Dunker Culture House

Dunker Culture House (Swedish: Dunkers kulturhus) is a museum and art centre located in Helsingborg, Sweden. It is the museum of Helsingborg cultural heritage and its theme is to trace history from the ice age to the modern day.[1][2] [3]

Dunker Culture House
Main Entrance and Facade

The building was designed by Danish architect Kim Utzon and was named after entrepreneur and industrialist Henry Dunker (1870-1962). Funding for the building was provided by the Henry and Gerda Dunker's donation fund (Henry och Gerda Dunkers donationsfond). Henry Dunker who was a local businessman who owned and operated Helsingborg's largest employer, the polymer, rubber and plastics manufacturer Trelleborg. A year before Dunker died in 1962 he was chair of the board of his company Trelleborgs Gummifabriks AB. The business employed 24,000 people with 50 outlets internationally.[4][5]

Dunker Culture House was opened on the 27th April 2002 by Crown Princess Victoria. The total cost for the building, including its interiors, was 300 million kronor.

References
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  1. "Our History". Tretorn. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  2. Elisabeth Buchwald. "Kim Utzon". Den Store Danske, Gyldendal. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  3. "Henry Dunker, 1870–1962". Helsingborgs stadslexikon. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  4. The Rubber and Plastics Age - Volume 42 - Page 635, retrieved 17 June 2014
  5. "Dunker interests and Trelleborg". trelleborg.com. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

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