Kungl. The Vitterhetsakademien has granted funds from the Lars Lawski Fund for the conservation of cultural heritage buildings. The Grimeton World Heritage Site is one of sixteen projects deemed to be of great cultural and historical value, all of which are accessible to the public, and has thus been awarded SEK 1 million of the total SEK 23 million the Fund has chosen to support to promote Swedish cultural heritage conservation.
– This million is very welcome and we are so glad that the Vitterhetsakademien sees the value of preserving the radio station’s unique buildings. The two smaller outbuildings are a bit like the “icing on the cake” for the area, they fulfill their function but aesthetically deviate from the otherwise fine and well-preserved environment. This is also the reason why in the past they have always been downgraded in favor of other higher priority maintenance projects. We had applied for funds to be able to restore both buildings to their former glory, the funds that we have now received are a good addition to start this work and at least finish one of the houses, says World Heritage Grimeton’s CEO Camilla Lugnet.
Projects that have received funding from the Lars Lawski Fund for the Promotion of Swedish Cultural Heritage Conservation:
The Association for the Preservation of Lindholmen’s Servant Wing
Gotland Museum, Kattlunds Museum Farm
Gunnebo House and Gardens AB
Göinge Local Heritage Association, Grimmatorp in Broby Heritage Park
Museum Association Anten-Gräfsnäs Railway
The House of Nobility Administration
The Brucebo Foundation Scholarship Fund for Artists
The Drottningholm Palace Theatre Foundation
The Gamleby Courthouse Foundation
The Nordic Museum Foundation, Svindersvik
The Skansen Foundation, Biological Museum
The Grimeton World Heritage Foundation
The Österbybruk Manor Foundation
Värmland Museum, von Echstedt’s Farm
Västergötland Museum, Lindholmen Castle Ruins
Westmannastiftelsen, Ängsö Castle
The list of awarded funds is also available on the website of the Academy of Sciences.
Lars Lawski’s Fund
In order to promote Swedish cultural heritage conservation, the Royal. Vitterhetsakademien granted funds from the Lars Lawski Fund for the conservation, maintenance and restoration of Swedish historical buildings and Swedish buildings of great cultural and historical value. Lars Lawski (1886-1959) bequeathed his fortune to Kungl. Vitterhetsakademien with instructions that it should contribute to the purposes described above.
Lena Bager kommunikation@grimeton.org
MANAGING DIRECTOR WORLD HERITAGE GRIMETON RADIO STATION
