Fortidsminneforeningen

Links - Norway

Government agencies

The Norwegian Ministry of Environment
The Norwegian Ministry of Environment is responsible for policy concerning cultural heritage.

The Directorate for Cultural Heritage
The Directorate for Cultural Heritage (Riksantikvaren) is responsible for the practical implementation of the Norwegian Cultural Heritage Act and the objectives laid down by the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) and the Ministry of the Environment.

The Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs
The Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs is responsible for cultural policy, church affairs, regulations and other matters regarding the media and sports. The Ministry is responsible for government policy concerning museums.

Norwegian archive, library and museum authority
The Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority is a public institution under the authority of the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs, but it also works across departmental and other administrative boundaries.

NGO's

ICOMOS Norway
ICOMOS Norway is a national branch of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS).

Norwegian Heritage Foundation (Norsk Kulturarv)
Norwegian Heritage (Norsk Kulturarv) is a foundation working within the field of cultural heritage.

Research and conservation

NIKU (The Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research)
NIKU is an accredited, autonomous body of expertise dedicated to the preservation of cultural heritage and its vitality as a resource.

Other resources

Norwegian World Heritage
The Directorate for Cultural Heritage presents the Norwegian World Heritage sites: Røros Mining Town, The Rock Carvings in Alta, Bryggen in Bergen, Urnes Stave Church (owned by Fortidsminneforeningen), the Vega Archipelago, The West Norwegian Fjords and Struve Geodetic Arc.

Olavsrosa (St. Olav's rose)
Olavsrosa is an Internet guide to cultural heritage adventures in Norway, run by Norwegian Heritage Foundation (Norsk Kulturarv). Texts in Enghlish and German.

The stave churches
The stave churches are a particularly valuable part of the Norwegian architectural heritage, and are considered to be of global as well as national importance. Have a look at them on The State of the Environment Norway's net page.

Stavechurch.com
Fortidsminneforeningen's local branch in Sogn og Fjordane County runs the site www.stavechurch.com. On it, you will find information about Fortidsminneforeningen's churches in Sogn og Fjordane – among them the stave churches at Borgund, Urnes and Hopperstad.

Stavechurch.org
Stavechurch.org is a private site about Norwegian stave churches run by Mr. Jørgen H. Jensenius, Arch., Dr.ing. who specializes in surveying and researching medieval wooden churches.