Berit Wells died peacefully in Hörby, Sweden, on August 11, 2009.

Berit´s career was almost entierly carried out within the framework of the Swedish Institute at Athens. She was Assistant Director in 1985-1986, and again from 1992 until she became Director in 1994. From 2003 and to her death she was employed by the Institute as Director fo the Kalaureia Research Program. The personnel of the Institute and the Kalaureia Research Program have lost a colleague and a dear friend.  

Berit was a good scholar and a skillful administrator, but she would certainly have wanted to be rememberred first and foremost as a field archaeologist.

A Memorial Ceremony took place in Athens at the Italian Archaeological School, Parthenonos 14-16, on October 1, at 7.00 p.m. 

Commemorative addresses:

Ann-Louise Schallin, Director of the Swedish Institute at Athens

Torsten Kälvemark, Head of the Board of the Swedish Institute at Athens

Arto Penttinen, Director of the Kalaureia Research Program

Lecture:

Michael Lindblom, Assoc. Prof., University of Uppsala:

"Mastos in the Berbati Valley. An intensive Survey led by Berit Wells in 1999"

Berit Wells Memorial Fund

The Swedish Institute at Athens has decided to set up a fund in memory of Berit Wells. The aim of the fund is to provide support within Berit's fields of interest. Persons interested in contributing from outside Sweden can deposit money to the account of the Institute in the bank SEB, Stockholm. IBAN: SE08 5000 0000 0520 1107 2166 and BIC: ESSESESS. Please state your name and 'Berit Wells Memorial Fund'. (For deposits from Sweden, please see the Swedish version of the home page.)