Current circumstances with the mutated virus of Covid-19 have once again led to a sharp reduction in the number of people gathered in a group. Entertainment is hit again, which has led Penilla Wahlgren to publish a number of letters on her Instagram story.
Sweden's new Minister of Culture Jeanette Gustafsson contacted Pernilla who thought the conversation was a prank. According to Aftonbladet , the minister's press secretary had to confirm that the conversation was real.
- "I actually thought that someone was joking with me because it happens quite often when I get unknown calls, so I sounded quite skeptical at first. I then asked how I should know that she is her, and then I got to talk to her press secretary, and then I understood after a while that it is for real." Pernilla tells Aftonbladet.
- "What did she say?" asks Aftonbladet.
"She said she wants to show that she takes this very seriously and she has just started her job, but she will do everything she can to ensure that all private theaters and production companies receive funding."
After the conversation, Pernilla published a thank you to Jeanette Gustafsdotter for taking the time to call Pernilla.
- Thank you @ jeanette.gustafsdotter for the phone call! ++ (Sorry I was a little skeptical if it really was you, at first. But it's not every day I get a call from the Swedish Minister of Culture ..!
Incredibly nice with a Minister of Culture who follows up on our concerns & appeals in the entertainment industry - who can not cope with a long shutdown - & who is really keen to find a solution so our private theaters & production companies are not forced to go bankrupt…! Thank you for hearing us !! ++
As it is now, we can not plan, move performances, or inform the audience who have been buying tickets for a long time ago - because we do not know how long the new restrictions will apply.
Our industry is once again completely stagnant.
We miss the audience - and they miss us…! ”
Aftonbladet contacted Jeanette Gustafsdotter's press secretary Tora Heckscher who confirmed that the Minister of Culture called Pernilla Wahlgren during the evening.
- "She has made several calls today and is out meeting people as best she can despite the fact that it is a pandemic, to get perspectives in different ways on this crisis. Pernilla had written on Instagram after today's press conference about restrictions and the conversation was a response to that, the Minister of Culture had not planned to call her before that. She thinks it was a good conversation where she heard her experiences,"said Tora Heckscher to Aftonbladet.
Source and screenshots: aftonbladet.se, instagram/pernillawahlgren
