The Swedish architect Gert Wingårdh gives a lecture at the new Benaki Museum
House of Sweden
Nordic diffractions of European architecture. Denmark - Finland - Norway - Sweden
8 lectures + 3 exhibitions
Strindberg and his women
August Strindberg
"Ό Στρίντμπεργκ και οι γυναίκες του: Σίρι φον Έσσεν, Φρίντα Ουλ, Χάριετ Μπόσε, Φάνυ Φάλκνερ"
A speech in Greek by Dr. Ann-Margret Mellberg, translator and cultural attaché at the Embassy of Greece in Stockholm. Photos from the life and work of the author will be shown.
At the theatre Studio Μαυρομιχάλη, Μαυρομιχάλη 134, Εξάρχεια.
Annual Meeting
Annual Meeting
Dr. Ann-Louise Schallin, Director:
"The Work of the Swedish Institute in 2009"
Dr. Anne Ingvarsson Sundström, Uppsala University:
"The Human Remains from Middle Helladic Asine: a Re-evaluation"
At the Italian Archaeological School, Parthenonos 14-16, Makriyanni
Asine
The new Acropolis Museum
The new Acropolis museum was inaugurated in June 2009 and is situated next to the Swedish Institute at Athens. In the museum are finds exhibited from the Acropolis such as kore statues, the Caryatids from the Erechtheion and relief sculpture from the Parthenon.
The Acropolis museum seen from the terrace of the institute. Photo Monica Nilsson.
Re-opening of the Archaeological Museum in Nauplion
The Archaeological Museum in Nauplion was re-opened on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 by the Greek Minister of Culture Mr. Antonis Samaras.
In the Museum finds from the area of Argolis are exhibited and many of those come fron the Swedish excavations in Asine, Berbati, Dendra and Midea.
The Archaeological Museum in Nauplion
