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Sweden’s cultural canon creates criticism

Summary by readthepeak.com
The conspicuous absence of Dancing Queen isn’t the only reason Swedes are upset about an official catalogue of Swedish culture.

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Not a single work with a sign language connection was included when Sweden's cultural canon was presented. Cathrine Björkstrand, project manager at the Deaf Cultural Heritage Center, is critical. "There is nothing on the list that has anything to do with us," she says.

·Stockholm, Sweden
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What do the Nobel Prize, the multinational IKEA and the children's heroine Fifi Brindecier have in common?

·Montreal, Canada
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"The purpose of a cultural canon that represents a unified Swedish culture and Swedishness is flawed from the very beginning." This is what author Bo Gustavsson writes in a debate post.

·Uppsala, Sweden
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readthepeak.com broke the news in on Sunday, September 7, 2025.
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