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The Norwegian institute at Athens for classical studies, archaeology and cultural history, inaugurated the 8th of May 1989, became the fourteenth 鈥渇oreign archaeological school鈥� in Athens.

The Institute was founded under the aegis of the Norwegian Council for Higher Education, and it was听collaboratively financed and directed by听the Norwegian Universities in Bergen, Oslo, Troms酶 and Trondheim.

The main focus of the Institute鈥檚 activities has been the ancient cultural heritage, Greek culture, history, archaeology and language, but the Modern Greek culture plays a great part of our everyday work.

The Norwegian Institute at Athens is a hub and a resource facilitating visits and longer stays in Greece for Norwegian academics and students in particular, but also for other cultural workers. In cooperation with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Greece, the Institute has also supported听cultural contacts between Norway and Greece.

To date the Institute has been under the successive directorship of six university professors, each choosing an aspect of the overall activities upon which to place a particular emphasis.

One of the most important tasks for the Institute鈥檚 sixth director, biblical scholar and professor of gender studies in the Humanities,听Jorunn 脴kland (2016-2020), is to increase interdisciplinary collaboration and general activity at the Institute by making it possible for more scholarly areas from Norway to take advantage of the institute鈥檚 facilities and expertise. Another important task is to integrate ancient and modern approaches to cultural heritage. The past is inevitably explored through the eyes of the present, and teaching and research should also include critical reflection of this fact. This awareness also gives a more prominent place to studies of modern Greek culture and history, not least as a crossroads between eastern and western Mediterranean.

The fifth director, ancient philosophy professor听Panos Dimas (2007-2015 )听faced the tasks of increasing the teaching portfolio, extending research to further academic areas and focusing on dissemination. The latter task resulted in particular in an increased visibility of the institute鈥檚 scholarly and cultural presence in Athens and Greece.Dimas expanded the institute鈥檚 research portfolio so that ancient philosophy became a more regular part of the institute鈥檚 research activities. He also established a local reading group on Aristotle and an international听Plato Commentary Project听(笔颁笔).

During Dimas鈥� tenure, no less than three further archeological projects were launched: First, the听Kastro Apalirou-project听(Byzantine fortification and city) on the island of Naxos (2010-), under the direction of Knut 脴deg氓rd and in cooperation with a team of British scholars and the Ephorate of Antiquities for the Cyclades. Second, 鈥淭he Norwegian Archaeological Survey in the Karystia鈥�, southern Evia (2012-), under the direction of Zarko Tankosic and with partial external funding from Indiana University. Third, the听Agios Ioannis/Cyclops Cave excavations at Iraklia, under the direction of Fanis Mavridis and Zarko Tankosic, and with partial external funding from the Swiss Federal Office for Culture.

The fourth director, archaeologist and historian听Knut 脴deg氓rd (2003-2007),听faced the challenge of reinventing the role of the Institute through alignment to a new system of higher education in Norway, after profound changes in the sector came into effect in 2003. The new system implied shorter and more intensive courses of study and new forms of evaluation. Collaboration on BA and MA levels was established with the Norwegian owner Universities, and continuing education courses was offered for Norwegian teachers in secondary/high school.

脴deg氓rd also continued the Norwegian commitment to the archaeology of Arcadia. After the cultural landscape survey (鈥淭he Norwegian Arcadia Survey鈥� 1998-2001) succeeded in establishing the contours and limits of the ancient city of Tegea, 脴deg氓rd carried out another project in collaboration with professor of physics, Tatiana Smekalova.听 A magnometer was used in the investigations of the ancient city centre of Tegea in additional detail (2003-2006). A proper city plan dating back to around 550 BC, as well as new information on the city鈥檚 agora and strongholds were some of the major results of the project.

The third director, philologist听Synn酶ve des Bouvrie (1999-2002),听received a mandate

to consolidate and widen the Institute鈥檚 activities. This mandate materialized in international symposia and seminars on topics relating to the Classics and classical heritage in the wider sense, but still well within the general mandate of the Institute. These events explored myths and symbols, myth motifs, and the mutual influence and interaction between the Mediterranean countries.

During des Bouvrie鈥檚 tenure, the Institute celebrated its tenth anniversary. The archaeological activity was enriched by the 鈥淕reek-Norwegian Deep-Water Archaeological Survey鈥� at Ithaki, jointly directed by Katerina Dellaporta and Marek Jasinski. In 2000, the Institute鈥檚 intensive Modern Greek language course was inaugurated. The first cohort was a minor group of Norwegian students.

The second director, archaeologist听Erik 脴stby (1994-1998),听shifted the main emphasis of the Institute to archaeological excavation. Active at Tegea in Arkadia since 1990, 脴stby and his team continued their research there, which resulted in the capitaltwo-volume publication听of the research at the temple and sanctuary of Athena Alea at Tegea.The excavation at听Petropigi听under the direction of Siri Sande continued, too. In his final year as director, 脴stby brought another and more extensive Norwegian involvement with Arcadia to fruition, the 鈥淣orwegian Arcadia Survey鈥�, under the direction of Knut 脴deg氓rd.

A major event of the second period was the 1995 inauguration of the 鈥淣ordic Library鈥�, the joint Library of the four Nordic countries. It was established on the foundations of the substantial holdings of the Swedish Institute at Athens, but run and financed by the four Nordic institutes in equal collaboration and commitment.

Upon the first director, philologist听脴ivind Andersen (1989-1993), fell the load of establishing the Institute as a functioning institution, with premises, staff, and equipment.He was able to purchase a large collection of books, known as 鈥淭he Professor Johannes Triantaphyllopoulos鈥� Library鈥�. Andersen was particularly eager to renew and extend the classic-humanistic component in the Norwegian education system in particular, and to increase the awareness of the Greek classical heritage in Norwegian public life in general. He saw a strong, active and prestigious Institute as a key necessity in this regard.This vision found its expression in aseries of books听containing contributions by leading Norwegian and Nordic scholars on classical themes (ancient Greek religion, gender models, the travels of Pausanias, life in classical Athens, and the historical and literary contact between Greece and Norway).

Parallel to all other activities, at this time the Institute initiated a lecture series, with Greek, Norwegian, and International presenters and open to the general public.Under Andersen鈥檚 directorship two archaeological projects were initiated, at Tegea in Arcadia (led by Erik 脴stby), and at Petropigi near Kavala (led by Siri Sande).

The institute is and will continue to be a home away from home for students and researchers from Norway and other countries, who may profit from a stay in Greece in connection to their research and studies.