The Swedish Local Heritage Federation and The Swedish Local Heritage Movement (Programs)
During this lecture, you will gain better knowledge of how the local heritage movement has developed, how it is organized and what it has to offer today. There will also be a review of how the national federation works and what support they can give their members. By showing how the website is structured, you gain a better understanding of how you can find the wide selection the national federation has to offer. We think that a lot of information on the website can be interesting for Swedish-Americans because you can also find the local heritage societies via the website and the information they put in on the digital map about the history of the local place. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions after the presentation.
Helena Rosenberg is employed at the Swedish Local Heritage Federation (SHF - Sveriges Hembygdsförbund) as a strategist of cultural environments. In her appointment she inspires the local heritage societies to work with these questions thru webinars. She also represents the SHF in networks and counsels when it concerns landscapes of forest, agricultural, water and constructions. Furthermore, she writes opinions on referrals from governments.
Helena has a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in art history at Stockholm university. Her main subject is history of the built heritage, but she also has a wide range of knowledge in all kinds of subjects within the spectra of cultural landscape. She has written several essays about right of inheritance concerning manors in the 18th and 19th centuries.
She has work experience from several county boards in Sweden and museums. There her tasks were to handle permit matters concerning building monuments and allowance to building maintenance. Helena has also examined the municipalities community planning and is certified expert in cultural values. She has investigated cultural environment of national interest and worked at Swedish National Heritage Board.
Location and Hybrid Participation Options
This will be a hybrid program, with the following options available for participating.
- In-person attendance - our programs are held at the Minnesota Genealogy Center, 1385 Mendota Heights Road Suite 100 in Mendota Heights, MN.
- Virtual – The Zoom link will be emailed to all members before the program.
- A recording will be available if you can’t attend in-person or virtually.
Members
No quarterly program fee and you don’t need to register in advance.
Non-members
Registration information will be posted here closer to the program date.
