the billion allocated to the cultural sector in crisis support, which was previously announced in the supplementary amending budget. The crisis support applies to independent cultural life, individual cultural creators, film, regional culture, certain publicly supported cultural institutions and public gathering places.

– The entire diversity of cultural life's activities and actors has been hit hard by the pandemic and the consequences risk remaining for a long time to come. It is important that the support reaches us as quickly as possible and we know that intensive work has already begun at our grant-distributing authorities and institutions, says Minister of Culture Jeanette Gustafsdotter.

SEK 650 million will go to support general cultural activities through the Swedish Arts Council's grants. The funds will be distributed with the aim of alleviating the acute economic crisis and ensuring a breadth of cultural expression throughout the country.

SEK 200 million goes to individual artists and cultural creators. Of this, SEK 170 million is distributed by the Swedish Arts Council to artists in the fields of visual arts, music, film, theatre and dance. SEK 30 million is distributed by the Swedish Writers' Fund to artists in the field of words such as writers, translators and cultural journalists. 

SEK 40 million is allocated to regional cultural activities and the cultural collaboration model. SEK 20 million is distributed by the Swedish Film Institute for film support. SEK 60 million goes to public meeting places. SEK 30 million goes to certain publicly supported cultural institutions, to museums and the performing arts.