ABOUT BUREGÅRDEN
A House Born from Rebuilding
Buregården stands at the meeting point of history and hope. Built in the years following the devastating Gävle fire of 1869, the house belongs to the city’s great period of rebuilding and carries within it the legacy of one of Gävle’s defining architects, Erik Alfred Hedin. Today, Buregården is not only a protected historic house. It is also becoming a living place of welcome — a place for beauty, memory, prayer, fellowship, and community.
Our Story
Buregården is a rare house because it holds several stories at once. It is the house that Erik Alfred Hedin built for himself. It is part of the story of Gävle after fire. It contains an unusual royal-historical mural with a Belgian-Swedish connection. And it is already beginning a new chapter as a place where people gather for prayer, meals, fellowship, and welcome.
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LIVING HISTORY
THE BUREGÅRDEN RESTORATION PROJECT
Buregården is also at risk. The house is sinking because of unstable blue clay beneath the building, and movement in the structure has already caused cracks, distortions, and wider instability. The restoration project now underway is about more than repair. It is about ensuring that a house shaped by the past can continue to serve the future.
Phase I: Getting Established
(2020–2024)
The first phase focused on caring for Buregården and laying the groundwork for its future. During this time, the owners improved the roof and garden, removed trees, replaced insulation, built a greenhouse, renewed interiors, furnished the gathering rooms, and began opening the house for prayer gatherings, fika, holiday celebrations, and shared meals.
Phase II: Laying the Foundation
(2024–2027)
The second phase is the most urgent and structurally important stage of the project. It includes stabilizing the house by removing unstable material beneath it, installing steel beams, carrying out key structural repairs, restoring the royal mural in the basement, and preparing the lower level for future gathering and creative use.
Phase III: Releasing Buregården
into Its Next Chapter (2027–2028)
The final phase will focus on bringing the full vision of Buregården to life. This includes heritage interpretation, prayer and hospitality, arts and pottery, the garden café environment, and the long-term stewardship needed to ensure that the house remains a place of beauty, welcome, and community for years to come.
Looking Ahead
Looking ahead, Buregården is being restored not only as a historic house to preserve, but as a living place to share. Once the renovation is complete, it will serve as a space for prayer, hospitality, fellowship, creativity, and community life — where the history of the house is honored and its future is opened for others. With restored gathering rooms, a renewed garden café, creative arts spaces, and a strengthened foundation beneath it all, Buregården will be able to welcome new generations into a place shaped by beauty, memory, and hope.