{"id":7906,"date":"2025-11-17T21:49:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T20:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grimeton.org\/2025\/11\/17\/national-world-heritage-meeting-at-the-grimeton-world-heritage-site-with-a-focus-on-place-development\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T21:49:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T20:49:29","slug":"national-world-heritage-meeting-at-the-grimeton-world-heritage-site-with-a-focus-on-place-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grimeton.org\/en\/2025\/11\/17\/national-world-heritage-meeting-at-the-grimeton-world-heritage-site-with-a-focus-on-place-development\/","title":{"rendered":"National World Heritage Meeting at the Grimeton World Heritage Site \u2013 with a focus on place development"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, the National World Heritage Meeting at the Grimeton World Heritage Site \u2013 with a focus on place development \u2013 takes place on November 19\u201321. Place-development professionals, researchers, World Heritage representatives and authorities, local and regional politicians, and the County Governor of Halland County, Anders Thornberg, will gather for a national World Heritage meeting at the Grimeton Radio Station World Heritage Site. Hosts for the meeting are the site\u2019s managers together with the main organizer, the World Heritage in Sweden association. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 Working with World Heritage is a privilege. They are wonderfully unique places that belong to everyone \u2013 now and in the future. At the same time, World Heritage sites constantly challenge us and make us think in new ways. Working with both innovation and stewardship is something World Heritage coordinators do every day, says Anna-Karin Ferm, Chair of the World Heritage in Sweden Association. <\/p>\n

Place-development professionals on site<\/strong><\/p>\n

The theme of the World Heritage meeting aims to deepen knowledge in both sustainable management and place development. During the days, Kristina Lindstr\u00f6m, who in her day-to-day work researches and teaches tourism, place development and sustainability at the University of Stavanger, will share her insights. <\/p>\n

Place-development professional Sofia M\u00e5rd Ek will also be there to spark new thinking about trends in place attraction. Sofia had the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of World Heritage work when she and her colleagues were process leaders for the World Heritage sites\u2019 joint communications project in 2024. <\/p>\n

Participants will also learn how World Heritage sites make a difference for Sweden and the world, as different stakeholders share widely varied experiences. Not least, the managers of Grimeton Radio Station will share their insights and challenges around managing and developing a site with tangible and intangible values, as well as natural values, that is to become an obvious asset for the region while also serving a vital societal function. <\/p>\n

\u2013 We\u2019re really looking forward to welcoming all participants here to the Grimeton World Heritage Site, says CEO Camilla Lugnet. After expanding the World Heritage Site\u2019s Visitor Centre, we finally have the opportunity to host this kind of event here, in a place that has enabled meetings between people for 100 years\u2014and which we will of course continue to do, but also in our own way\u2014as part of our work for a more sustainable and peaceful world. <\/p>\n

Date and time for journalists\u2019 participation<\/strong><\/p>\n

The meeting begins on Wednesday, November 19 at 5:00 PM in Grimeton and ends on November 21 at 12:30 PM with lunch. Journalists are welcome to attend the Wednesday welcome session or join on Thursday. Please register your interest with Lena Bager, Communications Officer at the Grimeton World Heritage Site, at kommunikation@grimeton.org. <\/p>\n

Wednesday evening programme:<\/strong>
\n5:00\u20135:40 PM Welcome to Grimeton Radio Station \u2013 our shared responsibility! The Grimeton World Heritage Foundation welcomes you to the Transmitter Hall\/Tobias Carlsson, Chair. The World Heritage site\u2019s managers present the joint strategy and their responsibilities. Anders Thornberg, County Governor of Halland County; David Sandr\u00e9n, Chair of the Municipal Executive Board, Varberg Municipality; Helene Andersson, Deputy Chair of the Regional Executive Board, Region Halland; and Martin Pehrsson, Head of Mobile Networks, Telia Sverige AB. <\/p>\n

The networking meeting is co-funded by ViS and the Swedish National Heritage Board, and is part of the Building Conservation Year \u2013 50 years.<\/p>\n

These World Heritage sites are in Sweden<\/strong>
\nUNESCO World Heritage sites can be found all over the world, and we\u2019re delighted to have 15 of them in Sweden! Together they form the world\u2019s great book, where each place contributes a unique story. Join us on a journey from north to south through these 15 outstanding places. <\/p>\n

At the very top in the north, we find measurement points in the Struve Geodetic Arc, which stretches through ten countries. Here you\u2019ll also find Laponia and the Church Town of Gammelstad. Next we stop at the High Coast\/Kvarken Archipelago, which extends into Finland. Then we continue our journey to the H\u00e4lsingland Farmhouses, Falun and the Kopparbergslagen mining area, and Engelsberg Ironworks. Near our capital we find the Drottningholm Palace area, the Woodland Cemetery, and Birka and Hovg\u00e5rden. We move on to the west coast, where we find the Rock Carvings in Tanum and Grimeton Radio Station. Our journey ends with three gems in the Baltic Sea: the Hanseatic Town of Visby, the Agricultural Landscape of Southern \u00d6land, and the Naval Port of Karlskrona. <\/p>\n

ViS, World Heritage in Sweden, is a non-profit interest organization for the natural and cultural heritage sites in Sweden that have been inscribed on UNESCO\u2019s World Heritage List. The association\u2019s purpose is to run a network that supports the management of World Heritage sites in Sweden. ViS is also engaged in Nordic and European cooperation. Through national and international collaboration, we work to strengthen ties, share experiences, and promote development in natural and cultural heritage work. World Heritage in Sweden <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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