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January 25, 2017

2016 - The museum patron in the Swedish art field around the middle of the 20th century - Christina Gunneriusson Wistman

The research project deals with the Swedish museum scene and museum creation in Sweden. It aims to investigate new museums in Sweden at the middle of the...

January 25, 2017

2016 - From Tacitus to Tolkien. Yearbook of the Swedish Humanities Federation 2017 - Lars Lönnroth - Svenska Humanistiska Förbundet

The book "From Tacitus to Tolkien. The Germanic trace in Western poetry" is planned as the yearbook of the Swedish Humanities Association 2017....

January 25, 2017

2016 - Villa Baggås - Jan Granberg

Villa Baggås, one of Saltsjöbaden’s most iconic buildings, was popularly known as “Söderberg’s Church.” The villa was built in 1909 based on designs by two of the era’s...

January 25, 2017

2016 - East Indian book project: "Seafarers and Supercargoes" - LarsOlof Lööf - The National Archives

Register of all officers of the Swedish East India Company who sailed between 1731 and 1805, with life history and family relationships and associated...

January 25, 2017

2016 - Collections and History of the Röhsska Museum - Ritwa Herjulfsdotter - Röhsska museet

The purpose of the research project is to highlight and reflect on the basis of relevant and current humanistic perspectives on which Röhsska...

January 25, 2017

2016 - Publication of Research & Progress in 2017 - Patrik Hadenius - Research & Progress

The aim of the journal is to report on research and research results and on the role of research in society. The topics and research results that...

January 25, 2017

2016 - The great cattle death - cattle plague and anthrax in the 18th century - Johanna Widenberg - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

"The Great Cattle Death. The fight against cattle plague and anthrax in the 18th century Swedish kingdom" is a Swedish-language monograph based on a multi-year...

January 25, 2017

2016 - From stairwell to pedestrian tunnel: Urban motifs in Swedish young adult literature - Lydia Wistisen - Stockholm University

The project aims to investigate urban motifs in Swedish youth literature from the turn of the 20th century until the early 2000s. Despite ...

January 25, 2017

2016 - The Swedish History Days 2017 - Dag Klackenberg - The Swedish History Days

Interest in history is strong and growing. The need for a deeper awareness of history is often highlighted, not least in debates about school...

January 25, 2017

2016 - Marstrand Monastery - Thomas Bergstrand - Bohuslän Museum

In 2014, Bohuslän Museum commissioned a ground-penetrating radar survey of the old cemetery at Marstrand church. The results show that a large...

January 25, 2017

2016 - The Jemseby Book - Per Ragnarsson

The Jemseby method is a patented photographic reproduction method invented by Anton Jemseby in the 1940s and subsequently developed and refined by Anton's son,...

January 25, 2017

2016 - The Sons of Joseph. When Europe came to Sweden - Tiina Rosenberg - Stockholm University

The book is about Ludvig Josephson (1832-1899), Sweden's first professional director in theater and opera, active also as a debater with a combative...