The Residence Scholarship for the World Heritage site Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland (Hälsingegårdar) was established in 2018 by the Regional Assembly of Gävleborg. The Scholarship is aimed for professional artists, cultural practitioners and researchers who want to develop an artistic or research idea that connects the Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland in Sweden to one or more other World Heritage Sites on the UNESCO list.
The Scholarship is awarded to the applicant who shows the clearest, most relevant and feasible way how the Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland relate to other World Heritage Sites in the spirit of UNESCO, for example through cultural heritage, conservation, universal value, cultural and knowledge exchange.
The scholarship is international and open to applicants from all over the World and the residency period is summer 2027.
The scholarship includes:
- 4-week residency at the World Heritage farms Kristofers in Järvsö or Erik-Anders in Söderala (Sweden)
- A grant of equivalent 50,000 SEK in scholarship
- Travel to and from Sweden
