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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 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.