News on research projects
Wallpaper makers in 18th century Stockholm
Historian Mia Skott has conducted an in-depth study of eleven women who were granted permission to run their own wallpaper factories in Stockholm between 1739 and 1759. The women, the actors around them and the scenes that took place in courtrooms, households and public...
New treatments for infections
Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem worldwide and we want to use our specially designed proteins to find new ways to treat infections.
Swedish industrial design pioneers - in book and exhibition form
A&E Design is one of the oldest independent industrial design offices in Sweden. The two founders were Hans Ehrich and Tom Ahlström and have, alongside ergonomic design, contributed greatly to making Swedish design...
Mölndal City Museum brings history to life
On September 22, 2019, the app ENTER Mölndal - Tulebosjön is released - a site-specific experience about the Bronze Age finds made at Tulebosjön in Kållered.
He renewed the book industry
Apprentice bookbinder Peder Herzog (1838-1920) arrives in Stockholm from Germany in 1859. In Stockholm he starts a modest bookbinding business that within a few decades becomes the largest in the Nordic countries.
From funnel cups to free ceramics
The book Keramik och porslin i Sverige genom 7000 år was published in October 2015 by Carlsson bokförlag. It comprises 400 pages and is richly illustrated with nearly 1200 images, of which over 800 are of objects in color,...
Development of the credit market in Gothenburg in the 19th century
The book "Krona eller klave" deals with the credit market in 19th century Gothenburg.
Culture-free identification of antibiotic resistance
Bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics is a growing problem in society. In April 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified antibiotic resistance as a global problem.
A new take on Icelandic fairy tales
On April 28, 2014, a long-awaited new translation of the Icelandic family sagas into Swedish, Danish and Norwegian was presented at the meeting of the Nordic Council of Ministers in Reykjavík. The translation work has been one of the largest ever undertaken...
