Sweden's cultural canon sparks backlash for excluding Abba and post-1975 works
The Gustav Vasa 1541 Bible, Pippi Longstocking, Ikea, the right to roam, parental leave, Sámi joiks, the Nobel Prize, and works by Ingmar Bergman and August Strindberg are among the entries in Sweden’s recent proposal for a “cultural canon.”
However, notable exclusions from the list of 100 significant cultural