hembygdsgård
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
hembygdsgård c
- an (often historic) house or homestead or the like (see gård) set up to highlight and promote local culture (for a town or other locality), often containing a museum and run by a hembygdsförening (“local cultural association”); a heritage center, (depending on setup) a homestead museum, an open air museum, a folk museum, a community center, etc.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | hembygdsgård | hembygdsgårds |
| definite | hembygdsgården | hembygdsgårdens | |
| plural | indefinite | hembygdsgårdar | hembygdsgårdars |
| definite | hembygdsgårdarna | hembygdsgårdarnas |
See also
- bygdegård
- friluftsmuseum (“open air museum”)
- hembygdsförening
- lokalhistoria