On the 1500- and 1600-century, Finnish migrants came to the forest area in search of better living conditions. Governor Georg Andréns tells Kulturnytt that Finnskogen now needs to be protected for the future.
We have pointed out four farms in northwestern Värmland that are unique, it is only these four farms that remain in a preserved condition from this time when these people moved in, he says.
The future of the farms is not obvious, according to the governor. The farm Ritamäki in Lekvattnet, for example, is managed to a large extent voluntarily by a local heritage association whose members are getting older.
What we risk is that this association cannot manage to keep the farm in order, says Gunnar Andrén to Kulturnytt.
The work to get the Värmländska Finnskogen on UNESCO's World Heritage list has been going on since 2018, according to Värmlands museum.
