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Visit of Dr Cederlund to the Centre

Professor Cederlund met Tony Griffiths
and had discussions on the Vasa
Professor Carl-Olof Cederlund is Sweden's leading maritime archaeologist. He started work as an archaeologist on the VASA in 1961 and will be giving public lectures on the VASA at the Australian National Maritime Museum, the WA Maritime Museum and the SA Maritime Museum during his visit to Australia in late November 2002. He has worked on many underwater archaeological sites in Sweden including the 700 year old cog at Oskarhamn, Sweden. He has published in IJNA, the ICMM Proceedings and the Underwater Archaeology Proceedings from the SHA Conference. Professor Cederlund is responsible for establishing the teaching of maritime archaeology in Sweden, first at the University of Stockholm and more recently at the South Stockholm University College.