Ministry of Culture (Sweden)
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Formed | 2007[1] |
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The Ministry of Culture (Swedish: Kulturdepartementet) is a ministry within the government of Sweden responsible for culture policy. The ministry is headed by the Minister for Culture, currently Alice Bah Kuhnke (mp).
The Ministry of Culture is located at Drottninggatan 16 in central Stockholm.
Government agencies
The Ministry of Culture is principal for the following government agencies:
General cultural activities
- Swedish Arts Council, or Statens kulturråd.
Language, literature, libraries and archives
- Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore, formerly known as Swedish Institute for Dialectology, Onomastics and Folklore Research, or Institutet för språk och folkminnen.
- Swedish National Archives and the Swedish Regional Archives, or Riksarkivet och landsarkiven.
Visual arts, design and applied arts
- Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, or Akademien för de fria konsterna.
Film, artists and heritage
- Swedish Film Institute, or "Svenska filminstitutet".
- Swedish National Heritage Board, or Riksantikvarieämbetet.
Media
- Nordicom.
- Swedish Broadcasting Corporation, or Sveriges Radio AB.
- Sveriges Television.
- Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company, or Sveriges Utbildningsradio.
- Teracom.
- Swedish Broadcasting Authority, or Myndigheten för radio och tv.
Museums and exhibitions
- Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design. or ArtDes.
- Bildmuseet.
- Millesgården, or Carl och Olga Milles Lidingöhem.
- Swedish Dance Museum, or Dansmuseet.
- Drottningholm Theatre Museum, or Drottningholms teatermuseum.
- Jewish Museum of Sweden, or Judiska museet.
- The Royal Armoury, or Livrustkammaren.
- Skokloster Castle, or Skoklosters slott.
- Hallwyl Museum, or Hallwylska museet.
- Moderna Museet.
- National Historical Museums, or Statens historiska museer.
- Swedish National Museum of Fine Arts, or Nationalmuseum '.
- Prince Eugen's Waldemarsudde, or Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde.
- Swedish Museum of Natural History, or Naturhistoriska riksmuseet.
- Nordic Museum, or Nordiska museet.
- Swedish Exhibition Agency, or Riksutställningar.
- Rooseum.
- Röhss Museum, or Röhsska museet.
- Skansen.
- Swedish Army Museum, or Statens försvarshistoriska museer.
- Strindberg Museum, or Strindbergsmuseet.
- Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology, or Tekniska museet.
- Thielska Galleriet.
- Zorn Collections, or Zornsamlingarna.
- Museum of Work, or Arbetets museum.
Theatre, dance och music
- Royal Dramatic Theatre, or Dramaten.
- Royal Swedish Academy of Music, or Musikaliska akademien.
- Royal Swedish Opera, or "Kungliga Operan".
- Riksteatern
Areas of responsibility
The Ministry of Culture is responsible for issues relating to culture, media, democracy, human rights at national level, the national minorities and the language and culture of the Sami people. The Ministry is also responsible for anti-discrimination work and issues concerning civil society, faith communities and burial and cremation services.
References
- ↑ "Kulturdepartementet". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 November 2010. (subscription required)
External links
- Ministry of Culture, official website (in English)
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