The city of Soufli in northern Greece once lay along the Silk Road. It was an important European centre for silk production in the 19^th century and still maintain this industry, from larvae to finished fabric, albeit on a smaller scale. In this unique environment, the Swedish Institute at Athens brings together students from Konstfack, the Stockholm University of Arts, Craft and Design, and students from the corresponding Athens institution Athens School of Fine Arts.

Celebrate this year’s European Day of Languages with us at the Pedion tou Areos in Athens!

Saturday 28 September 2024, 10.00 - 14.00 Pedion tou Areos, Αrion area.

The Swedish Institute and the Nordic Library at Athens invite you to the opening of the exhibition The Image of Athens, Watercolors by Peter Sternäng which will take place at the Nordic Library, Kavalloti 7, on Friday, September 27, 2024, at 7 p.m. 

The Swedish Institute at Athens welcomes you to Athens Jazz & Preveza Jazz Festival with Nils Landgren and his band Funk Unit.

• 23^rd Athens Jazz on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, at 11 p.m.
• 22^nd Preveza Jazz Festival on Thursday, May 30, 2024, at 11 p.m.

We are pleased to invite interested colleagues to an evening seminar discussing joyful learning about cultural heritage with focus on sustainability.

Warmly welcome on Monday the 20^th or Wednesday the 22^nd of May at 6 p.m.! (The same seminar will be given twice.)

The Swedish Institute at Athens and  Eurasia Publications, invite you to the presentation of the book by Ralph Waldo Emerson, translated by Michalis Katsimitsis,

SWEDENBORG, THE MYSTIC

on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 7 p.m. at the Swedish Institute at Athens (Mitseon 9). 

The Swedish Institute at Athens in collaboration with the Embassy of Sweden at Athens, the Swedish Film Institute, The Greek Federation of Film Societies and the STUDIO new star art cinema invite you to the Swedish Contemporary Film Festival that is to be held from April 17-24, 7 p.m. at the theater STUDIO new star art cinema.

The Swedish Institute at Athens and Entefktiriou publications invite you to a poetry evening on the occasion of the presentation of the anthology of poems by Karin Boye, entitled Στον πυθμένα των πραγμάτων, (free translation: At the bottom of things). The book presentation takes place on Monday, April 15, 2024, at 7.00 p.m., at the Swedish Institute at Athens, Mitseon 9.