While the regions' cultural grants amounted to SEK 4.5 billion, the country's municipalities allocated SEK 11.9 billion to culture in 2018, an increase of 1.7 percent. Nevertheless, the culture's share of municipalities' total expenditure decreases over time.
The state's cultural budget for 2018 amounted to SEK 13.6 billion, according to Cultural Analysis, which includes, among other things, the formation of people in the state cultural grant. The largest percentage increase was attributed to visual arts, architecture, form and design, with funding increasing by 42 percent.
The total public cultural appropriation amounted to just over SEK 30 billion, which corresponds to SEK 2,935 per inhabitant and represents an increase of SEK 1.2 billion compared to 2017