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The dancer Liv Aira and jojk artist Elin Teilus performing in a field.The dancer Liv Aira and jojk artist Elin Teilus performing in a field.The dancer Liv Aira and jojk artist Elin Teilus performing in a field.

Supporting arts, culture and international exchange

The dancer Liv Aira and jojk artist Elin Teilus. Photo: Jo Kemp.
Gruppbild på partners. 18 personer står bakom och sitter i en soffa. De ser alla glada ut och tittar in i kameran.
Programme partners together with senior advisers from the Arts Council. Photo: Susanne Kronholm.

New agreement with Sida strengthens artistic freedom

The Swedish Arts Council and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) have signed an agreement for a second programme period between 2024-2027 to strengthen and protect artistic freedom globally. The programme allocates funds to international organisations working to protect and promote artistic freedom.
Woman reading for a young child
Highlights the value of all people’s own languages and stories. Photo: Wayne Quilliam.

Indigenous Literacy Foundation is the 2024 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award laureate

The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) encourages reading and promote literacy by securing access to good literature for First Nations children of Australia.

Cover, illustration picturing a butterfly and a green garden.
Cover illustration by Amanda Jonsson. From the book Sally is Grumpy.

More Swedish Books for Young Readers

In our new publication we introduce you to exciting children’s and YA authors writing in Swedish today. They are authors who have already found readers in other languages and have the potential to reach even more. The publication is a standalone follow-up to the edition from 2020.

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New Swedish Voices

Are you curious about which new voices in Swedish fiction we’re listening to right now? Then this publication is for you!
Gruppbild på partners. 18 personer står bakom och sitter i en soffa. De ser alla glada ut och tittar in i kameran.
Programme partners together with senior advisers from the Arts Council. Photo: Susanne Kronholm.

New agreement with Sida strengthens artistic freedom

The Swedish Arts Council and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) have signed an agreement for a second programme period between 2024-2027 to strengthen and protect artistic freedom globally. The programme allocates funds to international organisations working to protect and promote artistic freedom.
Woman reading for a young child
Highlights the value of all people’s own languages and stories. Photo: Wayne Quilliam.

Indigenous Literacy Foundation is the 2024 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award laureate

The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) encourages reading and promote literacy by securing access to good literature for First Nations children of Australia.

Cover, illustration picturing a butterfly and a green garden.
Cover illustration by Amanda Jonsson. From the book Sally is Grumpy.

More Swedish Books for Young Readers

In our new publication we introduce you to exciting children’s and YA authors writing in Swedish today. They are authors who have already found readers in other languages and have the potential to reach even more. The publication is a standalone follow-up to the edition from 2020.

Image -NSV-SLE-webb.jpg

New Swedish Voices

Are you curious about which new voices in Swedish fiction we’re listening to right now? Then this publication is for you!

Current grants

Literature and translation
Open for application

Grants for translators of Swedish literature

This grant promotes international exchange and skill improvement activities among translators of Swedish literature and drama.

4
days left
Last application date 17 Oct 2024
Literature and translation
Open for application

Grants for international promotion of Swedish literature and drama

This grant aims to promote the international dissemination of high-quality Swedish literature and Swedish drama and to enable international exchanges in the field.

4
days left
Last application date 17 Oct 2024
Literature and translation
Open for application

Translation of Swedish drama for stage performance

This grant aims to make it possible for more Swedish theatre plays in translation to be performed on stage abroad.

79
days left
Last application date 31 Dec 2024
Literature and translation
Open for application

Grants for translators of Swedish literature

This grant promotes international exchange and skill improvement activities among translators of Swedish literature and drama.

4
days left
Last application date 17 Oct 2024
Literature and translation
Open for application

Grants for international promotion of Swedish literature and drama

This grant aims to promote the international dissemination of high-quality Swedish literature and Swedish drama and to enable international exchanges in the field.

4
days left
Last application date 17 Oct 2024
Literature and translation
Open for application

Translation of Swedish drama for stage performance

This grant aims to make it possible for more Swedish theatre plays in translation to be performed on stage abroad.

79
days left
Last application date 31 Dec 2024
See our other grants

Swedish Literature Exchange

Creative Europe Desk Sweden

Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

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