Last summer the Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland were inscribed on the World Heritage list. This new UNESCO World Heritage site will be inaugurated on 25th May during a daylong celebration! During the day, all seven World Heritage Farmhouses will be open to visitors and guided tours will be available around six of the properties.
Each farm will have its own inauguration during the day. The inaugurations are scheduled at different times so that the guests can visit more than one farm.
During the day, Sweden’s Ministerfor Culture and Sports Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth will visit Hälsingland together with other politicians, such as the Director General of the National Heritage Board Lars Amréus, Governor Barbro Holmberg and Regional Chairperson Sven-Åke Thoresen. A World Heritage celebration at Stenegård i Järvsö is planned in the evening, with music and excellent food.
Information on this website will be regularly updated as the programme is finalised.
Contact persons: Anna-Karin Ferm and Lena Landström.
Order food!
Do you want to guarantee the opportunity to enjoy a unique delicacy buffet consisting of only local produce from a large number of producers – then order food here.
The buffet costs 200 kr. Orders will be taken until 14th May. A limited number of food tickets will be sold on the day.
Programme for farmhouse inaugurations:
10.00 Gammelgården in Fågelsjö
Ceremonial opening with salute
Guided tour of the farmhouse
Students from Los school
Inauguration speech by Governor Barbro Holmberg
12.00 Jon-Lars in Alfta/Pallars in Alfta
Inauguration speech at Jon-Lars
Tour of Pallars
Entertainment
Lunch at Bygdegården in Långhed
12.00 Erik-Anders in Söderala
Inauguration speech
Tour of the farmhouse
Jazz in the garden with Tomas Jutterström
14.00 Gästgivars in Vallsta
Inauguration speech
Tour of the farmhouse
Afternoon coffeeparty with 21 types of cake
Horse and carriage, artisans at work
Folkmusic
14.00 Bommars in Letsbo
Inauguration speech
Tour of the farmhouse
Afternoon coffeeparty
Music from Pär Engman
16.00 Kristofers in Järvsö
Pre celebration with rock music and langos
Inauguration speech
Tour of the farmhouse
18.00 – 22.00 Celebration in Stene!
Inauguration speech by Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth and others
Gävle’s Symphony Orchestra
Engmans kapell
Hälsinge Låtverkstad
Locally produced food
Welcome!
An ambitious project is taking place in the Swedish province of Hälsingland to keep farms open to visitors, spread knowledge of them, and make sure that they are cared for and developed for the future.
”Hälsingegårdar” – Farmhouses of Hälsingland – is the name of this collaboration, which is run under the mottoes Know, Care, Show and Develop. The farmhouses, as the living cultural heritage, a bearer of identity, and a source of power for the future, are the focal point.
Many people are involved in the project, such as museums, tourist organisations, the popular heritage movement, guides, building convervationists, and not least the farm-owners themselves. Many have been working with these issues for a long time, but the project has meant that work can be co-ordinated and melt into a whole.
There are around one thousand old farmhouses preserved in the province, all with their own story to tell.
July 1 2012 seven decorated farmhouses where inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
UNESCO World Heritage Site
The seven timber houses listed in this site represent the zenith of the regional timber building tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages.
They reflect the prosperity of independent farmers who used their wealth in the 19th century to build substantial new homes with elaborately decorated ancillary houses or suites of rooms reserved for festivities.
The paintings represent a fusion of folk art with the styles favoured by the landed gentry of the time, including Baroque and Rococo. Decorated by painters, including known and unknown itinerant artists, the listed properties represent the final flowering of a long cultural tradition.
Heritage Celebration in Hälsingland
Saturday 25th May 2013
Last summer the Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland were inscribed on the World Heritage list. This new UNESCO World Heritage site will be inaugurated on 25th May during a daylong celebration! During the day, all seven World Heritage Farmhouses will be open to visitors and guided tours will be available around six of the properties.
Map showing the province of Hälsingland and the nominated properties.
Each farm will have its own inauguration during the day. The inaugurations are scheduled at different times so that the guests can visit more than one farm.
During the day, Sweden’s Ministerfor Culture and Sports Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth will visit Hälsingland together with other politicians, such as the Director General of the National Heritage Board Lars Amréus, Governor Barbro Holmberg and Regional Chairperson Sven-Åke Thoresen. A World Heritage celebration at Stenegård i Järvsö is planned in the evening, with music and excellent food.
Information on this website will be regularly updated as the programme is finalised.
Contact persons: Anna-Karin Ferm and Lena Landström.
Order food!
Do you want to guarantee the opportunity to enjoy a unique delicacy buffet consisting of only local produce from a large number of producers – then order food here.
The buffet costs 200 kr. Orders will be taken until 14th May. A limited number of food tickets will be sold on the day.
Programme for farmhouse inaugurations:
10.00 Gammelgården in Fågelsjö
Ceremonial opening with salute
Guided tour of the farmhouse
Students from Los school
Inauguration speech by Governor Barbro Holmberg
12.00 Jon-Lars in Alfta/Pallars in Alfta
Inauguration speech at Jon-Lars
Tour of Pallars
Entertainment
Lunch at Bygdegården in Långhed
12.00 Erik-Anders in Söderala
Inauguration speech
Tour of the farmhouse
Jazz in the garden with Tomas Jutterström
14.00 Gästgivars in Vallsta
Inauguration speech
Tour of the farmhouse
Afternoon coffeeparty with 21 types of cake
Horse and carriage, artisans at work
Folkmusic
14.00 Bommars in Letsbo
Inauguration speech
Tour of the farmhouse
Afternoon coffeeparty
Music from Pär Engman
16.00 Kristofers in Järvsö
Pre celebration with rock music and langos
Inauguration speech
Tour of the farmhouse
18.00 – 22.00 Celebration in Stene!
Inauguration speech by Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth and others
Gävle’s Symphony Orchestra
Engmans kapell
Hälsinge Låtverkstad
Locally produced food
Welcome!
An ambitious project is taking place in the Swedish province of Hälsingland to keep farms open to visitors, spread knowledge of them, and make sure that they are cared for and developed for the future.
”Hälsingegårdar” – Farmhouses of Hälsingland – is the name of this collaboration, which is run under the mottoes Know, Care, Show and Develop. The farmhouses, as the living cultural heritage, a bearer of identity, and a source of power for the future, are the focal point.
Many people are involved in the project, such as museums, tourist organisations, the popular heritage movement, guides, building convervationists, and not least the farm-owners themselves. Many have been working with these issues for a long time, but the project has meant that work can be co-ordinated and melt into a whole.
There are around one thousand old farmhouses preserved in the province, all with their own story to tell.
July 1 2012 seven decorated farmhouses where inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
UNESCO World Heritage Site
The seven timber houses listed in this site represent the zenith of the regional timber building tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages.
They reflect the prosperity of independent farmers who used their wealth in the 19th century to build substantial new homes with elaborately decorated ancillary houses or suites of rooms reserved for festivities.
The paintings represent a fusion of folk art with the styles favoured by the landed gentry of the time, including Baroque and Rococo. Decorated by painters, including known and unknown itinerant artists, the listed properties represent the final flowering of a long cultural tradition.
For tourist information, contact the tourist offices in Hälsingland.
Also visit www.halsingland.se and the Hälsingland Turism press room