The Swedish Arts Council (Swedish: Statens kulturråd, or Kulturrådet) is a Swedish administrative authority organized under the Ministry of Culture, and is tasked with promoting culture and its availability by distributing and following up on government grants, on the basis of the national cultural policy objectives, as determined by the Riksdag.
In 1996, the special significance of literature was highlighted through the adoption of a separate piece of legislation, the Library Act.
The agency has about 120 people working at their office, located at Filmhuset in Stockholm,[2] and is led by a board of directors appointed by the government.
Examples of this are: The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and the European Union Creative Europe Desk.
The award is administered by the council and is presented annually to authors, illustrators, storytellers and people or organisations promoting reading.