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2013 - How do we experience the body as our own? Research on cerebral cortex mechanisms - Henrik Ehrsson - Karolinska Institutet
Bend your head forward and look down at your body. You see two arms, two legs, a stomach and a chest. ....
2013 - The role of gastrointestinal hormones in the development of addiction disorders - Jörgen Engel - Sahlgrenska Academy
Alcohol dependence is a chronic medical condition that affects around 3 to 8% of the population. It causes great suffering to the individual...
2013 - On the occasion of HM The Queen's 70th birthday - Olof Stenhammar - HM Queen Silvia's Foundation Care About the Children
2013 - Landscape dynamics - Gustaf Svedjemo - Uppsala University, Sweden
The settlement structure on Gotland has over the years been described as unique, as there are no chambered villages on the island, as on the mainland....
2013 - Bridges to Antiquity influence on Swedish cultural and social life 1780-1850 - Emin Tengström - Royal Society for Science and Letters in Gothenburg
The application is for a printing grant for a study of the influence of antiquity on Swedish cultural and social life 1780-1850. The focus is on "the creative...
2013 - Architectural details and life stories in the Utby/Utbynäs district - Ninni Trossholmen - Etnologiska Föreningen i Västsverige
The Ethnological Society of West Sweden was contacted a few years ago by Utby Hembygdsförening for help in producing a book about...
2013 - Medieval text treasure in Uppland churches - Christina Sandquist Öberg
Medieval church paintings are an important part of our country's cultural heritage. Not only the pictorial motifs but also the captions integrated into them, usually...
2013 - Karl Nordström as an artist and art politician - Karin Sidén - Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde
Karl Nordström (1855-1923) was a leading figure in National Romanticism and has come to be recognized in the history of Swedish art as a...
2013 - The value of waste and the costs of disposal - Ylva Sjöstrand - Stockholm University
The thesis "The value of waste and the costs of disposal. Tillvaratagande, förbränning och återvinning i Stockholm 1900-1975" spans between political environmental history, consumption history and cultural history....
2013 - Alliance partner or subject? Sweden and French Subsidies 1630-1800 - Svante Norrhem - Lund University
Between 1631 and 1795, the Swedish state received recurrent subsidies from several European states - mainly France. The subsidies...
2013 - "Silk green, worsted or good cloth". Three Swedish fabric sample collections - Klas Nyberg - Stockholm University
In this recent work, Adolph Modéer's fabric sample collection from 1766 in the Nordic Museum is published in a lavishly annotated catalog. The catalog ...
2013 - FERSEN: A story about the rise and fall of a great power and a noble family - Göran Norrby
The book links one of the most important noble families in Swedish history with the rise and fall of the Swedish Empire. The ...