Support exchanges for foreign artists in Sweden

The national objectives state that the cultural policy is to promote international and intercultural exchange and cooperation in the cultural sphere. The development of Swedish cultural life is dependent on international collaborations and influences from abroad. There are several support systems for international cultural exchange for artists or independent groups based abroad (incoming).
There are residencies for artists from abroad (visual arts, dance, music etc.) in several places in Sweden, including Stockholm, Malmo, Gothenburg etc. Additionally, a Swedish artist can apply for an international cultural exchange grant to invite artists from abroad to Sweden for collaborative projects. They are administered by the Swedish Arts Grants Committee.
The Swedish Arts Council provides support for international cultural exchange, such as tours, guest performances and co-productions, in Sweden and abroad. The support cannot be applied for by individual artists but by smaller independent groups.
EMS Elektronmusikstudion (an independent part of the Swedish Performing Arts Agency) which is the centre for Swedish electroacoustic music and sound-art regularly has foreign composers coming to EMS to work and who may be granted a working period by submitting an Artist in Residence application according to the same conditions as Swedish composers.