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The Swedish National Heritage Board is Sweden’s central administrative agency in the area of cultural heritage. Susanne Thedéen is Director General since October 2024.
The Swedish National Heritage Board is Sweden’s central administrative agency in the area of cultural heritage. Susanne Thedéen is Director General since October 2024.

About the Swedish National Heritage Board
The Swedish National Heritage Board serves since the 17th century as Sweden’s central administrative agency in the area of cultural heritage and cultural or historic environment.
Our History
Contact
Our Departments

Cultural Heritage
The Swedish National Heritage Board leads the work of the Cultural Heritage sector by supporting research and development.
Return of cultural objects and human remains
Human remains in museum collections
Baltic Region Heritage Committee

Digital Services
There are different databases and platforms for searching our cultural heritage.
About SOCH
About BeBR
About Fornsök

Events, Seminars and Cultural Experiences
How we engage with cultural heritage can determine how we understand our place in time. Enjoy cultural heritage at our events or heritage sites.
European Heritage Days
Glimmingehus
World Heritage

Exporting cultural goods
Are you planning to move abroad and take your finds with you – or will you sell them in another country? First you need to find out if it needs export permission.
Consideration of applications for export permits and licences
Categories of objects requiring a permit or licence
How to apply for a permit to export cultural goods

General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR

Pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament) the Swedish National Heritage Board, Riksantikvarieämbetet, is required to provide the ...

Kulturkulör - Traditional Swedish Colours

Kulturkulör – Traditional Swedish Colours shows a number of colour scales for linseed oil paint. It is aimed at professional painters and anyone else who wants to paint exterior and interior ...

Outreach and Exhibitions
This information is mainly aimed at museums and institutions, but also at others who want to start publishing their own 3D models in a quick and easy way.
Guide for publishing 3D models
Guide for increased accessibility through 3D models

Vitterhetsakademien’s library
The Library is part of the Swedish National Heritage Board and is a public, academic, specialist library.
Searching
Borrowing
About the Library