Swedish Film Institute

Founded in 1963, the institute is responsible for administering the annual Guldbagge Awards, and for managing the Swedish Film Database.

Notable CEOs of the institute include founder-director Harry Schein (1963–1970 and 1972–1978) and Anna Serner (2011–2021).

In 1938 the film archives were given a home at the National Museum of Science and Technology (Tekniska museet) in Stockholm.

Schein and the Minister of Finance, Gunnar Sträng, were the architects of the Film Reform at this time.

The government and film industry signed an agreement that exempted cinemas from entertainment tax, in return for a ten percent levy on ticket sales, which would be paid to the SFI.

[4] In 2016, the institute restarted theatrical distribution, enabling cinemas in Sweden to screen digitised films from the archive.

[3] From the beginning, the activities and funding of the institute were regulated by the Film Agreement with the Government of Sweden.

In 1998, the video industry left the agreement; in 2006 the remaining Swedish television companies joined.

[16] The Film Historic Collections (Filmhistoriska samlingarna) is one of the oldest of its type in the world, having originated in 1933 and become an independent institution in 1940.

Also in 2011, www.filmarkivet.se was established: a collaboration between SFI and the National Library, whereby films in the collections are made available to the public as streaming files, at no cost.

Filmhistoriska samlingarna continues to digitise hundreds of films, with the 2017 legislation ensuring a permanent funding stream for this.

[17] A major legacy left by Serner was the "50/50 by 2020" initiative, which aimed for gender parity in the film industry.