---
type: concept
title: Shared Heritage
tags: [heritage, politics, baltic-sea-region]
related: [translocal-heritage, ifzo]
created: 2026-07-13
updated: 2026-07-13
sources: ["output_cdfi/cdfi_uni_greifswald_de_kunstgeschichte_forschung_forschungsprojekte_juniorprofes.md"]
---

# Shared Heritage

**Shared Heritage** (Geteiltes Erbe) refers to cultural assets, monuments, or traditions that are claimed, recognized, or valued by multiple nations, ethnic groups, or cultural communities.

This concept is central to the research cluster at the **IFZO**, where it is used to examine how the "shared" Scandinavian heritage of the Baltic Sea region has been used for both unifying and dividing political purposes from the 19th century to the present.
