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21 November 2025

2025 - Messianic Expressions: Romans, Messiah and the Jewish People

For a long time, Paul's letters in the New Testament were interpreted as meaning that the title 'Christ' no longer had any real meaning. Many...

21 November 2025

2025 - Letters without recipients - the censored mail of the Carolinians

The defeat at Poltava in 1709 largely ends Sweden's period of great power. 23,000 prisoners of war from the Swedish army were scattered across Russia....

21 November 2025

2025 - Schmidtska letters

While working as an editor for Ninni Trossholmen's book "Partille herrgård och dess ägare" 2023, I came into contact with several...

21 November 2025

2025 - Vasapromenaden

The Regal Ship Vasa is one of Sweden's most famous cultural heritages and attracts around 1.5 million visitors every year. However, the ship is under threat,...

21 November 2025

2025 - A book about silk manufacturer K. A. Almgren's letter collection 1858-1882

The silk manufacturer Knut August Almgren 1806-1884, active in Stockholm, left about 100 private letters written home to the family from his business trips...

21 November 2025

2025 - Swedish migration and flight in Transcaucasia, 1917-1939

The research project examines how Swedish citizens living and working in Russia reacted and acted in connection with the Russian Revolution...

21 November 2025

2025 - The rock carvings in Högsbyn, Tisselskog parish, Dalsland

For more than 35 years I have worked, more or less voluntarily, to inform about, inventory and document the rock carvings...

21 November 2025

2025 - Ingegerd Olofsdotter and Husaby - a genetic link to Kyiv history?

In the fall of 2023, a burial monument in front of the west tower at Husaby church on Kinnekulle was examined as part of an archaeological research project. Under the monument...

21 November 2025

2025 - The ancient sagas, a Swedish translation

The influence of the ancient sagas (fornaldarsögur) on Swedish and Nordic culture has been very great, yet they have only been translated sporadically. The ancient sagas ...

21 November 2025

2025 - Statecraft and Secrets: The Early Modern Roots of Intelligence

The project studies the long history of intelligence in Sweden and the long-term importance of foreign espionage as a strategic tool in political decision-making from the 17th...

21 November 2025

2025 - A biography of industrialist Sven Wingquist

Who was Sven Wingquist? A relevant question to ask today, but 70 years ago he was a given. The...

21 November 2025

2025 - The dream of China. Swedish-Chinese contacts in the 18th century.

China played an extremely important role for Sweden in the 18th century in a number of areas. Through the East India Company, large quantities of...