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February 1, 2021

2020-A new mechanism for regulating body weight

Obesity is a growing public health problem worldwide with more than one billion overweight and 300 million obese people according to WHO....

January 10, 2020

2019 - SHF Yearbook 2019 "The Word and the Wine" - Olle Josephson - Svenska Humanistiska Förbundet

The Swedish Humanities Federation's yearbook 2019, Professor Johan Stenström's "The Word and the Wine". The book is distributed to SHF's approximately 2300 members and is sold...

January 10, 2020

2019 - The Beowulf Quotation. The Nordic background - Bo Gräslund - Uppsala University, Sweden

Translation into English of the book "The Beowulf Quest. The Nordic background".

January 10, 2020

2019 - Foot figures on rock carvings - Tommy Andersson

Foot figures, also called foot soles, footprints, etc., are a common type of figure on southern Scandinavian rock carvings. In some areas they are the...

January 10, 2020

2019 - Store Frigård - Tony Björk - Regionmuseet Kristianstad/Sydsvensk Arkeologi

In the 1950s and 1960s, an unusually large burial ground was investigated at Store Frigård on Bornholm, which was in use for about 500...

January 10, 2020

2019 - At the anvil and out of the crucible - Iron Age metal crafts in southeastern Scandinavia - Andreas Svensson - Lund University

The thesis project "At the anvil and out of the crucible" deals with the complex metal crafts of the Iron Age, its actors and landscape and economic conditions. The project analyzes...

January 10, 2020

2019 - Signum 100 years - Carl Otto Werkelid

The magazine Signum, in its first decades Credo, celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2020. The magazine provides information from a Catholic Christian point of view on church, culture...

January 10, 2020

2019 - Respons magazine - review journal for the humanities and social sciences - Kay Glans - Respons magazine

Respons magazine is aimed at academics and interested members of the public who want to keep up to date with the latest developments in...

January 10, 2020

2019 - Pierre Forssell - designer in silver, stainless steel, aluminum and brass - Thomas Lindblad

Pierre Forssell was a student at Konstfack's metal department between 1943 and 1949, when he received his journeyman's certificate. Erik Fleming was his teacher...

January 10, 2020

2019 - Political culture in Swedish intelligence. Thede Palm and Jan Rydström - Johan Stenfeldt - Lund University

The project is generally about the Swedish intelligence service studied from a political-cultural perspective. More specifically, the project focuses on a dispute between...

January 10, 2020

2019 - SHF Yearbook 2020 Jan Retsö: From Sinai to Ethiopia - Olle Josephson - Swedish Humanist Federation

Every year, the 2200 members of the Swedish Humanities Federation receive a newly written publication in Swedish humanities research. For 2020, a book is planned...

January 10, 2020

2019 - Historical reconstruction of Gothenburg in 1713 - Karl Vesterberg

In 1917, Arvid Södergren, the second city engineer, began work on producing a Historical Map of Gothenburg, depicting the city's development...