The Directorate for Cultural Heritage’s allocation of grants for listed buildings and cultural environments in private ownership is now ready.
Every year, the Directorate for Cultural Heritage awards grants for listed buildings and cultural environments in private ownership to the counties and the Sami Parliament.
This year’s allocation is now ready. The pot for 2025 is NOK 153.5 million. Last year, the total was 151.9 million.
It is now allocated 148.5 million, and the rest of the funds will be allocated later this year.
The National Heritage Board’s allocation first goes to the counties and the Sami Parliament, and they distribute in their areas.
– “I’m pleased that there are so many private owners who want to take care of cultural heritage sites around the country. They make an invaluable contribution to preserving cultural heritage for the future. Through these grants, we will jointly support this important work,” says Andreas Bjelland Eriksen, Minister of Climate and Environment.
Apple trees and jumping hill
Owners can, for example, apply for grants for refurbishment and maintenance measures.
– The funding provides owners with help with the so-called antiquarian additional costs. These can be extra expenses that arise through requirements for traditional methods and materials, and through the use of craftsmen with special expertise,” says Hanna Geiran, National Heritage Officer.
Among last year’s grant recipients, the variation was great.
Among other things, applications were submitted for funding for the restoration of a ski jump in Bærum, the restoration of a Sami cage in Sáltejávri and the maintenance of protected apple trees in Larvik, in the garden where Auschwitz survivor Herman Sachnowitz lived.
– “It’s great to register all the different projects that come in as applications, and it’s a great pleasure for the National Heritage Board to see the fantastic results of the work. The owners play a very important role in Norwegian cultural environment management,” says Geiran.
Inland gets the most
The Directorate for Cultural Heritage has received applications totaling NOK 325.9 million.
The majority of applications are from private individuals and private companies, enterprises, limited companies and housing associations.
The Directorate for Cultural Heritage has also received three applications directly from Den Gamle Krigsskole in Oslo, as well as Kommisjonsgården and Infanterikasernen in Fredrikstad. These applications are currently being processed.
Innlandet has been awarded the most grants with 30.3 million, and also had the most applications with 98. The county also has the most listed buildings. Vestland had the highest number of applications, with NOK 64.5 million. The allocation to Vestland ended at NOK 26 million.
The purpose of the grant scheme is to preserve listed cultural monuments and cultural environments in private ownership and to help restore them in accordance with antiquarian guidelines.
The grant scheme aims to ensure the value of cultural monuments and cultural environments as a source and that the conditions for providing experiences are safeguarded, and to facilitate sustainable value creation and use.
Grants for listed buildings and cultural environments in private ownership – 2025:
| Applicant | Number of applications | Application amount | Grant 2025 |
| Agder | 29 | kr 11,423,175 | kr 5,746,000 |
| Akershus | 16 | kr 13,946,967 | kr 6,505,000 |
| Buskerud county | 21 | kr 11,275,183 | kr 6,119,000 |
| Finnmark | 5 | kr 3,037,225 | kr 1,328,500 |
| Inland | 98 | kr 58 115 252 | kr 30,678,000 |
| Møre and Romsdal | 22 | kr 16 065 897 | kr 7,848,000 |
| Nordland | 24 | kr 22 440 868 | kr 7,790,000 |
| Oslo, Norway | 18 | kr 18 570 568 | kr 6,010,000 |
| Rogaland | 50 | kr 24,494,586 | kr 11 490 000 |
| Sami Parliament | 35 | kr 9,594,165 | kr 4,873,000 |
| Telemark | 37 | kr 14,955,049 | kr 6,588,000 |
| Troms | 12 | kr 6,608,259 | kr 1 791 435 |
| Trøndelag | 26 | kr 22,931,868 | kr 11,121,000 |
| Vestfold | 17 | kr 5,194,231 | kr 2,096,000 |
| Western Norway | 61 | kr 64,581,566 | kr 27,138,000 |
| Østfold | 11 | kr 22,682,879 | kr 11 367 000 |
| Sum | 482 | kr 325 917 738 | kr 148 480 935 |
