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2012 - Bruno Liljefors and the Nature Photographers - Göran Söderlund - Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde
The project includes a richly illustrated publication of about 150 pages linked to an exhibition intended to take place at the Prince of...
2012 - Civic audiences: Media and social reformism in the 1930s - Petter Tistedt
The research project combines media history with a political history of Swedish 1930s social reformism and welfare building. The thesis explores how concrete contexts were created...
2012 - Realizing the dreams of seriously ill children - Martina Ulrichs - My Big Day
Children's imaginations don't work less well because their bodies do. This summarizes the guiding principle of MinStoraDag. MyBigDay helps seriously ill children in...
2012 - The honor, security and rise of the Swedish Empire: motives behind the 18th century Swedish wars of aggression - Oskar Sjöström - Stockholm University
In the 18th century, Sweden launched three wars of aggression: against Russia in 1741, Prussia in 1757 and Russia again in 1788. In historiography, the rationality behind...
2012 - Medieval text treasure in Uppland churches - Christina Sandquist Öberg
Medieval church paintings with integrated captions, usually in Latin, form an important part of our cultural heritage. These often insufficiently considered...
2012 - Analyses of Neolithic settlement material from Kokkola, Falbygden - Karl-Göran Sjögren - University of Gothenburg
The project application concerns analyses of animal bones (osteological analyses and carbon-14 dating and isotope determinations) from the Neolithic settlement at Karleby Logården in...
2012 - Imagining underground mythical beings in Norse literature - Margareta Regebro - Stockholm University
Conceptions of and belief in subterranean beings are very common in Nordic culture, both in older myths and in the...
2012 - In the landscape and between worlds. Bronze Age sacrificial sites in the Mälar/Hjälmar area - Martin Rundkvist
Many of the finest finds from the Bronze Age in the Mälar/Hjälmar landscapes have not been found at settlements or in graves, but at sacrificial sites....
2012 - The Myth of the Journey Home, Scandinavian Artists in France 1889-1908 - Vibeke Röstorp
The myth of the return journey deals with the Swedish and Norwegian artists in France during the years 1889-1908. According to the common perception, this is...
2012 - Adler's journal - S Bertil Olsson
The Linnaeus scholar Carl Fredrik Adler was a sergeant in the Swenska Ost-Indiska Compagniet. During the company's longest completed expedition in 1753-1756, he led...
2012 - Sense or Sensibility: Noble Conceptions of Love and Marriage 1750-1900 - Brita Planck - University of Gothenburg
The overall aim of the thesis project is to map norms and beliefs about love and marriage among the Swedish nobility during the...
2012 - Future visualization for innovative shapes - a study of the design process - Ulrike Rahe - Chalmers University of Technology
Innovative product shapes drive consumer choice in today's competitive market. The creation of innovative products with aesthetic quality is one of the...
