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June 17, 2014

2012 - Europe in the North 1648-1735 - Svante Norrhem - Umeå University

From the 1650s, the Nordic countries were increasingly drawn into the political power game in the rest of Europe, which consisted of alliance building between...

June 17, 2014

2012 - Ingvar Lindqvist Prize 2013 - Staffan Normark - Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Kungl. Through the Ingvar Lindqvist Prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences wants to show Sweden's teachers of mathematics and science their appreciation, and at the same time draw society's attention...

June 17, 2014

2012 - Biography of the natural scientist Bengt Andersson Euphrasén (1755-1796) - Gudrun Nyberg

Bengt Andersson Euphrasén was born in 1755 in Habo as the son of a poor farmer. He nevertheless had access to school ...

June 17, 2014

2012 - The Sunnerby Project - Annelie Nitenberg - Vänermuseet

Since 2000, the Sunnerby Project has conducted archaeological research with annual excavations on Kållandsö in Västergötland. An aristocratic living environment with e.g. ....

June 17, 2014

2012 - The origins of medieval pigments - Anders Nord - Nordiska museet

Sweden's medieval churches are often decorated with beautiful murals. Sometimes the authors are known, e.g. Albertus Pictor, Johannes Iwan or Johannes Rosenrod....

June 17, 2014

2012 - The Age of Gold and the Finnestorp Sacrificial Site - Bengt Nordqvist - Riksantikvarieämbetet UV

During 2000-2004 and 2008-2012, research investigations were carried out at the Finnestorp victim site. A site that turns out to contain a find material that belongs to the category...

June 17, 2014

2012 - Herbert Blomstedt Collection - A Musician Returning Home. Project phase II - Jan-Åke Ling - University of Gothenburg

Over the next two years, a collection of source material will take place around Herbert Blomstedt and his activities as a...

June 17, 2014

2012 - Methodology development and inventory of fire stations - Helena Lundgren

The project is a continuation of the inventory project started and carried out in 2012. The current year's project includes the inventory of...

June 17, 2014

2012 - Rock carvings. New interpretations - Lars Erik Nilsson

The third and final part of a project dealing with new interpretations of rock carvings based on technical analysis. A...

June 17, 2014

2012 - Göteborg International Science Festival - Liselotte Lind - University of Gothenburg

The Science Festival aims to use various science-based activities to inspire children and young people to continue their studies, to see the...

June 17, 2014

2012 - Forskardagarna 2013 - Sebastian Lindholm - Stockholm University

The Research Days take place over two days in October. The program consists mainly of about fifty researchers who give between 60 and...

June 17, 2014

2012 - Pompeii - the return. A collaborative project between academia and cultural institutions - Anne-Marie Leander - Lund University

Millesgården and the Swedish Pompeii Project at Lund University have initiated a collaboration based on the Swedish archaeologists' excavations in Pompeii....