Nordic Winter Camp
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Dates
February 20 – March 1, 2026
Location
Lapland, Sweden
Pricing
In-person (Participants)
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1200 EUR
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Recognizing the importance of furthering expertise in prehistoric heritage interpretation, Nordic Winter Camp offers a truly immersive opportunity for advanced ancient skills practitioners, reenactors and anybody involved in prehistoric heritage interpretation, to take their involvement to a new level.
As a dedicated group of prehistory enthusiasts, we will set up a winter base camp in a traditional Sami earth lodge, in the remote boreal landscape of southern Lapland. In this unique setup, we will be living in a purely prehistoric way (no modern gear, metal, plastic or sanitary products etc.)
For ten days, we are experiencing many aspects of prehistoric mid-winter living, based on archaeological data and traditional nordic crafts and life skills.
This immersive format requires, wearing prehistoric clothes, working with authentic tools, eating unprocessed foods free of grains, sugar, alcohol or coffee. There will be no modern showers or sanitary facilities available. We will be practicing ancient crafts, share knowledge and skills, process reindeer meat, go ice fishing and as a final highlight, take a multi-day trek on foot through the snowy Jämtland mountains. We will be travelling with snow shoes, wooden skis and sleds, camping and sleeping in the open under the stars.Participants
PALÄOTECHNIK
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For more than thirty years Paläotechnik offers an intensive engagement with prehistoric material culture, living history and heritage interpretation - in theory and practice.
Our archaeotechnical work focuses on European prehistory- from the late Paleolithic to the Neolithic. Archaeological evidence supplemented by ethnographic data allow for a fact-based reconstruction
of stone age material culture.
Animal skin processing and tanning technology, as well as related fields like garment production and sewing technology. belong to our core competences.
Paläotechink offers detailed know-how in producing prehistoric replicas and authentic clothing.
Our expertise is valued by private individuals, film productions, museums, and other institutions.