What are the 100 things that unequivocally define Swedish culture?

Flat-packed furniture from IKEA? Of course. “Pippi Longstocking”? Indeed. The touchstone films of Ingmar Bergman? Absolutely.

Abba and meatballs? Apparently not.

This week, the Swedish government published the country’s first Cultural Canon, a document that lists 100 artistic works and social, political and economic phenomena, that a panel of academics, authors and historians say have played a key role in shaping the country’s culture.

The idea of creating such a canon, a pet project of the right-wing Sweden Democrats, has divided the country’s cultural world. Supporters call it a simple attempt to foster civic pride and help newcomers integrate into society. But detractors, including an expert who left the committee, see it as an effort to create a narrow view of Swedish identity that excludes minorities or contemporary life.

Yet since its publication on Tuesday, debate in Sweden has focused less on the list’s political ramifications and more on what has — and hasn’t — made the cut.

Among the canon’s 100 entries are movies (Ingmar Bergman’s “The Seventh Seal”), books (Astrid Lindgren’s “Pippi Longstocking”) and paintings (Hilma af Klint’s “Paintings for the Temple”), along with inventions (the ball bearing, the Nobel Prizes, paternity leave), key parts of Sweden’s economic history (ancient copper mines) and longstanding laws (including the separate taxation of spouses).