The Swedish Association for Building Preservation (Svenska byggnadsvårdsföreningen) is an independent, non-profit making organisation, concerned with buildings and environments of all types and from all periods all over Sweden. The association is taking part in the public debate to support opinions on preservation matters. Financially, the association is partly supported by the state, approximately one fourth, via Riksantikvarieämbetet (The National Heritage Board), the rest is financed by member fees and conferences.
Board members and office
The board consists of 12 members. The majority are architects and antiquarians but there are also carpenters, building contractors and engineers. The Board members come from all over the country. Meetings are held in Stockholm every two months. The office is placed in Stockholm and currently four people are employed here. The Chairman of the board is Mr Björn Ohlén.
Members
Members are mainly people involved in building preservation on a professional basis, but the number of members from the interested and dedicated general public is increasing. Today there are about 6500 members.
Activities
We arrange conferences, lectures, guided tours and other activities for our members. Our about 60 representatives all over Sweden are our links to the different regions and they organize local and regional activities as well as creating opinion in favour for preservation issues. The association has annual meetings, normally in May. These meetings take place in different districts each year, and are combined with a conference and guided tour around that specific district. The trip also provides a good opportunity for members to get to know each other.
The periodical
The Association publishes a periodical publication called Byggnadskultur (Built Heritage). Four issues are published each year containing articles about preservation projects, building traditions, contemporary debates and book reviews. Each publication has a different theme - such as colour, garden, public opinion, modernism etcetera.
Restoration camps
Every summer the Association arranges restoration camps where participants from abroad are heartily welcomed. The restoration objects are for example villas, farm houses, wooden churches, palace gardens, and stone and wooden manor houses. Normally there are ten camps every summer with a total of about 100 participants.
The Association has also been engaged in camps in Estonia, Latvia, Montenegro and Zanzibar. The idea is that participants restore a house using traditional materials and methods, and learn from instructors with long experience. The participants of the camps consist of a mix of people with various backgrounds and ages between 18 and 80.
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