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IV. EDUCATION AND MENTAL CULTURE IN SWEDEN.
foundation regulations, are distributed by the Board, consisting of five to seven
members, the rest being added to the capital. Twice a year (March and
November) the distribution of this money is made by grants to such individuals
(men and women) as can advance the aims of the foundation. The Board
has also the right of taking the initiative itself. Among the establishments
founded by the Board, let us mention: The Hygienic Museum at the Caroline Institute
in Stockholm, workshops for children, a cookery-school for girls of the working
class, the Common school kitchen in the parish of St. Mary in Stockholm, etc.
The Board has many times granted traveling expenses for the purpose of obtaining
information regarding important institutions or social conditions, such as for
instance: to North America in order to obtain information concerning the
organization of joint-schools; to England in order to study »The Charity Organization»,
Octavia Hill’s system of workmen’s dwellings, the school kitchens, etc.; to France
and Germany for studies in bacteriology and several social questions, etc.
Moreover, the foundation has given encouragement and pecuniary assistance to a vast
number of scientific investigations in the various departments of geology, botany,
zoology, physics, chemistry, and hygiene.
The RenstrOm Fund. Sven Renström (1794/1869), a merchant of Gothenburg,
bequeathed to that community a fund of one million and a half (kronor), of which
sum half a million should at once be available for purposes of public good, while
the remainder should be left to draw interest. Each time the interest reaches half
a million kronor, this sum may be used for the benefit of the community, though
not as a direct alleviation of taxes. Thanks to this fund, Gothenburg has already
obtained several public institutions of great utility; moreover, grants have been made
for several purposes advantageous to the community. Hitherto, the amounts
distributed in 1871, 1878, 1885, 1894, and 1903, have altogether reached the sum of
2,650,000 kronor. The Town Council decides regarding the distribution of the money.
Conformable to principles and purposes similar to those of the above-named
Renström Fund, have newly been established two other legacies: The Bdhss Fnnd of
one million and a half, bequeathed to the city of Gothenburg by the merchant W.
Röhss (1834/1900), and the Forsgrén Fund of two million kronor, bequeathed to
the city of Stockholm by will of R. Forsgrén (1838/1901), merchant in this town.
LBngman’s Donation. E. J. Långman (1779/1863), a Finnish tradesman,
in his will left 69/»o of his property to Sweden and 81/90 to Finland. The
a-mount bequeathed to Sweden, is divided into three parts, of which »Litera A» shall
be used for the assistance of the needy as also otherwise applied to the benefit
of the public; »Litera B», for science and art; while »Litera C» shall be applied
to improve the Swedish rate of exchange. This last-mentioned fund is, however,
not to be used until it has increased to 100 million kronor, and regulations
concerning the other two have also hitherto prevented their being touched. The
total belonging to Sweden was, at the close of 1902, about 2"?o million kronor.
The Swedish Exchequer Department administers the fund.
Archives.
The most important archives of Sweden are found at the National
Record Office (Riksarkivet), dating from the beginning of the
seventeenth century. The object of this institution is to preserve and arrange
not only the documents already there, but also those yearly sent in
from the Royal Chancery and other Government offices. The Record
Office is divided into two sections, the historical and the administrative,
the former being divided into two sub-sections.
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