'Meaningless': Culture Critics Decry New Cultural Canon - Radio Sweden

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109 works and phenomena, from Strindberg and Lagerlöf to Ikea, the Göta Canal – and the Viggen fighter plane. But when SvD's culture editorial team analyzes Sweden's Cultural Canon in a new podcast, they miss a lot on the list.

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100 works, inventions and institutions are included in Sweden's first official list of national characteristics.

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100 works and events that shaped Sweden. Today the proposal for a Swedish cultural canon was presented. Here is the FULL LIST!

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Herring, Pippi Longstocking or lagom? Today, Sweden's cultural canon is announced - a list of works and events that are considered to have had a particularly great significance for l

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DN DEBATT. The question of a common "we" is becoming increasingly urgent. Now a cultural canon for Sweden is being presented: 100 works that have shaped our society. The list is not a given, but can be revised in ten years. We also want a foundation, independent of short-term political decisions, to be formed to manage the canon, write members Lars Trägårdh, Gunilla Kindstrand and PJ Anders Linder.