The University of Gothenburg, Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation at the University of Gothenburg engages in research that spans a broad field of knowledge and issues related to the planning and implementation of care and development of the cultural environment. The department also offers two unique international master’s programmes that cover the conservation of heritage objects and the issues of maintenance and reuse, contemporary developments, and different aspects of participatory heritage planning. The Craft Laboratory is hosted by the Department of Conservation.
Department of Conservation
The Swedish National Heritage Board
The Swedish National Heritage Board, under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, serves since the 17th century as Sweden’s central administrative agency in the cultural heritage area and cultural or historic environment. Cultural heritage protection and management in Sweden aims to preserve and manage sites of historical, architectural, or archaeological significance and to empower cultural heritage as a force in the evolution of a democratic, sustainable society.
Swedish National Heritage Board
The Church of Sweden
The Church of Sweden is an open public church and operates nationwide as an Evangelical-Lutheran denomination. Church buildings, church grounds, cemeteries, and church furnishings are protected under the Historical Environment Act and are under the supervision of the County Administrative Board. The Department for properties, cultural heritage engages in development projects in the cultural heritage field and works to ensure that the ecclesiastical cultural heritage is a concern and a resource for everyone in society.
Church of Sweden
Region Västra Götaland, Cultural Development Administration
The Cultural Development Administration mobilises know-how and expertise in art in all its forms, in our natural and cultural heritage, and in the running of museums and visitor destinations. It also focuses on bringing cultural perspectives to the fore across every area, including sustainability, accessibility, and activities for children and young people. The Department’s mission is to promote a rich and varied cultural life in a cohesive Västra Götaland.
Cultural Development Administration
Region Västra Götaland
Västra Götaland is Sweden's second largest county in terms of population, with 1.7 million inhabitants in 49 municipalities. The region administration is responsible for providing good healthcare and creating the conditions for good health for everyone in Västra Götaland, as well as working on culture, growth, and sustainable development in the county. The Region Västra Götaland works to ensure that companies and universities cooperate and exchange knowledge in the field of research and development. The Culture Board and the Environment and Regional Development Board cooperate with the Crafts Laboratory. The Environment and Regional Development Board work on business development, research, innovation, education, skills supply, labour market, energy, and external environmental and climate issues. The Culture Board works to ensure that the population has the opportunity to participate in and experience a democratic cultural life and to contribute to good conditions for creative activities and popular education.
Region Västra Götaland
Mariestad Municipality
Mariestad is a medium-sized municipality with around 24,000 inhabitants that initiate development efforts in education, research, and development projects in cultural heritage crafts. The municipality's vision is to become a leader in craft education and a centre for gardening crafts.
Mariestad municipality (Swedish website)
The National Property Board
The National Property Board builds pride in the Swedish state’s properties, our nationally important buildings, parks, and other public open spaces; castles and royal palaces and county residences, theatres, museums, embassies, and one-seventh of Sweden’s geographic territory. The public agency also manages the Swedish state’s forests and public lands. The National Property Board manages approximately 2,300 properties with a total of some 4,000 buildings, as well as 6.5 million hectares of land. The mission is to manage the Swedish state's buildings so that the national cultural heritage is accessible to the public and that cultural values are preserved and maintained.
National Property Board
The Swedish Local Heritage Federation
The Swedish Local Heritage Federation was founded in 1916 and serves a nationwide local heritage movement, consisting of 26 affiliated regional federations and some 2,000 local heritage societies, with approximately 400,000 individual members in total. The mission of the federation is to preserve, protect, share, and develop local cultural heritage. To this end, the local societies maintain 1,400 heritage centres, most of them open-air museums, hosting collections of buildings and artefacts as well as extensive archives. The Local Heritage Federation publishes a quarterly journal, Bygd och natur, and a series of handbooks and study guides.
Swedish Local Heritage Federation
The National Swedish Handicraft Council
The National Swedish Handicraft Council is a government agency, under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, with the task of promoting handicrafts. Its mission is to strengthen handicrafts throughout the country by planning, running, and following up activities with both cultural and economic perspectives. The council also distributes grants to support handicraft activities.
National Swedish Handicraft Council
The Swedish Open Air Museum Association
The Swedish Open Air Museum Association is the Swedish open-air museums' partner organisation. In open-air museums, visitors can learn about the life and living of the common people, living situations in the countryside and in the city, and customs and traditions. The museums offer knowledge-based experiences presented in authentic and credible settings.
Swedish Open Air Museum Association (Swedish website)
