Archeology Day

Archeology Day is a national theme day for everyone who wants to discover Sweden's cultural history and learn more about archeology's working methods and its exciting discoveries. The day has been arranged for over thirty years.

The purpose is to show in an understandable way archeology's opportunities for people to understand and interpret history. By inviting the public to open excavations, lectures or walks through ancient monuments, the event helps to spread more knowledge about ancient monuments and ancient environments.

Traces of the past are around us. In the open landscape, in the clearing in the forest and in the middle of the big city. Ancient remains and other cultural relics tell about the people who lived before us and about how today's society has developed. It can be a shipwreck on the seabed or a milestone along the country road, Uppsala mounds or a settlement from the Stone Age. Through the findings and different methods, archaeologists can interpret and help us understand more about ourselves, our behaviors and how societies are shaped and developed.

The events are open to everyone and it usually costs nothing, except in cases where ordinary entrance fees are charged. The activities are carried out by committed archaeologists, by museums, ancient villages, organizations and other cultural-historical actors around Sweden.


During the Archeology Day, visitors get an opportunity to participate in the conversation and see the landscape through the archaeologist's eyes. The purpose is to show in an understandable way archeology's opportunities for people to understand and interpret history, and to spread more knowledge about ancient monuments and ancient environments.

Archeology Day is a national theme day for archeology and prehistory and has been organized for over thirty years. The purpose is to show in an understandable way archeology's opportunities for people to understand and interpret history. The first Archeology Day, in 1988, already attracted about forty events.