Program
Monday 3rd of June 2024
09:00 – 10:00 Coffee and registration
10:00 – 10:45 Opening Ceremony
SESSION 1 Chairs Minna Koivikko and Hannu Matikka
10:50 – 11:35 Elaine Murphy ‘Come my fellow sufferers’: the experiences of women on Stuart warships (keynote)
11:40-12:00 Juha Flinkman Echoes of conflicts: Environmental legacy of Baltic Sea wrecks
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 13:20 Ivar Treffner Lost British warships near Saaremaa island during Estonian Independence war (1918–1920)
13:25 – 13:45 Niklas Eriksson Drafted for the Scanian war and sunk by its crew: Historical Archaeology of the armed fluit Constantia
13:50 – 14:10 Anna Maria Forssberg Being a sailor’s wife in 17th century Sweden
14:10 – 14:40 Coffee Break
SESSION 2 Chairs Leos Müller and Niklas Eriksson
14:40 – 15:00 Aoife Daly Timber resources for Scandinavian navies. What has dendrochronology shown?
15:05 – 15:25 Mikko Huhtamies Wrecks and archives (1550–1800)
15:30 – 16:10 Jim Hansson & Patrik Höglund Purposes, Phases and Preparations-Aspects on intentionally sunk warships at Karlskrona and Vaxholm
Tuesday 4th of June 2024
SESSION 3 Chairs Jim Hansson and Patrik Höglund
10:00 – 10:20 Riikka Alvik Naval Battles of Svensksund and Consequences of War: Lessons learned?
10:25 – 10:45 Ingvar Sjöblom Siege Warfare at Sea 1555–1570
10:50 – 11:10 Benjamin Asmussen Where Warberg Went
11:15 – 11:35 Rolf Warming Forgotten Soldiers, Forgotten Practices: Close-Quarters Combat at Sea, c.1450–1650
11:40 – 12:00 Mikko Meronen A fleet that lost the offensive operations but won the defensive campaign
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
SESSION 4 Chairs Anna Maria Forssberg and Ingvar Sjöblom
13:00 – 13:20 Leos Müller Swedish Naval Ships Beyond the Skagerrak. In the service of neutrality 1755–1815
13:25 – 13:45 Magdalena af Hällström The Archipelago Fleet at Sveaborg 1792–1808
13:50 – 14:10 Jyrki Paaskoski Russian Naval Base in Sveaborg, 1809–1850
14:10 – 14:40 Coffee Break
SESSION 5 Chairs Sari Mäenpää and Simon Ekström
14:40 – 15:00 Peter Swart Searching for the crew of the Huis te Warmelo (1715)
15:05 – 15:25 Immi Wallin and Maili Roio Research at the wreck site of the Huis te Warmelo
15:30 – 15:50 Hannu Matikka Suomenlinna's "ancient cargo boat"
Wednesday 5th of June 2024
SESSION 6 Chairs Mirja Arnshav and Riikka Alvik
10:00 – 10:45 Johan Rönnby Archeology of sunken fleets. Reflections and suggestions (keynote)
10:50 – 11:10 Simon Ekström Arthur Hazelius's Guns
11:15 – 11:35 Markku Luoto 25 Years of Kronprins Gustav Adolf Wreckpark - Resurfacing the Visitor Experience
11:40 – 12:00 Mirja Arnshav Upcycling ship wood – a shunned heritage of the Swedish navy
12:00 – 13:00: Lunch Break
13:00 – 13:20 Dan Johansson Scepter, a story of a forgotten ship
13:25 – 13:45 Minna Koivikko Wrecks in Peace, the Underwater Cultural Heritage of Suomenlinna
13:45 – 14:15 Coffee Break
14:15 – 15:00 Panel Discussion
15:00 – 15:30 Closing Remarks for the Conference
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