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State artist pensions have a long history in Finland; they were awarded for the first time in the 1830s. At that time pensions were working grants by nature because they were allocated only to artists of high national importance and renown. The artist’s age had no impact on pension decisions. In fact, they were lifelong working grants awarded by the State.

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This study looks at the f unctionality and effectiven ess of the working grant system from the viewpoint of the artist who receives a denial decision on his or her working grant application.

This study looks at the functionality and effectiveness of the state's working grant system.

This paper presents an on-going research project on music policy in Finland. The main goals of the project are to evaluate Finnish music policy and to create methodological tools for the analysis of cultural policies in general.

This paper deals mainly with the technical aspects of defining the artist; and it is, at least to start with, committed to the practical interest of identifying artists as a professional group for empirical social science research.

The present study charts the early stages of the system and its subsequent development from 1972 onwards as well as related financial issues using data from the 2000s.

One of the objectives of this study was to study Sámi artists’ status and activities in state arts administration, as well as the channelling of state arts support to the Sámi arts sector.

The study at hand has two purposes: First, to examine architecture’s share of the arts support system in the 2000s, and secondly to evaluate the status of architects in present building trade and the possible changes in it.