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Arkeologiska studentföreningen KNUT-
av och för studenter på Lunds Universitet ---English below---

Välkommen till KNUT! (Exempel: Aa0000lu-a, Anders Andersson).

Arkeologiska studentföreningen KNUT är en av Lunds äldsta studentföreningar, verksam sedan 1986. KNUT är en ideell förening av och för studenter på institutionen för arkeologi och antikens historia vid Lunds Universitet. Varje termin arrangerar vi fester, pubar, föredrag, spelkvällar, studiebesök och andra evenemang med koppling till arkeologi och förhistoria. För att bli medlem i KNUT betala in

medlemsavgiften på 50 kr/termin. Swisha 0709990725 till vår kassör David Frank Waisman. Ange STiL-identitet och för- efternamn i meddelanderutan. Har du inte Swish så kontakta gärna oss så löser vi det! Genom att bli medlem hos oss får du delta på våra evenemang och tillgång till KNUTrummet; vårt föreningsrum i A017 på LUX där du kan hänga med andra studenter, använda mikrovågsugnen och ta en gratis kopp kaffe eller te

Läs gärna mer om oss och vad vi gör på vår hemsida! KNUT – Vår framtid ligger i ruiner!

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Welcome to KNUT! The archaeological student association KNUT is one of the oldest student associations in Lund, active since 1986. KNUT is association for and by archaeology students at Lunds University. KNUT arranges several different events every term, such as partys, pub nights, lectures, game nights, excursions and other events related to archeology and prehistory. To become a member in KNUT all you have to do is pay the membership fee (50 kr/term) to our financial accountant David Frank Waisman (swish: 0709990725). In the payment write your STil-identity and your first- and last name. (Exempel: Aa0000lu-a, Anders Andersson) If you don't have swish, please contact us and we will work it out! By becoming a member you can attend our events and get access to our boardroom A017 at LUX, there you can hang out with other archaeology students, use the microwave and take a free cup of coffe or tea. KNUT - Our future lies in ruins, see you there!

20/08/2026

Hello I’m Carl, quartermaster for KNUT. This summer I have been at another excavation in Finland with Jan Fast but this time in the finnish archipelago. To get there I first took the train to Stockholm and after that the night ship to Åbo, then me and the rest of the Swedish archeologists had to take a two hour bus to the end of the island Korpo where we got picked up by Jan and the others by boat to the small island of Brunskär.

After one and a half days of travel we could finally put down our things in our accommodations we were staying at. It was at our hosts backyard and we ate both breakfast and dinner together but lunch was at the excavation.

We excavated an 18th century settlement that our hosts ancestors had lived at which made it one of more personal excavations I have been to. We also excavated with some of the people that lived there which made it an fun and memorable excavation. We found a wide variety of finds such as nails, glass and a lot of animal bones.

The excavation was in total five days and when we were not excavating we got a tour of the island, listened to stories about the islands history and we also got a tour of Korpostörm and its church. And on the last night we were there we ate wonderful smoked flounder and had some of our hosts play music for us.

It was one of the best trips I have been on and certainly the best excavation I have been to. Big thanks to Jan and our hosts for this opportunity and I hope to go back again someday.

09/08/2026

Hello! I'm Lukas, event coordinator for KNUT!

This week I've been to Gotland and Medeltidsveckan! I like to reenact viking age scandinavia and as such the fit is a somewhat historically correct outfit of a middle class norse man from late viking age (with modern shoes as I did quite a lot of walking :p).

The trip started with me and my cousin driving for 4h to Oskarshamn then taking the ferry to Gotland for another 3h to finally arrive tired at the camping! We arrived late in the night and set up at the "modern camping" as I don't have a historically accurate tent (yet!).

We were both volunteers at medeltidsveckan (which means we got to go there for free which I highly recommend doing) and as such the work started the next day.

I had the volonteer role of "ruin host" which meant I checked the tickets of people who came to the events. Most of these are in the many old church ruins! Very atmospheric!

However it's not all work! I also met a few KNUT:ers which is always a pleasure!

We also explored the large market, watched parades, saw some shows and swimmed!

All in all it was a warm and wonderful week of nice and nerdy people, fun events and good times!

If you ever get the chance to be a volunteer at medeltidsveckan I highly recommend it!

01/08/2026

Greetings from Jesper and Tilda, event coordinator and treasurer of KNUT!

This summer we have had a great time excavating the middle neolithic Pitted Ware site Ge 16.9, just outside of Geta on the Finnish islands of Åland. Together with fellow KNUTers Estelle, Philip, and Albin, we spent a week partaking in this project of Jan Fast, while also having a nice vacation. In addition to this, we were fortunate to meet and work together with members of our counterpart Fjölnir from Uppsala!

Our travels began with an 8 hour car ride from Lund before the ferry ride to the islands and our final destination Ödkarby, where we would be staying for the week. The day after we arrived we had an introductory meeting at the Museum of Åland, where we got to familiarize ourselves with the finds of Geta from previous years. Lots and lots of ceramics and stone, and many amazing clay figurines as well!

Aiming to conclude six summers worth of excavations, we arrived Monday morning at the site for the first time. What is now located in the forested mountains of northwestern Åland, was then a place by the beach on a much smaller island. As this dig was the final one at the site we were quite unsure of what finds still remained in the sand, but Geta did not disappoint! The main excavation pit brought many beautifully decorated Pitted Ware sherds, marine bones, flakes and cores of quartz keratophyre, as well as two figurine fragments. We also had the opportunity to open up a smaller test pit in hopes of identifying the boundaries of the site. From this pit came not only a figurine piece, but a likely bone arrowhead and great amounts of ceramics and stone flakes as well. It was quite the experience as many of these finds emerged just before we filled in the pits on the final day!

Pretty much every afternoon after excavating we spent our time swimming and hanging on the docks by our accommodation, often joined by the neighbour’s 19 year old cat, Lisa. We also took some time to visit some churches and the medieval castle of Kastelholm!

We had a great time, and a big thank you to Jan Fast and team for having us!

08/05/2026

Tomorrow marks two weeks since this beautiful evening! We have since seen many posts from you ball guests and they all warm our hearts 💚

We would love to thank every single one of you for attending KNUT’s 40 years anniversary ball and for all the kind words we’ve received both throughout the evening and afterwards. Never in our wildest imaginations did we expect the night to be such a wonderful experience, and we have all of you guests to thank for making the night incredible! 🥂

Most of the ball committee has been a bit busy with master theses but we have now handed in the first drafts 🥳 so we took some time off for the impossible task of picking the top 88 pics from the incredible photographers Samuel and Samuel and this is the result! 🎞️

We also want to thank the talented band Törner Cryda honouring us with your performance and the DJ Nikolaj who for keeping the dance floor crowded the entire evening. Another thanks to Sixten for the passionate leading of songs and to David (aka Thor). 💃

Now have a wonderful weekend and become a KNUT member to never miss out on these unforgettable events! 💚

Photo credit to Samuel Blixt and Samuel Strömblad 📸

24/04/2026

Hello everybody! Tomorrow is the big day and as the last portrait of this series we thought that we would present ourselves - The Ball Committee! 🍾

We are eight archaeology students from different subjects at the department in Lund and we are all former KNUT board members. Over the last year we have dedicated much of our free time to planning KNUT's 40th anniversary ball, something that has been, at times, stressful but most of all very fun! We are so excited for the ball tomorrow and can barely believe that the day is almost here. During the better part of a year we have held numerous meetings, booked and visited the venue, tasted the menu, booked a band and a DJ, designed merch, invitations and posters and created and bought decorations. ✨

The schedule for the big night is finished and all the “spex” is rehearsed. We are so happy that we are going to meet so many of you tomorrow, previous KNUT members, staff from the department, current KNUT-members, members of other student societies as well as family and friends! Our goal with this ball was to gather KNUTers and archaeologists from the past and present and celebrate together how much this organisation has meant, and still means, to students at the Department of Archaeology in Lund, and we have more than reached that goal! 🥂

Get ready for a magical night full of fun, KNUT memories, good food, music, dance and both old and new friends! 💚

See you all tomorrow!
Sofia, Rebecca, Estelle, Hannes, Steven, Wilma, Alicja och Elna. 🫶

The professional group photos on slide 1,2 and 5 are taken by the very talented Samuel Blixt, who will also be taking your pictures by the rune stones tomorrow! 📸

23/04/2026

Dear KNUT members,

We are excited to announce that our next Storting will takw place in 5 weeks, in which we shall be electing a new Chairperson, vice-Chairperson and 3 new Event Coordinators.

If you are interested in these positions, please come to our next meeting on Monday, 4th May 12:15-13:00 in room LUX:A127.

The Google Form to apply for these positions is available through the link in our bio titled “Join the KNUT board!”, and applications are open until 11th May.

The elections shall be held at the next Storting, with a preliminary date of 16:30 on 28th May (subject to adjustment).

We look forward to welcoming you onto our team and are excited to see all of your applications!

22/04/2026

Hello KNUTers!💚

In the last couple of months the board has been getting more and more questions about new KNUT merch. We have some ideas of our own, but we would also love to hear from our members!

We have created a form that is linked in our bio as “KNUT merch Google forms”, and would love it if you filled it out! Any and all ideas are welcome - color changes, logo changes or entirely new items👚🧦🧢

Ps. The form is completely optional!

19/04/2026

Hej Linda Wigert!

Du var aktiv i KNUT 2013-2018 (med en paus i mitten för utbytesstudier). Vad jobbar du med idag?
Jag är arkeolog på Kulturmiljö Halland och en av projektledarna för de arkeologiska undersökningarna där. Jag varvar fältarbete med att sortera fynd, skicka prover på analys och skriva rapporter och undersökningsplaner. Just nu har alla på Kulturmiljö Halland varsitt forskningsprojekt, och jag forskar om Hallands hällristningar. Ett jättekul jobb och en väldigt fin arbetsplats!

Vad var din roll i KNUT?
Jag började som Vice Ordförande, sen Ordförande (efter den eminente Julius Lundin). Tog en paus (och lämnade över till den otrolige Peter Fogelberg) och kom tillbaka som ekonomiansvarig.

Vad tycker du är det bästa med KNUT och din tid i föreningen?
Att få vara med och driva en förening med andra arkeologer. Som jag minns det ville vi allihop samma saker: prata om arkeologi, se på arkeologiska platser, pilla med arkeologiska föremål och anordna pubar/fester där vi kunde dricka öl/vin och prata ännu mer om arkeologi. Det var en underbart gemensam nördighet och stolthet över nördigheten. Jag lärde mig jättemycket om föreningsliv och vad som krävs för att anordna föreläsningar, publika evenemang och större fester.

Har du någon rolig KNUT-historia som du vill dela med dig av?
Jag älskar att planera evenemang och träffa nya människor. I KNUT kunde jag få utlopp för det tillsammans med likasinnade. Mina bästa minnen av KNUT kommer från våra olika fester eller föreläsningar. En gång bjöd vi in ett balkanband att spela live på innergården på gamla arkeologen. De ställde sig i spiraltrappan och spelade och det var ljuvligt. En annan gång anordnade vi en föreläsning om medeltida fäktning på LUX. Två KNUTare skulle ha uppvisning och salen var för liten (som jag minns det fick vi avbryta när någon råkade hugga ett hål i en vägg). Då flyttade vi ut fäktningen i entrén på LUX och det blev otroligt spännande när klirrandet av svärd lockade till sig åskådare från alla håll i byggnaden.

Tack Linda för att du delar dina KNUT-minnen!

Inlägget är en del av jubileumsfirandet och personporträttserien där vi lyfter personer som varit med och byggt KNUT.

15/04/2026

Hej Patrik Klingborg!

Du var aktiv i KNUT mellan 2006-2011. Vad jobbar du med idag?
Jag är biträdande lektor i Antikens kultur och samhällsliv i Uppsala efter att ha varit vicedirektör på Svenska Institutet i Athen.

Vad var din roll i KNUT?
Jag var med i styrelsen, men jag minns inte vilken position jag hade. Jag tror att jag var sekreterare ett tag?

Vad tycker du är det bästa med KNUT och din tid i föreningen?
Att vi kunde hänga i KNUTrummet och ha KNUTpubbar. Utan det tror jag inte att jag tagit mig vidare i ämnet.

Har du någon annan rolig KNUT-historia som du vill dela med dig av?
Både ja och nej. För mig var det vardagsdelen av Knut som var det viktiga och alla mina vänner där. Det är svårt att minnas specifika händelser som mer roliga än andra, det var helheten som var viktig och den starka gemenskap den skapade på institutionen. Den första bilden är från Akrokorinth i Grekland, tagen av Katrin Arendi och den andra är från en KNUT-pub i det gamla KNUT-rummet på Arkeologen.

Tack Patrik för att du delar dina KNUT-minnen!

Inlägget är en del av jubileumsfirandet och personporträttserien där vi lyfter personer som varit med och byggt KNUT.

12/04/2026

Hej Anna Tornberg!

Du var KNUTaktiv 2005-2009 då du studerade till arkeolog, vad arbetar du med idag?
Osteolog/projektledare på Sydsvensk arkeologi. Första bilden ser ni mig i somras på en undersökning i Gottorp!

Vad var din roll i KNUT?
Jag hade ingen roll i KNUTs styrelse utan deltog mest i aktiviteter som medlem. På andra bilden är jag utklädd till Yggdrasil inför en KNUT-fest med temat mytologi (tror jag).

Vad tycker du är det bästa med KNUT och din tid i föreningen?
Det sociala! Att det fanns en naturlig mötesplats för likasinnade.

Har du någon rolig KNUT-historia som du vill dela med dig av?
Vi hade en stor temafest på Fotevikens museum. Det måste ha varit en bit in på hösten för det var becksvart. För att gå på toaletterna var man tvungen att gå en ganska lång bit från huset där vi hade festen och det var flera som både trillade och gick halvt vilse i beckmörkret.

Tack Anna för att du delar dina KNUT-minnen!

Inlägget är en del av jubileumsfirandet och personporträttserien där vi lyfter personer som varit med och byggt KNUT.

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