Society

Swedish Cyprus Committee

Stockholm, Sweden · founded 4 April 1927

Society in Stockholm, founded 4 April 1927. 10 people in the register connected with it.

History

1927
On Gjerstad's suggestion that more extensive research be started in Cyprus, the Swedish Cyprus Committee was formed to support his fieldwork. The Swedish Cyprus Expedition was the name of the undertaking.
StockholmEinar Nilson Gjerstad Gjerstad et al. 1934
4 April 1927
Date of formation as given by Whitling: Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf chairman, with Curman, Hellner (treasurer), Martin P. Nilsson and Axel W. Persson, citing the Crown Prince's own note.
StockholmGustaf VI Adolf of Sweden Sigurd Curman Johannes Hellner Martin Persson Nilsson Axel W. Persson Whitling 2014, p. 139 n. 13
September 1927 – February 1931
Fieldwork by the Expedition under Gjerstad (Lindros, Sjöqvist, Westholm), September 1927 to February 1931, with permission readily granted by the Cyprus authorities. The Committee records the division of finds between the Cyprus Museum and the excavators, with a considerable number allotted to the Expedition, thanks to Storrs and the Museum authorities.
CyprusEinar Nilson Gjerstad Ronald Storrs Gjerstad et al. 1934
1927–1934
Funding: a Swedish state grant of 35,000 crowns toward excavation and 50,000 crowns for preparing the material for publication, plus private donors (named in the preface: Almgren, Erik, Ernst and T. Åqvist, Bennet, Collett, Dehlgren, Frisk, Heinecke, Heiss, Hultmark, Jansson, A. and Harry Ax:son Johnson, Kleist, Larsson, Nachmanson, Rettig, Sachs, Unell, Wallenberg, plus anonymous donors).
StockholmErik Åqvist Ernst Åqvist Torsten Åqvist Gjerstad et al. 1934
June 1934
The Committee signed the Preface (Stockholm, June 1934) to volume I of the Swedish Cyprus Expedition's publication, entrusted to Gjerstad, with text by Gjerstad, Sjöqvist and Westholm.
StockholmEinar Nilson Gjerstad Gjerstad et al. 1934

People

10 people

Staff and members · 10

Erik Åqvistdonor (1927–1934) · private donorGjerstad et al. 19341927
Ernst Åqvistdonor (1927–1934) · private donorGjerstad et al. 19341927
H. Unellprivate donor1927
Johannes Hellnerother (4 April 1927 – 1934) · treasurer (skattmästare)Whitling 2014, p. 139 n. 13 Gjerstad et al. 19341927
Martin Persson Nilssonmember (1927–1934) · member (signatory of the Preface)Gjerstad et al. 19341927
O. Wallenbergprivate donor of material support1927
Sigurd Curmanmember (4 April 1927 – 1934) · member or staffWhitling 2014, p. 139 n. 13 Gjerstad et al. 19341927
Torsten Åqvistdonor (1927–1934) · private donorGjerstad et al. 19341927
Axel W. Perssonmember (1927–1934)Gjerstad et al. 1934
Gustaf VI Adolf of Swedenpresident (1927–1934)Whitling 2014, p. 139 n. 13

Sources

1.E. Gjerstad, J. Lindros, E. Sjöqvist, A. Westholm (1934). The Swedish Cyprus Expedition: Finds and Results of the Excavations in Cyprus 1927-1931, Vol. I (text). Stockholm, The Swedish Cyprus Expedition.
2.F. Whitling (2014). “'The Wonderful Adventures of the Swedish Cyprus Expedition': Einar Gjerstad, Erik Sjöqvist, the Swedish Institute in Rome and the Cyprus Expedition”. Islands of the Eastern Mediterranean, 123-139. I.B. Tauris. Online
3.A. Ulbrich (2012). “The Swedish Cyprus Expedition and its results”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42.