In 2002 the Ingmar Bergman Foundation took over more than 40 packing boxes containing documents from the master director’s private archive on the island of Fårö. Most of the material was handwritten, which caused the foundation a lot of problems.“The fact is that ordinary packing boxes literally suck the ink from documents stored in them. In short, Bergman’s notes ran the risk of disappearing into thin air thereby destroying a priceless cultural treasure,” says Jimmy Nyström, Business Development Director at Billerud.The solution to the problem was Billerud Pure Archive, an acid free material of virgin fiber, which is manufactured at Gruvön mill and protects paper documents from ageing.“Many museums and institutions have digitized their archives but have not yet found a good solution for conserving the original documents. This means there’s a global market waiting to be developed, and Billerud Pure Archive gives us a unique product to offer,” says Mikael Andersson, Sales and Marketing Director of Packaging Boards at Billerud.Jan Holmberg, CEO of the Ingmar Bergman Foundation, is of course pleased that the old archive boxes are now being replaced by new boxes, with each box tailored to the measurements of the conserved documents. The jewel in the Ingmar Bergman Foundation’s archive – listed at Unesco The Memory of the World Register – at the Film House in Stockholm is the workbook for the Oscar-winning film Fanny and Alexander.