One year since the restrictions - so the live industry has been affected

On March 11, 2020, the government announced: No events with more than 500 people will be held.

In other countries, major events had already begun to be canceled.

The next day, the live music giant Live Nation decides to cancel or postpone all gigs around the world.

In Sweden, the company has canceled approximately 2,000 events since then.

Want to see guarantees

March 29, 2020 comes the next ceiling of a maximum of 50 people.

Krall entertainment states that they have lost over 90 percent of their average annual turnover, between 170 - 180 million.

300 events have been canceled.

"In order for us to dare and be able to start planning to start up, it is required that there is a guarantee that covers costs we had if we were forced to cancel," writes Sophia Stolpe, project manager at Krall.

2Entertain writes that they have canceled 400 performances and states that they have had to lay off 100 percent of their project staff.

Blixten & Co has lost approximately SEK 400 million in sales, according to Henrik Berndtson, CEO.

The aid is not enough

In total, more than 4.3 billion have been distributed, or clubbed in crisis support to culture and media since the pandemic began, but the live companies that Kulturnyheterna spoke to state that the support only covers between 15 - 20 percent of the losses.

“We are extremely disappointed that authorities and the government in Sweden have not taken as much responsibility over our sector as, for example, in Norway.

We have now been shut down for a year, but still neither proposals such as guarantee support nor shutdown support have come to fruition ", Live Nation writes to Kulturnyheterna.

- The needs are still very large, we have distributed historically large support.

But there have been many applications, I think it is good that the industry makes its voice heard, says Minister of Culture Amanda Lind (MP).

At the same time, is the money not enough?

 - Yes, it is and I see that need.

How do you cover it?

 - I hope to be able to return as soon as possible with information.

The government and the co-operation parties have shown that we are prepared to support the cultural sector and I absolutely see that more support will be required to support culture through this pandemic.