Foundation Arboretum Norr
was formed in 1984 through a collaboration between Umeå Municipality, Umeå University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, in order to manage the Arboretum that had recently been set up in the village Baggböle. The history of the arboretum actually started ten years earlier when the Danish forester Carl-Gustaf Thøgersen, then a student at Umeå University, presented a plan to establish the world’s northernmost arboretum in Umeå.
Besides the main arboretum in Baggböle, we also run one smaller arboretum on campus in Umeå where C.G Thøgersen planted the first trees with the intention to use them for teaching.
In addition to the care and management of the collections, two distinctive goals are stated in the foundations bylaws:
- to gather knowledge about the hardiness and growth of trees and bushes for the purpose of selecting interesting species and varieties for our northern climate.
- to communicate dendrological knowledge to students and the public (dendrology; the science and study of wooded plants).
Arboretum Norr is financed through contributions from Umeå municipality and other municipalities in Norrland. Funding also comes from private donors, companies and various institutions.