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The Liberals questioned the municipality regarding the "cinema death" in Stockholm and what is being done to support threatened cinemas. The Culture Administration shares this concern and is closely monitoring the situation, supporting cinemas through dialogue, program funding, and development grants for renovations, including an enhanced grant for Bio Skandia in 2025 to help with increased rents and broadening their operations.

The Liberals, represented by Jan Jönsson, Isabel Palmqvist-Smedberg, and Hanna Wistrand, propose that the City investigate how to improve and simplify conditions for Stockholm's associations to become the best in Sweden. The Culture Administration supports this and is positive about participating in such an inquiry, suggested to be led by the City Executive Office. The aim is to map obstacles and develop concrete measures to make it easier for all types of associations to operate and grow.

The Culture Committee is set to approve a new member for the Disability Advisory Board's culture section. Lovisa Axelqvist, representing Ung med Synnedsättning Stockholm Gotland, will fill a vacant seat on the board, which works to ensure accessible culture for people with disabilities across the city. The board is a joint body for the Culture Committee, Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, and the Beauty Council.

The City of Stockholm plans to replace the roof and install a new elevator at the Stora scenen in Kungsträdgården, as the current structure fails to meet modern safety and accessibility standards. This work, scheduled to begin in 2026, aims to ensure the stage remains a contemporary, safe, and universally accessible venue for all residents.

Stockholm's Culture Committee proposes merging the grant for youth-led cultural projects with another cultural grant, "Support for personal creation, participation, and popular education," starting in 2027. This aims to simplify administration for both applicants and the cultural administration, while maintaining the 2 million SEK budget, the annual award for young cultural projects, and the ability to track funding for youth cultural initiatives.

The City of Stockholm is procuring a new digital system for summer camp applications and administration, replacing an outdated system that can no longer be updated. This new system, estimated to cost between 4.5 and 9 million SEK and to be implemented by autumn 2026, will improve functionality and security, simplifying the application process for parents and administration for caseworkers.

The City Archives presented its 2026 activity plan, aiming to enhance archive accessibility for all Stockholmers, digitally and physically. Plans include improving the "Rotemannen" database search function, offering more tailored lectures, and displaying maps and older social archives online. The 2026 budget is SEK 71.1 million, a decrease of SEK 7.7 million from the previous year.

The Culture Department has presented its 2026 operational plan, aiming to make culture more accessible to all Stockholmers, especially children, young people, seniors, and those with disabilities. Key initiatives include extended library hours, year-round activities for Kulturskolan, and increased participation among 13–18 year olds. The department also plans to strengthen cultural life by investing in venues and meeting places, and will seek budget adjustments for a new roof for the Kungsträdgården stage and to offset lost revenue from closed museums.

The Cultural Administration's management group discussed its 2026 activity plan, featuring "Skärholmen Tillsammans." This project in Skärholmen will have local associations train 16-21 year olds as activity leaders, aiming to provide role models and opportunities for work or involvement, especially for those struggling to enter the job market.

The Culture Committee's Archive Subcommittee has approved the City Archives' activity plan for 2026. This means the committee proposes that the City Executive Board approve the plan and request a budget change of 33.6 million SEK. Furthermore, the City Archives' result units for the eDok IT price list and the e-archive IT price list will merge starting in 2026.

This matter is a notification of several decisions made by the City Archives and the Culture Department. The decisions concern, among other things, the preservation and culling of documents from various administrations and companies such as Stockholm Business Region and Stokab. Furthermore, the Culture Department has made decisions regarding artistic designs in Kista Äng, Älvsjöbadet, and Enskede IP, as well as several building permit and planning matters on which the City Museum has commented.

The City of Stockholm is implementing a new common functional program for preschool premises, aiming for a consistent design and function, both indoors and outdoors, in new preschools. This initiative also seeks to make planning more cost and time efficient. The program includes guidelines for safety, movement opportunities, flexibility, and environmental requirements for both the indoor and outdoor environments of preschools.

The Preschool Committee in Stockholm is updating its delegation of authority, shifting some decision-making from the committee to administrative staff to streamline operations. This involves three proposed changes: clarifying who allocates funds for quality and professional development, moving certain financial decisions to the head of the finance and governance department, and ensuring the manager who approves a purchase also signs the contract. These changes are not expected to impact children's rights or gender equality.

The Preschool Committee has developed its activity plan for 2026, which focuses on strengthening the quality and equality of preschools in Stockholm. The goal is to provide all children with equal opportunities for development and learning, partly by increasing preschool enrollment, especially in areas like Järva and Skärholmen.

The City of Stockholm has developed a new child health program aimed at improving the health and living conditions of preschool children, regardless of background or residential area, focusing on physical, mental, and social well-being. The Preschool Committee reviewed the program, generally supporting its goals to reduce disparities and strengthen child health work, but suggested adjustments to ensure references to other policy documents are current and that the program aligns with new national guidelines.

This matter concerns the reporting of minutes from various meetings regarding preschool and education in Stockholm. Topics discussed include how best to support foreign-born students with disabilities in adapted school forms, the Preschool Committee's activity plan for 2026, the work environment in the preschool administration's premises, and an organizational review.

The City Planning Administration has drafted a detailed development plan for the Västergötland 21 property on Södermalm, located between Götgatan and Repslagargatan. This plan aims to gently develop the property with a courtyard extension, new entrances on Repslagargatan, and new windows and dormers, all while preserving the buildings' cultural heritage. It also seeks to improve public movement through the ground floor and connect buildings across multiple levels, allowing for office, retail, and residential use. You can submit comments on the proposal by February 23, 2026.

The City plans a new local development plan for the property Bonden Större 43 at Skånegatan 63-65 on Södermalm. The proposal adds an extra floor to the main building for new residences and raises the inner courtyard to accommodate new retail spaces and three-story townhouses. This will create 7 new rental apartments and approximately 500 square meters of retail space, while preserving existing trees in the courtyard. You can submit your comments on the proposal to the City Planning Administration by February 9, 2026.

The City Archives presents its 2026 activity plan, aiming to make archives more accessible to all Stockholmers, both digitally and physically. This includes developing a new search service for the Rotemannen database and launching digitaltarkiv.stockholm for citizens to search school grades using BankID. The plan also covers improving information security, streamlining archive management, and preparing to procure SEK 8 million in digitization services.

This is a notification of delegated decisions from the City Archives. It concerns internal decisions where the City Archivist has delegated responsibility for how the city's documents should be stored or discarded, as well as the approval of archive premises and the handling of digital information. The decisions affect, among others, the Service Department, AB Stokab, the Education Department, the District Administrations, and Stockholm Business Region.