The Kempe-Carlgrenska Foundation

The Kempe-Carlgrenska Foundation (Stiftelsen Kempe-Carlgrenska Fonden, often shortened to KC-Fonden) is a Swedish public-benefit foundation established on 28 December 1951 by Fanny Carlgren, née Kempe (1887–1973). It was funded by the substantial inheritance she received from her father, Frans Kempe, a leading industrialist who served as CEO of the Mo och Domsjö AB forestry and paper group (now Holmen AB). The foundation's purpose is to support projects concerning children and young people, with a particular emphasis on education, music studies, children and youth with special needs, integration work, and research into the psychosocial situation and schooling of children and adolescents. The foundation makes grants to organisations and schools for the development of new forms of teaching and education, prioritising independent (fristående) initiatives. It awards scholarships, primarily to instrumentalists at university level, in the range of SEK 10,000–20,000. It provides contributions to organisations working with care and support for children and young people with special needs, including those with disabilities. Each year it distributes SEK 30,000 to an association, activity, or youth leader who works in an exemplary way with the integration of young people. It also funds researchers and doctoral students whose work is at a high scientific level and concerns the psychosocial situation and schooling of children or youth. According to Norwegian Wikipedia, the foundation supports measures that promote the upbringing conditions and education of children and youth, both in Sweden and in the Baltic states and Africa. It has given support to Steiner schools and other idealistic private schools, as well as to pedagogical research. After Fanny Carlgren's death, her daughter Inga Kempe took over as head of the foundation; Inga Kempe was for several years also head of Redd Barna (Save the Children) and strongly engaged in issues concerning children and youth. The foundation remains active and accepts applications and reports through its website, kc-fonden.se.

The Kempe-Carlgrenska Foundation was established on 28 December 1951 by Fanny Carlgren, née Kempe (1887–1973). She was the daughter of Frans Kempe, CEO of the Mo och Domsjö AB forestry and paper group (now Holmen AB), and received a large inheritance from him. Fanny Carlgren regarded the management of this inheritance as a very responsible task, and it laid the foundation for the Kempe-Carlgrenska Foundation. The group's foundations had been laid by the Pomeranian-born businessman Carl Kempe (1799–1872). Fanny Carlgren was interested in everything concerning children and young people and the problems that could arise, whether for an organisation working with them or for the individual. In the last years of her life, the drug problem among young people engaged her deeply. After starting the "Hem och skola" association, she brought many prominent lecturers to the public debates she organised. Education remained one of her main interests and received quite extensive contributions from the foundation both during her chairmanship and later. As she was deeply religious, "the church was always central" to her, though far from uncritically. She was also one of those who helped Manfred Björkqvist to complete his life's work – Sigtunastiftelsen. Fanny Carlgren was born in Norrland and remained a daughter of Norrland all her life. During her upbringing, Norrland was Sweden's developing country, and issues concerning Norrland always touched her personally. After Fanny Carlgren's death, her daughter Inga Kempe took over as head of the foundation. Inga Kempe was for several years also head of Redd Barna (Save the Children) and strongly engaged in issues concerning children and youth. The foundation has given support to Steiner schools and other idealistic private schools, as well as to pedagogical research. According to Norwegian Wikipedia, it supports measures that promote the upbringing conditions and education of children and youth, both in Sweden and in the Baltic states and Africa. It gives support to private schools and pedagogical research. The foundation remains active, with its website kc-fonden.se providing information on applications and reports.

• 1973

  Death of founder Fanny Carlgren; her daughter Inga Kempe takes over as head of the foundation.

• 1951

  Foundation established on 28 December by Fanny Carlgren.

A grant-making foundation focused on children and youth, prioritising independent educational initiatives and research.

1. 1Stiftelsen Kempe-Carlgrenska Fondenkc-fonden.se
2. 2Om stiftelsen | KC-Fondenkc-fonden.se
3. 3The Kempe-Carlgrenska Foundationwikidata.org
4. 4Stiftelsen Kempe-Carlgrenska Fondenno.wikipedia.org