Abstract
During the 19th century very few persons in Sweden recieved a doctoral degree in archaeology. Most of them found prestigious top-positions. Today there are about 100 persons with Ph. D.'s working in Swedish archaeology in positions from the top to the bottom of the professional hierarchy. Each year 150-200 students finish their basic education in archaeology. Most of them will never find a permanent full-time job as an archaeologist. The future of Swedish archaeology will very much depend on the ambitions of the general public, including tens of thousands of persons with a formal university education in archaeology but no job within the profession.
Highlights
The dissertation by Hans Hildebrand from 1866 is normally regarded as the first in archaeology in Sweden
In contrast to the 1910s, there are today a total of five universities and four university colleges (Sw. högskolor) to choose among when striving for an archaeological education and career in Sweden.The increase in number is a result of the political ambition since the 1960s to increase the rate of higher education, and make it locally available in most of the country
The group consists of students interested in doing archaeological research and trying for a degree, but a growing number of students that have finished the basic university education do not find a job within archaeology or the cultural-heritage management bureaucracy: instead, they register as doktorander
Summary
During the 19'" century very few persons in Sweden recieved a doctoral degree in archaeology. The future of Swedish archaeology will very much depend on the ambitions of the general public, including tens of thousands of persons with a formal university education in archaeology but no job within the profession. The 1860s saw the start of professional archaeology conducted by university-educated archaeologists in Sweden. 1910s saw the establishment of archaeological departments at the universities, in both cases as parts of century-old historical university museums (Rydbeck 1943; Schönbeck 1956; Gräslund & Almgren 1976; Stjernquist 1984). This article will outline the archaeological university education in Sweden primarily from a quantitative point of view as concerns the number of students. In contrast to the 1910s, there are today a total of five universities and four university colleges (Sw. högskolor) to choose among when striving for an archaeological education and career in Sweden
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