Sweden recently presented its list of 100 works, ideas and brands that define ‘Swedishness’, or its new ‘culture canon’. The list sparked many discussions one can easily follow on the news, meanwhile here is… everything that was included in it

Prose literature:

Det går an or “Sara Videbeck and the Chapel”, by Carl Jonas Love Almqvist

Giftas, or “Getting married”, by August Strindberg

Gösta Berlings saga, or “The Sage of Gösta Berling”, by Selma Lagerlöf

Muittalus sámid birra. En bok om lapparnas liv, or “An account of the Sami people”, by Johan Turi

Kallocain by Karin Boye

Pippi Långstrump, or “Pippi Longstocking”, by Astrid Lindgren

Utvandrarna, or “The Emigrants” by Vilhelm Moberg

Katitzi by Katarina Taikon

Den vedervärdige mannen från Säffle, or “The Abominable Man”, by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö

Literature, poems:

Skulle jag sörja, då vore jag tokot, or “If I were to grieve” by Lasse Lucidor

Drick ur ditt glas, se Döden på dig väntar, or “Drain your glass, death awaits you”, by Carl Michael Bellman

Några ord till min k. dotter, ifall jag hade någon, or “A few words to my daughter, if I had anybody”, by Anna Maria Lenngren

Vän! I förödelsens stund,” by Erik Johan Stagnelius

Triumf att finnas till, by Edith Södergran

Det är vackrast när det skymmer by Pär Lagerkvist

Stjärnorna kvittar det lika by Nils Ferlin

Eufori by Gunnar Ekelöf

Den halvfärdiga himlen by Tomas Tranströmer

Äktenskapsfrågan I–II by Sonja Åkesson

Painting, sculpture and architecture:

Kalkmåleri i Härkeberga kyrka, or the fresco painting in Härkeberga church, by Albertus Pictor

Gripsholms slott, including the national portrait collection

Självporträtt med allegorier, or Self portrait with allegories, by David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl

Kungliga slottet or the Royal Palace, by Nicodemus Tessin dy, Carl Hårleman

Nordisk sommarkväll, or “A Nordic Summer Evening” by Richard Berg

Lilla Hyttnäs, Sundborn by Karin and Carl Larsson

Målningarna till templet by Hilma af Klint

Tomtebobarnen or Children of the Forest by Elsa Beskow

Stockholms stadshus or Stockholm City Hall by Ragnar Östberg

Sitting… Six months later. Version A, by Öyvind Fahlström

Music:

Drottningholmsmusiken by Johan Helmich Roman

Sjung med oss mamma, (Sing with us mama), first volume, by Alice Tegnér

Midsommarvaka, svensk rapsodi nr 1 för stor orkester, op 19 by Hugo Alfvén

Tre inspelade låtar med spelmannen Hjort Anders Olsson, Hjort Anders Olsson

Flyttningssång and Till kåtan och hemmet by Lars Sikku, Frida Johansson

Calle Schewens vals and Möte i monsunen by Evert Taube

Förklädd gud, op 24 by Lars-Erik Larsson

Aniara by Karl-Birger Blomdahl

Jazz på svenska by Jan Johansson

Symfoni nr 7 by Allan Pettersson

Film and theatre:

The Drottningholms slottsteater opera house, by Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz

Lejonets unge, the Lion’s child, at Sundsvall theatre by Frida Stéenhoff

Ett drömspel, or “A Dream Play”, by August Strindberg

Körkarlen, or The Phantom Carriage, by Victor Sjöström

Gullregn, including the couplet Den ökända hästen från Troja, by Karl-Gerhard

Fröken Julie or “Miss Julie”, a ballet by Birgit Cullberg

Det sjunde inseglet, or “The Seventh Seal” by Ingmar Bergman

Dom kallar oss mods, or “They call us misfits”, a documentary by Stefan Jarl and Jan Lindqvist

Fars lille påg, or “Daddy’s little boy” a farce by Franz Arnold, Ernst Bach and Nils Poppe

Medeas barn, or Medea’s children at the Unga Klara theatre, by Suzanne Osten och Per Lysander

Educational and non-fiction prose:

Heliga Birgittas uppenbarelser or “The Visions of Saint Bridget” by Saint Bridget of Sweden

Historia om de nordiska folken or “History of the Nordic Peoples” by Olaus Magnus

Christinas självbiografi or “Christina’s autobiography” by Queen Christina of Sweden

Lappländsk resa or “Journey to Lapland”, by Carl von Linné or Linnaeus

Drömbok or “Dream Diary” of Emanuel Swedenborg

Fädernas gudasaga, or Our fathers’ godsaga by Viktor Rydberg

Svenska folkets underbara öden or “The Wonderful Fates of the Swedish People”, by Carl Grimberg

Barnets århundrade or The Centutry of the Child by Ellen Key

Kris i befolkningsfrågan or Crisis in the Population Question, by Alva and Gunnar Myrdal

Vägmärken or “Markings” by Dag Hammarskjöld

Law and rights:

Magnus Erikssons landslag, the 1341 legal code put in place by King Magnus Eriksson

1734 års lag, or the The Civil Code of 1734, brought in Sweden’s constitutional monarchy

1766 års tryckfrihetsförordning, the freedom to publish law from 1766

Offentlighetsprincipen, the principle of public access to information

1809 års regeringsform, the 1809 Instrument of Government

Rättegångsbalken, or The Swedish Code of Judicial Procedure

Sveriges riksdag, or The Swedish Parliament

Europakonventionen, or The European Convention on Human Rights

Brottsbalken, or The Swedish Penal Code

1974 års regeringsform, or the 1974 The Instrument of Government 

Allemansrätten, Sweden’s right to roam law

Religion:

Husaby kyrka, Husbany Church

Vadstena kloster, convent founded by Saint Birgitta

Horologium Mirabile Lundense, an astronomical clock in Lund Cathedral, probably by Nicolaus Lilienvelds

Malmöpsalmboken, the Malmö Psalm book (in Danish) by Christiern Pedersen

Gustav Vasa bible, translated by by Olaus Petri, Laurentius Andreae, and Laurentius Petri

Konventikelplakatet, the Conventicle Act of 1726 which banned religious gatherings outside the Lutheran Church

Marstrands synagoga, Marstrand Synagogue. Sweden’s first synagogue, built in Marstrand near Gothenburg

O store Gud “Oh Might God”, a hymn by Carl Boberg

The Lutheran Church’s 1960 decision to allow women priests

Nattvardsgästerna, or Winter Light, a film by Ingmar Bergman

Economy:

Falu koppargruva, the copper mines at Falu

Riksbanken, the National Bank of Sweden

Storskiftet, the Great Partition agricultural reform

Näringsfrihetsförordningen, or The freedom of trade statute by Johan August Gripenstedt

Industrilandskapet i Norrköping, or “the industrial landscape of Norrköping”, by the architects Carl Theodor Malm and Theodor Glosemeyer (among others)

Harsprånget, a hydroelectric power station on the Luleå river 

Folkpensionsreformen, the national pension

Saltsjöbadsavtalet, or the Saltsjöbad Agreement, between The Swedish Trade Union Confederation and the Swedish Employers’ Confederation

Ikea Älmhult, by Ingvar Kamprad

Särbeskattningen av makar, the separate taxation of spouses (1971)

Inventions:

Luft- och eldmaskin, an early steam engine invented by the engineer Mårten Triewald

Systema naturae, the book of Carl von Linné

Tabellkommissionen, “The Commission of Tables”, the world’s oldest statistics agency, set up by Pehr Wargentin in 1756

Kakelugnen, the masonry heating system developed by Fredrik Wrede and Carl Johan Cronstedt

Justitieombudsmannen, the Parliamentary Ombudsman

Göta kanal, the Göta Canal, by the engineer Baltzar von Platen

The Nobel Prize by Alfred Nobel

The spherical ball bearing designed by the engineer Sven Wingquist

Viggen, the fighter jet launched by Saab in 1967

Paternity Leave

Public Life:

Gustavianum, or the Uppsala University Museum, by Gustav II Adolf and Olof Rudbäck dä

1634 års regeringsform, the government system put in place by Axel Oxenstierna

Lappkodicillen, the Lapp Codicil of 1751

Svenska Akademiens ordbok, The Swedish dictionary commissioned by Gustav III from the Swedish Academy

Läsebok för folkskola, a reading anthology for schoolchildren, published in 1868

Riksdagshuset, the Swedish parliament building, by the architects Helgo Zettervall and Aron Johansson

Brunnsviks folkhögskola, the oldest Swedish folkhögskola, or residential college for adult education, established by Karl-Erik Forsslund in 1906

Vasaloppet, the Vasaloppet ski race, founded by Anders Pers and IFK Mora in 1922

Per Albin Hanssons folkhemstal, the 1928 speech by the Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson in which he launched the idea of a “people’s home” or folkhem

Radiohuset, the headquarters of Swedish national radio, built in 1961 and designed by the architects Erik Ahnborg and Sune Lindström