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Photo: Kristina Lindholm, Bohusl\u00e4ns museum.<\/p><\/div>\n

Travellers\u2019 Map – The cultural heritage of the travelling community<\/h3>\n

The old travellers\u2019 sites and settlements have left traces on the landscape and in people\u2019s memories. However, they risk fading away both amongst the travelling community and amongst the majority population. The Map allows you to follow in the footsteps of the travellers and visit their sites and share stories in places where the travellers lived and worked.<\/p>\n

The Traveller\u2019s Map exists to highlight the travellers\u2019 cultural history and convey the long history of multi-culture and cultural encounters along the Swedish-Norwegian border. By doing so, the history of the travelling community will become part of the recognised cultural heritage and all future efforts on cultural heritage. Wider knowledge will increase our understanding of, and interest in the history and cultural heritage of the travelling community, amongst travellers and the general public alike.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Bodil Andersson, \u00d6stfoldmuseene.<\/p><\/div>\n

How does the Map work?<\/h2>\n

The Travellers\u2019 Map is based on a map, and stories about past and present travellers\u2019 sites. It also contains a multitude of information on the wider culture and history of this recognised national minority group. We find out how travellers and local residents have worked together through the centuries.<\/p>\n

The documented sites are located along the Swedish-Norwegian border region. These include permanent settlements, temporary sites used for longer or shorter stays on trade journeys, and also special routes used by families when travelling between different trading districts and sites for trading or performing. Travellers\u2019 Map users will also have the opportunity to share their own knowledge on these and other sites that are connected with the travelling community.<\/p>\n

The Map emanates from the southern part of the Swedish-Norwegian border region, and will be extended over time to include sites in other parts of Scandinavia.<\/p>\n

The webbsite The Travellers\u2019 Map is only in Swedish and Norwegian so far.<\/p>\n

A multi-skilled collaboration<\/h2>\n

The Travellers\u2019 Map has been developed as a joint venture between Bohusl\u00e4n\u2019s Museum and the \u00d8stfold Museum Foundation\/Halden Historical Collections, in collaboration with travellers\u2019 advocacy groups Kulturgruppen f\u00f6r resandefolket, Landsorganisasjonen for romanifolket, and Taternes Landsforening, and supported by the Glomdal Museum and the author Bo Hazell. Members of the travelling community have also made individual contributions to the Map, as have representatives of the majority population such as local cultural and history societies. The Map is operated by the \u00d8stfold Museum Foundation\/Halden Historical Collections in collaboration with Bohusl\u00e4n\u2019s Museum.<\/p>\n

National minority<\/h2>\n

In Sweden, travellers are part of the Roma national minority and the official terminology is \u2018resande\u2019 (traveller) or \u2018resande romer\u2019 (travelling Roma). In Norway, travellers are a recognised national minority in their own right and the official terminology is \u2018taterne\u2019 (the vagrants), \u2018romani\u2019 or \u2018de reisende\u2019 (travellers). Either term refers to people from the same community, bound by strong family connections across the national border.<\/p>\n

Sponsors<\/h2>\n

The Travellers\u2019 Map has been developed as part of the Scandinavian Travellers\u2019 Map project with financial support from Interreg Sweden-Norway Borderless Co-operation.<\/p>\n

Co-sponsors: Bohusl\u00e4n\u2019s Museum, Dals-Ed District Council, Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs, Gr\u00e4nskommitt\u00e9n, Halden District Council, Romanifolket\/ Taternes Kulturfond, Sparebanksstiftelsen DNB Nor, Swedish Arts Council, V\u00e4stra G\u00f6taland Regional Council, and \u00d8stfold Museum Foundation.<\/p>\n

Activities within the project have received financial support from the Clara Lachmanns foundation for the encouragement of Scandinavian kinship, Letterstedtska Society, Swedish National Heritage Board, V\u00e4stra G\u00f6taland County Council, and Kultur i V\u00e4st.<\/p>\n

Travellers\u2019 Map contacts:<\/h2>\n

www.resandekartan.se www.reisendekartet.no info@reisendekartet.no<\/p>\n

Bodil Andersson Webbmaster, \u00d8stfold Museum Foundation\/Halden Historical Collections bodand@ostfoldmuseene.no Telephone 0047 94 78 67 69<\/p>\n

Kristina Lindholm, Bohusl\u00e4n\u2019s Museum kristina.lindholm@bohuslansmuseum.se Telephone 0046 (0)522-65 65 26<\/p>\n

Svein Norheim, \u00d8stfold Museum Foundation\/Halden Historical Collections svenor@ostfoldmuseene.no Telephone 0047 47 81 64 66<\/p>\n

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The traveller community<\/h3>\n

Travellers have lived in Sweden for many hundreds of years, travelling from village to village offering their wares and services. In Sweden, modern-day swedish travellers form part of the Roma national minority. Bohusl\u00e4ns Museum has been working together with members of the traveller community since 2004 to raise awareness of the history of the traveller community as a part of our shared heritage.<\/p>\n

Travellers map, Culture Heritage of Travellers<\/h3>\n