Swedish Institute at Athens

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Hellenistic and later walls at Asine (Argolid), a Swedish excavation since the 1920s.
Hellenistic and later walls at Asine (Argolid), a Swedish excavation since the 1920s.

The Swedish Institute at Athens (Swedish: Svenska Institutet I Athen; Greek: Σουηδικό Ινστιτούτο Αθηνών) is one of the 17 foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece.

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[edit] General information, facilities

Established in 1948, the Swedish Institute at Athens was the 7th Foreign Archaeological Institute to be founded in Greece, and the first since World War I. Since then, it has developed an important record of fieldwork (both excavation and survey) in Crete. Together with its Danish, Finnish and Norwegian counterparts, the Swedish Institute contributes to the Nordic Library at Athens.

[edit] Kavala

The Institute also owns a Bauhaus mansion at Kavala, available as a residence to Swedish artists, writers and scholars.

[edit] Archaeological work

Archaeological Projects conducted by the Swedish Institute include excavations at Aphidna (Attica), Asine (Argolid), Ayios Elias (Arcadia), Berbati (Argolid), Chania Kastelli (Crete), Dendra (Argolid), Kalaureia (Poros), Malthi (Messenia), Midea (Argolid), Paradeisos (Western Thrace), and a survey at Asea (Arcadia).

[edit] Bibliography

  • E. Korka et al. (eds.): Foreign Archaeological Schools in Greece, 160 Years, Athens, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, 2006, p. 144-151.

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