The recipients of the Church of Sweden’s cultural grants for 2025
The recipients of this year’s Church of Sweden cultural grants have been announced. Five projects will share the total sum of SEK 500,000.
The grants are awarded in five areas: film, visual arts, performing arts, music and literature. Each area receives SEK 100,000.
The recipients of the Church of Sweden’s cultural grants for 2025
Film: Everything we own we have borrowed, Nellie Lexfors
Visual arts: The fertile crescent, Ingela Ihrman
Performing arts: The dance performance RAJ, Martina Fischer and Dansbandet
Literature: The cultural history of death, Elin Hägg
Music: The organ as a body – a vibrant city of sound, Stefan Klaverdal
The cultural grants will be officially awarded in a ceremony at Uppsala Cathedral on 6 November. This year’s recipients of the Church of Sweden's Liturgy Prize and the Sami Council's Cultural Prize will also be presented there.
Find out more about the cultural grant recipients for 2025 and their projects (swedish).
The Church of Sweden’s cultural grants
Every year, the Church of Sweden awards cultural grants in order to contribute to the creation of new works with existential relevance. The works can address the Christian tradition and the biblical stories, but do not have to do that.
The grants can be applied for by creators, artists and performers in the fields of visual arts, film, literature, performing arts, music and interdisciplinary art forms. They can also be applied for by dioceses and parishes or other institutions of the Church of Sweden, in cooperation with professional cultural creators.
The applications are assessed in particular in terms of their artistic quality and existential relevance. Projects relating to the lives of children and young people are particularly welcome.
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