The Swedish church lacks the resources to fireproof churches

Spain's minister of culture lifted earlier in the week the question of a review of fire safety at the country's major monuments. Markus Dahlberg at the Swedish church does not see any indications that there is a need for a similar review in Sweden.

"I have not perceived that there has been no such discussion from the state side," says Dahlberg, who emphasises that security work must be done on many different fronts at the same time.

– It is about scarce resources, but the kyrkoantikvariska the compensation can go to this type of installations and preventative work around fire protection.

is an area of concern for the Swedish church, and the issue is a high priority, according to Dahlberg.

– There is a high awareness of the different types of security risks, but the church's own funding and the kyrkoantikvariska the compensation is sufficient only to the most priority.

a kontrollstationsrapport to the ministry of culture now underway to formulate a letter, according to Dahlberg. During the early autumn to the letter up to the riksdag for a decision.

" We have highlighted that the needs for different types of actions more than twice exceeds the available resources.

the Swedish church has, therefore, also argued that the state should review the size of the kyrkoantikvariska compensation when the needs are great for, among other preventive safety work.

– Fire alarm system and installation of advanced extinction systems are important measures for many parishes that have churches with high cultural and historical value, but the money is not enough for everything that needs to be done, so it must be a priority.

for cultural environment conservation, high from both the state and the Swedish church page.

" Sweden from an international perspective is favored with an extensive cultural and special money for such efforts. Still, there is much to do in the area.

" No, not on the basis of the events in France. We leave the reports and for a continuous discussion with the ministry and relevant authorities about the kulturarvsarbete that takes place within the Swedish church. We work together to work prevention.

in an email to dagens nyheter, the Swedish the mission of the church to the needs exceed more than double of the available resources, and the needs are great for the preventive safety work.

”of course It is important that there are resources to protect and nurture our culturally and historically most valuable buildings. Therefore, provided the government additional 25 million in the allocation to the cultural environment from last year. If there will be further efforts is something we may return to in the budget bill for the year 2020,” writes Amanda Lind in the email.