IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
We have decided that we are cancelling this petition for the time being, we are of course following the development of Birka closely and hope that the authority responsible for Birka takes its responsibility and does what they have promised.
Thor vigi
Sweden’s first city is under threat.
Birka is falling apart due to mismanagement and grave looting.
Archaeologists and enthusiasts are sounding the alarm that Birka is decaying, not even trees that fell in the storm of 2018 have been removed.
Sign for our largest living museum that we want to protect for the children of the future.
Find out more about the threat to Birka:
Threatened Birka World Heritage Site – expert: ‘Looting is going on’
– https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/birka-ett-hotat-varldsarv
Archaeologists sound the alarm: unique world heritage site Birka is falling apart
– https://www.tv4play.se/program/nyhetsmorgon/12380215
Scientists warn: Birka World Heritage Site in decline
– https://www.dn.se/sthlm/forskare-varnar-varldsarvet-birka-forfaller/
At the moment 1087 people signed our petition ‘Save Unesco World Heritage Birka’
