Million kroner gift from Sparebanken Sogn og Fjordane
Photo: Sparebanken Sogn og Fjordane
Sparebanken Sogn og Fjordane has given a total of three million for planned installations ViteMeir at Kaupanger. - The center will be an important aid to learning for children and young people in the whole of Sogn og Fjordane, says bank manager Jan Petter Vadheim.
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- Sparebanken Sogn og Fjordane has been an important contributor, and started the krone roll two years ago with two million kroner. The fact that they are now giving an additional one million kroner means a lot to us, says incoming daily manager Erlend Fardal Lunde in ViteMeir .
ViteMeir took over the building that Vestland County Municipality is building on 1 September 2021 and aims to open during autumn 2021. The money from Sparebanken Sogn og Fjordane's owner's foundation, which gives gifts from the bank's surplus, will go towards installations in the centre. A prerequisite for the payment of the gift is that the center is approved as a regional science center and that the Storting allocates money to it through the national budget.
- We will fill three floors and 1,200 square meters with installations, content and experiences. The content of ViteMeir must be top class and not second to any other science centre, both educationally and as a visitor and experience centre, says Lunde.
The center will be the first of its kind in Sogn og Fjordane.
– ViteMeir will be a new and completely unique offer for schools, business, tourism and the leisure market here, he says.
ViteMeir received two million kroner from the bank's surplus in 2018 to establish a science center in Kaupanger.
– ViteMeir becomes both an exciting tourist attraction and an important contribution to education for children and young people in the whole of Sogn og Fjordane. They have ambitions to bring in some unique attractions that will be among the most exciting in the country, and which also highlight the advantages we have here in Sogn og Fjordane. Therefore, they now receive a gift of an additional one million kroner for this. We are looking forward to seeing the result, says Jan Petter Vadheim, bank manager for corporate markets at Sparebanken Sogn og Fjordane.