Musiksverige

Musiksverige is an association tasked with communicating and highlighting the industry’s key topics for discussion. Their primary aim is to provide commercial Swedish music with the best possible foundation and environment needed to create, develop and thrive internationally through collaboration with other creative industries, government agencies and departments.

As of November 2017 and due to the the #metoo campaign and the over 2000 women in the Swedish music industry that signed on against sexual harassment in the music industry, Musiksverige has set course for a new direction. The association shall focus its efforts to work for a more inclusive industry free from antagonistic behaviour, sexual harassment or/ and abuse.

The founders of Musiksverige are SAMI (The Swedish Artists’ and Musicians’ Interest Organization) ), IFPI Sweden (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry), Stim (Swedish Performing Rights Society) Musikerförbundet (Swedish Musicians Union), Symf (the Swedish Union of Professional Musicians), , FST (The Society of Swedish Composers), The Swedish Music Publishers Association, SKAP (The Swedish Society of Songwriters, Composers and Authors and SOM (Swedish Independent Labels).

Network members are Swedish Accordionists Association, MMF (Music Managers Forum Sweden) Association of Music Industry Training and Musikcentrum Sweden