Projects of the Swedish Arts Council
The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
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Astrid Lindgren is Sweden’s favourite author and one of the world’s most popular writers of children’s books. She passed away in 2002 at the age of 94, but her stories will live forever. To honour her memory and promote children’s and youth literature around the world, the Swedish government has founded an international prize in her [ ... ]
The Swedish project “Läsconster“
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The Swedish Arts Council funds this project, which is co-ordinated by the regional library of Uppsala. “Läskonster“ intends to collaborate with libraries and other institutions towards setting up centres for the promotion of reading in Sweden. By close co-operation with other actors in the arts, culture and the media, these centres develop creative models for an [ ... ]
See also: Promoting Reading in Sweden