An impulse that has taken root
Since 1964, people in Ytterjärna have learned, cared for one another, built, cultivated and made art together. Stiftelsen Kulturcentrum Järna carries that work forward.
Learning that begins with the human being
The foundation was established in 1965 to give young people a place where they could study freely, try things out and grow. The idea was simple and at the same time radical: that knowledge lives not only in the head, but also in the hands, in art and in the meeting with others.
Today we carry forward what many people have built up here: through education, through art in everyday life, and through a park and a garden that are themselves part of the story.
More about usFour areas, one and the same idea
Education, care, culture and the land belong together. Whoever learns something with their hands also learns something about themselves.
- EducationEducation that unites knowledge, artistic work and practical experience, today through the Waldorf Early Childhood Training.
- Care and social therapyThe Järna area has a long tradition of curative education and social therapy. The foundation’s own work in this area is being built up.
- CultureArt as a way of understanding the world: music, theatre, dance and the visual arts, in education and in everyday life.
- Land and natureThe park and the garden. Work with the hands that cares for both people and the place.
What’s on
Calendar
Ongoing
26 Oct –
30 OctWhere: The Hive, YIP
Movement in Complexity, open course week
Monday to Friday, 08:45–12:30
Organiser: YIP
Fri
30
Oct
19:00
Where: Kulturhuset
Järna Cello Festival
“Att tänka efter före”: from one cello to eight, with song
Organiser: Kulturhuset i Ytterjärna
Wed
4
Nov
08:45
Where: Kulturhuset
The development of consciousness in the history of art
Organiser: Spira
Thu
5
Nov
12:12
Where: Kulturhuset, the large hall
Lunchtime concert 12:12
Organiser: Kulturhuset i Ytterjärna
Thu
5
Nov
18:30
Where: Robyggesalen
Evening of deeper study
Martin Ericson on angels and guardians
Organiser: Antroposofiska Sällskapet
Wed
11
Nov
19:00
Where: Robyggesalen
How can we find a healthy balance for the soul?
Organiser: Antroposofiska Sällskapet
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Waldorf Early Childhood Training
A two-year, work-based part-time training for those who work with the youngest children.
Four weeks a year, participants meet here in Ytterjärna for teaching themes, crafts and artistic practice. Between the weeks you practise with your own group of children. The next course starts in January 2027, the last day to apply is 30 November 2026, and the training is taught in Swedish.
It began with Bruno Liljefors’ villa and with teachers from all over the Nordic countries who wanted to give young people more than a few summer weeks. What many people then built up has shaped a whole community.
1905
Bruno Liljefors, one of Sweden’s best-loved painters of nature, builds his studio villa in Ytterjärna. Today it is called Vita huset, the white house.
1949
The first Nordic summer meeting brings together people from all over the Nordic countries. The foundation counts these meetings as its roots.
1964
A Nordic seminary for young people opens in the villa. The following year the foundation is established.
1977
The buildings Erik Asmussen designed around the park receive Sweden’s finest architecture prize.
1992
Kulturhuset is inaugurated, built as a total work of art in which form, colour and light belong together.
Today
Education still belongs to the place, and a new generation of participants meets here.
Vita huset and the park
The villa on the slope above the garden was the seminary’s first home. Around it grew a park where the water is cleansed in ponds, the roses stand in the morning mist and every path leads somewhere. Today the park is Sweden’s first and so far only Demeter-certified garden park.
About the placeFor those already involved
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