The welfare model of Scandinavia also greatly influences film and television.
Public support for cultural production in general and
for film and television has a prominent place.
As early as 1917, Norway established a municipal public cinema system.
And in the 1930s, some countries established public-funded film support,
for instance, SFC in Denmark in 1939 focusing on documentary film.
But for film, the main institutional public initiatives came
with the forming of national film institutes, in Sweden in 1963,
in Denmark in 1972, and in Norway in 1988.
This national support for film production has been developed since
to meet the new challenges from globalization.
To the national support system has been added the Nordic Film and
Television Fund from 1990, and the various EU support mechanisms,
through, for instance, Eurimages since 1988 and media programs since 1991.
But why do the Scandinavian countries support film production?