Minister for Culture speaks at event on remembrance trips Holocaust memorial sites in Norway

“The Holocaust is the darkest period of our history. So many lost their lives in the machinery of death created by Nazi Germany, including all the Norwegian Jews who died in Auschwitz-Birkenau. As more and more Holocaust survivors and witnesses leave us, it is important to take steps to preserve and pass on the memory of the Holocaust. That is why the Swedish Government has increased the support for remembrance trips to Holocaust memorial sites, and made it permanent,” says Ms Liljestrand. 

Government increases support for visits of remembrance

Voksenåsen, Norway’s national gift to Sweden after the Second World War, organises remembrance trips to Norwegian Holocaust memorial sites. At the beginning of the year, the Government allocated SEK 1 million to Voksenåsen AS for this purpose.

So that more people will have the opportunity to visit Holocaust memorial sites and understand the ultimate consequences of antisemitism, antigypsyism and other forms of intolerance, the Government has proposed in the 2026 Budget Bill that support for visits of remembrance to Holocaust memorial sites be increased and made permanent at a level of SEK 8 million per year.