The list of Sweden's game culture treasures
The Swedish government has announced that a Swedish cultural canon will be drawn up. We want to ensure Sweden's gaming culture treasure is represented and have taken the initiative for a game culture canon to be presented at the political festival Almedalen.
Games should be an obvious part of culture but are missing from most cultural policy documents. Therefore, as the trade association for Sweden's video game companies, we have taken the initiative to produce a list of digital games that mean a lot to Swedish culture.
During the spring, several hundred games were nominated by the public. An expert jury has then selected the 15 games that are included in the final list that represent Sweden's gaming culture treasure.
The list contains games from various genres, platforms, and times and together they represent the Swedish game wonder. It has been a difficult job to make the selection. Many more games would fit on an expanded list. The Mulle Meck/Gary Gadget games have held a special place in the hearts of many players and game creators. The Steamworld games by Image & Form from the west coast and Unravel by Coldwood from the north are proof that game development has been successful in all of the country. Rymdkapsel by Grapefrukt shows that even solo developers can be successful. The jury liked Valheim by Iron Gate, but the game has not yet been released in full version. Helldivers 2 is another newly made game that needs to be considered for an updated list in the future. All these games hereby receive an honorable mention.
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