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Innlandet fylkeskommune offers grants to owners and managers of medieval ruins for conservation and maintenance activities. Since 2020, the county municipality has been responsible for grants for the conservation of medieval ruins. Through these grants, the Cultural Heritage Management aims to achieve ruins with a condition that provides a normal maintenance level (condition grade 1), and desires that all ruins have updated plans for care, maintenance, and monitoring. The grants support long-term and demanding preservation and conservation projects for medieval ruins. Priority is given to conservation projects already underway, as well as projects that ensure competence in conservation and care of masonry across all counties with medieval ruins. Funding is available for conservation, documentation, care/maintenance/monitoring, dissemination, and competence development related to medieval ruins.

This grant program provides economic support for privately owned protected buildings from before 1537 (medieval period). The goal is to ensure these buildings are maintained at a normal level while preserving their historical value. These structures are among the oldest wooden buildings in the world, and great emphasis is placed on preserving authentic materials. The program supports restoration, conservation of fixed inventory, securing and heavier maintenance work that brings the building to a normal maintenance level, as well as initiatives that contribute to documentation, knowledge development and research on medieval buildings. Grants are provided from the state budget.

This grant program from Riksantikvaren (the Directorate for Cultural Heritage Management) provides funding to owners and managers of stave churches in Norway. The program specifically supports measures to secure these medieval wooden churches against fire, vandalism, or climate-related events. Stave churches are unique Norwegian architectural heritage from the medieval period, and this funding aims to preserve and protect these historic structures. Riksantikvaren maintains ongoing contact with the owners of the 28 stave churches in the country and accepts applications on a rolling basis throughout the year.

This grant program supports owners and managers of ruins and structures from the medieval period (before 1537) in Norway. Funding is available for conservation, documentation, maintenance, monitoring, and initiatives that develop and disseminate knowledge about medieval ruins. The program is administered by county municipalities (fylkeskommuner) and the Directorate for Cultural Heritage (Riksantikvaren), with particular focus on the major medieval cities of Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, and Tønsberg. When distributing grants, priority is given to initiatives that develop and communicate knowledge about traditional crafts and material quality, helping to ensure competence and material access for restoration and maintenance. The program aims to preserve Norway's important medieval cultural heritage through both physical conservation and knowledge sharing.

This grant program provides funding for privately owned protected medieval buildings from before 1537. The program supports security measures, restoration, and heavier maintenance that contributes to maintaining a normal maintenance level while preserving the buildings' historical source value. The program also supports initiatives that contribute to documentation, knowledge development, or research about medieval buildings. When allocating grants, the county municipalities emphasize measures that develop and communicate knowledge, including traditional craftsmanship and material quality, to help ensure competence and material access for restoration and maintenance.