The new Swedish coalition presented their budget today, in which it was revealed that the 22 million Swedish crowns (~3.19 million USD) required to fund the Swedish institutes in Rome, Athens and Istanbul are being transferred over to fund a natural science project instead. These institues are crucial for the Swedish research in these areas - which is prominent - and has promted a storm from the humanistic field. At this point this is only a proposal and there is hope for it to be voted down.

However, should it go through, it will probably mean the end of Classical Archaeology for Sweden, both at home and abroad. Every archaeological dig that's currently funded by Sweden in Italy, Greece and Turkey goes through these institutes and they also house rather substantial archaeological collections. These institutes have also played a great role historically in that most of the institutes in Rome closed down during WW2, but the Swedish institute stayed open, thus providing a place for researches to meet during those perilous times. The head of the institute at the time also hid Jews in the attic of the institute, making it a culturally important place even besides the archaeological collections.

The budget included a lot of really bad calls, so there is hope for it to be voted down by the opposition, and whether we're Left or Right in our believes, our fingers are crossed for the institutes to remain. The 22M required to keep these running is a comparatively small sum (the cultural sector is getting 230M in total in this budget) and it is the sum for all three institutes. If you're interested in what they do and why they are important, you can read more about it here:
The Swedish Institute in Rome
The Swedish Institute in Athens
The Swedish Institute in Istanbul