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Generator Swedish Creative Industries is a non-profit association devoted to developing the cultural and creative industries in Sweden. We do this by means of competence development, initiatives to increase understanding and knowledge about the industries and facilitating contact between all involved actors. Our membership consists of regional (regions, regional associations, county administrative boards, county councils) and local (municipalities, municipality associations) actors. Universities and colleges can also be associated to the organisation.
Generator Swedish Creative Industries is the continuation of a project financed by the The Knowledge Foundation.. Within the framework of this project, eight regional hubs promoting development and growth in small, expanding companies were established. Today these hubs are recognized actors for boosting growth through projects within education, research and business collaboration.
The eight hubs are:
ADA – design and advertising
Film i väst – movies
Media mötesplats Malmö – moving media
Mode & Design – fashion and design
Formens hus/Måltidens hus – design and gastronomy
Mötesplats Piteå – tourism
Netport – computer games
Rock City – music
For more information about the development of creative industries in Sweden, download this brochure: FUNK – A Summary In English.
You can find some more publications in English here:
Publikationer
Articles in English
Me, the experience consumer
The Swedish Knowledge Foundation recently published a brochure about the Swedish experience industry in English.
The brochure Me, the experience consumer is available below left as an pdf.
Read articleArenas for cross boundary meetings
In contrast to other countries, the initial Swedish engagement in the experience industry has not been developed top-down, but in regional cross boundary hubs where local culture, business, education and research have met. This has worked out very well, and a unique model for development in the creative industries has emerged, the FUNK model.
Today there are eight cross boundary hubs for the experience industry in Sweden. More are to come.
About the Swedish Experience Industry in English