This book offers an up-to-date account of the current conditions and challenges of Nordic cultural policy model. Combining a detailed picture of the current situation in each Nordic country with their similarities and differences across borders, the book serves the knowledge needs of cultural policy researchers, policymakers and practitioners in the Nordic region and beyond. Each chapter of the book tackles the question about whether the national welfare state cultural policy, with its core values and practices, has withstood the pressures for change in recent years. Country-based chapters deal with the themes that have been previously recognized as central to Nordic welfare state cultural policy, such as comprehensive public funding and possession of institutions, strive for social equality in participation and access, and transnational mutual learning. The chapters observe the major international or national factors of change, which have recently tested the sustainability of the model. After reading this book, one will understand how the marketization of culture, new forms of instrumentalization of arts, and broader trends in governance have changed Nordic cultural policies.

Comprehensive and updated insights about the current conditions, situations and challenges of Nordic cultural policies Analyses similarities and differences between Nordic countries' cultural policies Serves cultural policy professionals, policy-makers and practitioners working across the national borders

Autorentext

Miikka Pyykkönen is a professor of cultural policy at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. His main research interests are cultural policy, cultural labor and economy, ecological sustainability and culture, and the history of ethnopolitics. Pyykkönen s over 100 academic publications include co-editing of Globalization, Culture and Development (2015) and Creative and Cultural Work in Europe (2026).

Louise Ejgod Hansenis a researcher at Aarhus University, Denmark. She is engaged in a wide range of topics including local cultural policy, audience development and evaluation of culture. Recently she has been PI in big national commissioned and collaborative research projects in Denmark. Her publications include numerous scientific articles and books.

Tobias Harding is a professor at University of South-Eastern Norway. His research interests include cultural policy, political polarization, cultural memory, Bildung, and civil society. He chairs the scientific committee of the Nordic Conference on Cultural Policy Research, and has written or edited a number of articles, books, and government reports.

Ole Marius Hylland is a research professor at Telemark Research Institute (Norway), working on the ideology, rhetoric, aesthetics and history of cultural policy. He has written and edited a number of articles and books on cultural policy, including Aesthetics and Politics (2017) and Digital transformation and cultural policies in Europe (2023).

Njörður Sigurjónsson is Professor of Cultural Management at Bifröst University, Iceland. His research focuses on cultural policy, management culture, and organizations. A former Director of the Icelandic Literature Fund and Marketing Manager of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, he has published widely on cultural management, Icelandic cultural policy, and institutional change.

Inhalt

Miikka Pyykkönen, Louise Ejgod Hansen, Tobias Harding, Ole Marius Hylland and Njörður Sigurjónsson: Introduction. Nordic cultural policy 2.0?.- Louise Ejgod Hansen: Danish cultural model 2.0 - cultural policy in crisis?.- Miikka Pyykkönen, Olli Jakonen and Sakarias Sokka: Finnish Cultural Policy 2.0 balancing between traditional arts-based purposes and broader instrumental objectives.- Njörður Sigurjónsson: Icelandic cultural policy 2.0.- Ole Marius Hylland: Norwegian cultural policy 2.0. Tobias Harding: Swedish Cultural Policy 2.0.- Miikka Pyykkönen, Louise Ejgod Hansen, Tobias Harding, Ole Marius Hylland and Njörður Sigurjónsson: Conclusions: Nordic cultural policies in flux.