The fact that the open air museum Skansen in Stockholm is in acute economic crisis does not seem to have gone unnoticed.

The Facebook group "Save the Skansen" has over 10,000 members at the time of writing, and the day after the foundation Skansen's CEO John Brattmyhr issued an emergency call about the situation, the museum's IT system crashed when the load of thousands of people tried to buy annual cards at the same time.

- It's totally crazy. We were taken aback by the incredible bombing of love and are deeply moved by the commitment of all people. You see that Skansen means so much to so many people, says Yvonne Borg Nordling, head of Skansen's marketing and communications department.

"Discussions in progress"

The acute economic situation combined with the government's new directive on restricted meetings means that Skansen cannot in practice carry out its previously announced stage events. In addition, the future of SVT production "All song on Skansen" is uncertain, says Yvonne Borg Nordling.

- There are discussions going on, but as far as I know, no definitive decision has been made yet.

Urgent mode

In spite of all support-purchased annual cards and swish money donations to the business, additional support in multimillion amounts will be required to save Skansen.

The management hopes for help from the government.

- We received a signal that the State Secretary at the Ministry of Culture is prepared to listen to us on April 17, and that is well ahead. It would be good to tell the principal what it looks like as quickly as they can, says John Brattmyhr.