We should always be suspicious when states try to define a national culture – especially when the arts are in crisis, says writer Gabriel V Rindborg

‘Shared map’ of Swedish culture that ignores everything since 1975 is ‘nationalist education project’, argue critics

A government initiative to create a Swedish “cultural canon” concerned many in the country’s cultural world. The final list has sparked debate over the choices.

We should always be suspicious when states try to define a national culture – especially when the arts are in crisis, says writer Gabriel V Rindborg