More info coming up in October 2027 so stay tuned!
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Saturday, 8 August 2026
Monday, 23 February 2026
Are you interested in archaeology and the history of the Second World War?
The
Conflict Archaeology Field School is a course within the SFV Summer University
that gives participants the opportunity to work side by side with professional
war archaeologists at the Hanko Front.
During the
course, you will take part in practical work in the field and at the same time
delve into Hanko's role during World War II. Each day begins with a lecture on
the history of the battles, archaeological excavation techniques, the search
for the fallen and missing, and safety when working with war relics. The
introduction is followed by excavations and, if the weather prevents digging, study
visits and programs at the Hanko Front Museum. The work is carried out in
accordance with international ethical rules and with strict safety regulations.
👉 Please note that the course runs
from 20.5–29.5 and 31.8–11.9.2026 from 10 am to 4 pm with a total of 18
separate excavation days: you are free to choose which days you want to
participate in! The course fee is 25 euros per day.
Read more
and register for the days that suit you best here:
https://www.sfv.fi/sv/events/view-155738-124310
Saturday, 6 September 2025
JFArchaeology community archaeology excavations in 2026
Have you always dreamed of participating in an archaeological excavation. Here´s your chance!
Whether you are an amateur or an archaeology student, consider yourself invited to participate in JFA community archaeology research of sites from the stone-age to the cold war period here in Finland. No previous experience of archaeology is required in order to participate.
This page will be updated on a regular basis, please check in on a regular basis to stay up to date with what´s going on. If you have any questions, please send an e-mail to jfarchaeology@gmail.com
Conflict Archaeology Field School - Secrets of the Finnish Civil War in Porvoo.
Field survey of the battle of Pellinge in February 1918.
Porvoon kansalaisopisto
25.4 – 26.4.2026.
The excavation is fully booked but it is possible to register on the waiting list!
https://uusi.opistopalvelut.fi/porvoo/fi/course/15465
Conflict Archaeology Field School - Kristinestad 1918
Field survey of the battle of Kristinestad in January 1918.
Kristinestads gymnasium/Kristiinankaupungin lukio
27.4 – 29.4.2026.
Conflict Archaeology Field School - Porkkala 1944–1956
Excavation of a cultural heritage site of the Cold War period in Kirkkonummi during the "Porkala Parenthesis".
Kirkkonummen kansalaisopisto
Register now.
https://kurssit.kansalaisopistot.fi/en/course/kirkkonummi.opistopalvelut.fi-13789/
Conflict Archaeology Field School - Secrets of the Finnish Civil War in Kirkkonummi
Archaeological excavation of a Finnish Civil War battlefield in Kirkkonummi!
Kirkkonummen kansalaisopisto
10.5 –
14.5.2026.
Register now!
https://kurssit.kansalaisopistot.fi/fi/course/kirkkonummi.opistopalvelut.fi-13788/
Community archaeology excavation - Secrets of the Stone-Age in Vantaa
Archaeological excavation of the neolilthic stone age dwelling site of Vantaa, Gruva (in Kaivoksela).
Vantaan aikuisopisto
15.5 – 19.5.2026.
The excavation is fully booked but it is possible to register on the waiting list!
Pedagogic Conflict Achaeology Field School - Hanko/Hangö 1941–1944
Archaeological research of Second World War sites in Hanko with students from students from Swedish speaking senior highschools and people with an interest in Conflict Archaeology.
SFV:s sommaruni and Thure Galléns stiftelse
20.5 – 22.5.2026 and 25.5 – 29.5.2026.
Register now!
https://kurs.sfv.fi/kurser/visa/48-130103-faltkurs-i-konfliktarkeologi
Community archaeology excavation - Secrets of the Stone-Age in Espoo
Archaeological excavation of the Jäkärlä Culture stone age dwelling site of Espoo, Mynt.
Esbo arbetarinstitut
1.6 – 5.6.2026 and 8.6 – 12.6.2026.
Register now!
https://ilmonet.fi/course/EA260134
https://ilmonet.fi/course/EA260135
Community archaeology excavation - Secrets of the Stone-Age in Helsinki
Helsingin seudun kesäyliopisto
14.6 – 18.6.2026.
The excavation is fully booked but it is possible to register on the waiting list!
Conflict Archaeology Field School - Secrets of the Crimean War in Vasa
Conflict Archaeology survey and -excavation of a Gun Battery dating to the Crimean War in Vasa.
Kansalaisopisto Alma
24.6 – 28.6.2026.
The excavation is fully booked but it is possible to register on the waiting list!
https://uusi.opistopalvelut.fi/vasa/fi/course/159794
Finn stenåldern på Åland 2026
Archaeological excavation of the Pitted Ware Culture dwelling site Ge 16.9 in Geta, Åland.
Mariehamns Medborgarinstitut.
12.7 – 17.7.2026.
The excavation is fully booked but it is possible to register on the waiting list!
https://medis.ax/kurser/visa/2347-130102-arkeologisk-utgravning-stenaldersboplats-i-geta-b-f
NAU 2026 Secrets of the Stone-Age in Borgå/Porvoo
Archaeological excavation of the Hiekkaharjuntie early neolithic dwelling site in Porvoo.
Borgå Medborgarinstitut
20.7 – 24.7.2026 and 27.7 – 31.7.2026.
The excavation is fully booked but it is possible to register on the waiting list!
https://uusi.opistopalvelut.fi/porvoo/en/course/15499/
https://uusi.opistopalvelut.fi/porvoo/fi/course/15373
Brunskär Förr/Brunskär Muinoin 2026.
Archaeological excavation of the remains of an 18th Century village on Brunskär in Korpo in the SW archipelago.
Brunskärs byalag
1.8 – 6.8.2026.
Planning has started, more info about how to register coming soon.
Community Archaeology excavation – Secrets of the Stone-Age in Kouvola
Archaeological excavation of a Comb ceramic dwelling site in Elimäki.
Kouvolan kansalaisopisto
12.8 – 16.8.2026.
Registration starts 25.5.2026 at 10 am!
https://www.kouvolankansalaisopisto.fi/
Community archaeology excavation - Secrets of the Stone-Age in Lohja
Archaeological excavation of a stone-age dwelling site in Lohja.
Hiiden Opisto
19.8 – 24.8.2026.
The excavation is fully booked but it is possible to register on the waiting list!
https://uusi.opistopalvelut.fi/hiidenopisto/fi/course/14090/
Community Archaeology Excavation - Secrets of the Stone-Age in Turku
Archaeological excavation of a Jäkärlä culture and Corded Ware culture dwelling site in Turku
(Jäkärlä) 26.8 – 30.8.2026.
The excavation is a crowdfunded event. Please send an e-mail to jfarchaeology@gmail.com if you wish to participate.
Pedagogic Conflict Achaeology Field School - Hanko/Hangö 1941–1944
Archaeological research of Second World War sites in Hanko with students from students from Swedish speaking senior highschools and people with an interest in Conflict Archaeology.
SFV:s sommaruni and Thure Galléns stiftelse
31.8 – 4.9.2026 and 7.9 – 11.9.2026.
Register now!
https://kurs.sfv.fi/kurser/visa/48-130103-faltkurs-i-konfliktarkeologi
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Excavating the Mynt stone-age dwelling site in the footsteps of professor Carl Fredrik Meinander
The stone age dwelling site in Espoo Mynt was discovered by archaeologist Aarne Europaeus (1887-1971) in the early 1920´s. In 1957 archaeologist Carl Fredrik Meinander (1916-2004) made an extensive excavation of the site but sadly failed to write an excavation report.
Carl Fredrik Meinander excavated the stone-age dwellling site in Espoo Mynt in 1957.
Now in 2025 we have tried to map his excavation area in order to put the thousands of finds in context. During the past days we also conducted small scale trial excavations on the site in order to find out if there is aanything left to excavate after the 1957 dig. The results have been surprisingly good and it now seems clear that at least 300 square meters of the site remain untouched.
Work in progress during the 2025 excavation.
The finds in 2025 that include potsherds from at least eight different Jäkärlä culture clay vessels, fragments of Jäkärlä culture stone-axes, whetstones and fishing sinkers can be attributed to the so called Jäkärlä culture ca 6300-5900 BP. The burnt bone fragments are surprisingly many and quite large in size and will be analysed in autumn. Charred fragments of nutshells of common hazel (Corylus Avellana) will be used to date the site.
Jäkärlä culture potsherds.
Stone artefacts.
Burnt bone.
The work in Mynt will continue in early June 2026 when a two-week long excavation will be arranged at the site. The excavation will be organized as a community archaeology field school by Esbo Arbis. It is already possible to register, no previous experience of archaeology is required.
Sunday, 15 June 2025
Turku, Jäkärlä - The fifth excavation season
The Jäkärlä Culture (ca 6 000 BP) was an interesting but relatively short period that lasted only a couple of hundred years time. The stone-age dwelling site in Jäkärlä were archaeological research started already in 1907 still keeps giving.
Turku Jäkärlä photos from excavations of the stone-age dwelling site in 1907 and 2025.
Between June and 9th and 13th the site was once again excavated as part of a community archaeology field school organised by Åbo Svenska Arbetarinstitut. Some 20 persons partcipated in the dig, this time in rather poor weather conditions. Dispite the rainy weather the mood of the team remained almost cheerful throughout the excavation.
Digging into the stone-age despite the rain in 2025.
This years work centered on a house foundation from the Jäkärlä Culture, the only one of its kind so far. It was discovered during excavations in 2021 and has been excavated in segments ever since. This year marked the end of the research of this important structure when we uncovered the northwestern corner of the house. The finds from the excavation were varied and plentiful consisting of rather large potsherds of Jäkärlä ware, stone tools and fragments as well as porfyrite and quartz flakes and a small amount of burnt bone.
A few of the finds from this years excavation (potsherds and stone tools).
The results of the painstaking research will be published in 2027. Next year we will investigate another area in Jäkärlä with finds from the Jäkärlä culture and the Corded Ware culture. See you then!
Saturday, 7 June 2025
Second World War Conflict Archaeology research in Hanko
Back home again after ten interesting days of Battlefield- and Conflict Archaeology research of the Hanko 1941-1944 project in Hanko, South Finland . The days incuded both pedagogic archaeology for schools in the surroundings of Hanko Front Museum and searching for missing and fallen soldiers on the mainland and in the archipelago.
Most of the battles of the Hanko front were fought in the archipelago. Like in 1941 the journey here had to be made by boat. Photo Wilma Gourdon-Larsson.
The community archaeology fieldschool and pedagogic research was funded by Thure Galléns Stiftelse and Svenska Folkskolans Vänner (SFV:s Sommaruni). This years leg of the Finding the Fallen of the Hanko FRront project was made with financial support from The Association for Cherishing the Memory of War Dead (Sotavainajien Muiston Vaalimisyhdistys ry.). Archaeology students from Lund and Uppsala university participated in the forensic work.
The research of the battlefields and rear areas were preceeded by lectures at the Hanko Front Museum
The community archaeology excavations and surveys produced much needed new information about the living conditions of the soldiers on the frontline and behind it on both sides of the conflict. The search for war dead was also successfull this year as we managed to find the exact spot were one Swedish volunteer from Svenska Frivilligbataljonen (SFB) was killed and map his patrols last minutes.
The Conflict Archaeology Field Schools continue in September. Please join us by registering through the SFV website https://www.sfv.fi/sv/evenemang/view-155738-117042# or send an email to jfarchaeology@gmail.com for more info! Please visit the Hanko 1941-1944 project website https://hanko1941-1944.fi/ for more info about our multidisciplinary research.
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