historic objects and working with the conservation
authorities and other parties involved in
conservation. Telenor Norway wants our cultural
heritage to contribute to the company's identity
through our communication and use of cultural
monuments.
In 2012 the programme focused specifically on
Svalbard where Telenor Kulturarv has several
objects on its conservation list. At the end of 2012
the plans for the restoration of the telegraph
station in Ny-Ålesund were ready, so the work can
begin in the summer of 2013.
One special event in the course of the year was
the opening of Rundemanen (Bergen Radio)
after four years of restoration. Rundemanen is a
complete radio station which was officially opened
on 1 September 1912. Exactly 100 years later we
reopened the station as a cultural monument
in partnership with the Norwegian Trekking
Association's nationwide kom deg ut-dagen ["Get
out there day"]. More than 500 hikers visited on the
day of the reopening. They were offered coffee and
fresh waffles plus a taste of the station's 100-year
history.
Kulturarv
heriTage"] programme in order To Conserve buildings and faCiliTies ThaT are
lisTed and worThy of preservaTion. our CulTural heriTage Covers a ToTal of
188 buildings and 100 Telephone boxes ThroughouT norway, Thus forming
a ColleCTion whiCh is unique in a european ConTexT. Telenor kulTurarv is
managed in parTnership wiTh The norwegian direCToraTe for CulTural heriTage.
On 24 October 2012 we organised a seminar at the
Norwegian Telecom Museum on the management
of Telenor's technical-industrial cultural
monuments. The seminar was free and open to
all interested parties. The programme included
contributions from professionals with experience
from state, county council and municipal
conservation work. We were particularly honoured
that internationally recognised museologist
Professor Amareswar Galla accepted an invitation
to speak at the event. His lecture was entitled
"The Telenor Heritage Programme seen in a world
perspective". Professor Galla said that Telenor
Kulturarv's conservation plan for preserving the
story of the development of telecommunications
is unique in a global context and that he was
impressed by Telenor's efforts to look after historic
buildings and find new uses for them.