Konstnärsnämnden Working and Long-Term Grants for Visual and Applied Arts 2027 — SEK 120,000 a Year, up to Ten-Year Grants
Konstnärsnämnden
The Swedish Arts Grants Committee's annual working grants for visual and applied artists living or working in Sweden, from one-year grants to ten-year long-term grants.
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A working grant to pursue and deepen one's practice: one-year grants of SEK 120,000 (tax-exempt, usually to first-time recipients), two-year grants of SEK 120,000 a year, and five-year and ten-year long-term grants of three price base amounts a year (currently SEK 177,600, taxable) for major artists. Several ten-year grants will be awarded across all art forms in 2027.
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Professional visual and applied artists — visual art, photography, design, crafts, illustration, textile art or architecture — who earn a living entirely or partly from their art and regularly present it. Tax-exempt working grants cannot be held more than two years in a row (with the waiting periods the page explains). You must be resident in Sweden or practise most of your art here (foreign citizens may apply on the same terms); not studying more than 50% when the decision is made; no debts with the Swedish Enforcement Authority; de minimis aid under €300,000 in three years.
Dates & details
- Deadline
- 14:00 CET (application open 9 October – 11 November 2026)