Swedish Institute at Athens
The board consists of a chairman appointed by the Swedish Government, a vice-chair, secretary, treasurer, and additional members representing Classical Archaeology, Ancient Greek, and Art History.
[4] The Swedish Institute at Athens organizes and hosts seminars, lecture series, conferences, and workshops on various topics.
The Nordic Library, operating through a partnership between the Swedish, Danish, Finnish and Norwegian institutes in Athens, holds circa 40 000 volumes, mainly Classical Archaeology and Ancient History.
Several activities that the institute organizes are related to art and culture, including poetry reading and language exchanges between Swedish and Modern Greek in particular.
Recurrent events now includes Grekiska filmdagar (Greek Film Days) in October,[7] and the Annual Meeting where the work of the institute is presented.
Einar Gjerstad, professor of classical archaeology and ancient history at Lund University, was a driving force in the establishment of the institute after the Second World War.
[12] Following this the institute moved to its current premises in 1976 on the corner of Mitseon and Kavalotti, near the New Acropolis Museum and several sites of historical importance.
Currently active projects include the excavations at the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Kalaureia (Poros) in the Saronic Gulf, various forms of work at the ancient city of Hermione at the tip of the Argolid Peninsula and explorations at Vlochos in (Thessaly).
The earliest Swedish archaeological fieldwork in Greece was carried out in the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Kalaureia in 1894, under the direction of Sam Wide and Lennart Kjellberg.
During the excavations, efforts concentrated on uncovering the architecture of the sanctuary and finds included bronze statuettes, inscriptions and various votives.
The project A Greek cityscape and its people: a study of ancient Hermione, in the Argolid, was initiated in 2015 as a collaboration between the Ephorate of Antiquities of Argolida and the Swedish Institute at Athens.
The aim of the field project is to explore the civic life in a Greek city state from the Archaic to Imperial periods.
Digital methods have been developed and employed to map out the extent and plan of the ancient city without having to resort to large-scale excavation.
[21] The acropolis of Asine is located on a promontory in the Argolic Gulf, approximately 10 km southwest of modern Nafplion.
Early excavations at Asine concentrated on the acropolis hilltop and the finds included roof tiles and vast amounts of pottery.
Following World War II, archaeologist Paul Åström resumed the field work at Dendra in collaboration with the local authorities.
[23] Malthi, one of the offshoots of the Ramovounis mountain range in Messenia, held a fortified settlement during the Bronze Age.
Paul Åström and Nikolais Verdelis resumed work at the site in 1963 and carried out a new small-scale excavation near the east gate of the Citadel.
Archaeological evidence indicates continuous inhabitation from the Neolithic until present time, except for a minor hiatus during the Late Bronze Age.
Yannis Tzedakis, former director-general of the Archaeological Authorities of the Ministry of Culture of Greece, initiated excavations at Kastelli Hill 1964–1969.
Swedish archaeologists carried out new excavations 1989–1990 and in 2010 the Danish Institute at Athens joined the project as a full participant, a collaboration that continued until the end of active field work in 2014.
Archaeologists Erik J. Holmberg and Pontus Hellström travelled through Paradeisos in North Greece searching of potential excavation sites in 1975.
A decision was made to carry out excavations at the site in the following year, based on the previous finds from the Late Neolithic to the Bronze Age reported by R. Felsch.
The valley was particularly important during the late classical and Hellenistic periods as it hosts a route connecting the north and south of parts Greece.
The project was a collaboration between the Fthiotis and Evritania Ephorate of Antiquities, under the direction of Maria Foteini Papakonstantionou and Swedish archaeologist Anton Bonnier.
This includes reports on the fieldwork carried out under the aegis of the institute as well as other scientific articles relating to antiquity.
[31] Promoting and stimulating cultural exchange between Sweden and Greece is one of the main missions of the Swedish Institute at Athens.
Several cultural activities are organized annually, including book presentations, art and photo exhibitions, concerts, and film screenings.
The house can be described as an airy building with a light and smooth facade, flat roof, and functional interior design.
In the wake of World War II the city of Kavala lost its position as a prominent production center of tobacco.
