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2014 - Lily stones and stave crosses in the 12th and 13th centuries in the Vänerland landscape - Anna Nyqvist Thorsson - University of Gothenburg
The application is for funding for the completion of my thesis, which is based on a medieval material called lily stones and stave cross slabs. At the moment...
2014 - The Bohus coast - a grim paradise - Svante Lysén
In recent decades, only a handful of films have been produced about the Bohus coast, such as lobster fishing, archipelago communities and underwater films, but none...
2014 - Architects in Gothenburg during one hundred years. Women take their place in the 20th century - Gunilla Linde Bjur
Gothenburg's architectural history over the past hundred years has been characterized by a large number of university-educated architects. In the early 1900s, the profession was only practiced...
2014 - The censored letters of the Karolinska prisoners - Lars Bergman - Riksföreningen Sverigekontakt
After the defeats at Poltava and Perevolotjna in 1709, 23 000 prisoners of war from the Swedish army were deployed in Russia, many...
2014 - Ruler identities in life and death in Vendeland and Viking Age Västergötland - Annelie Nitenberg - West Swedish Archaeology
In the landscape, there are many different types of material remains that represent the traces of human activity in the past. These...
2014 - Hedvig Eleonora - Queen of the Swedish Baroque - Margareta Nisser Dalman - The Court States
For more than sixty years, Queen Hedvig Eleonora (1636-1715) was Sweden's most powerful woman. Her deeds are largely characterized by...
2014 - Art on Grönsöö - Carl Gustaf von Ehrenheim - Grönsöö
Through long successions, especially in the von Ehrenheim, von Engeström, Benzelius, Mörner and Blomstedt families, a broad range of periods and genres has been...
2014 - The Forgotten Blockade Breakers - Norwegian-Swedish war drama in several acts 1940-1945 - Anders Johansson
The occupation of Norway and Denmark by Nazi Germany in spring 1940 meant that Sweden's exports and imports were severely restricted by the 'Skagerrak barrier'. Britain needed to...
2014 - Activities in preschool class and first grade of primary school - Christina Aminoff - Linköping University
The preschool class was brought into the school and became a separate school form in 1998. With the establishment of the preschool class, there was an ambition to...
2014 - Green future - The Botanical Garden invests in children and science - Sofie Olofsson - Lund University
Children and young people's time in nature has halved over the past 20 years. At the same rate, their opportunities are also deteriorating...
2014 - Bronze Age tombs - Tommy Andersson
During the ongoing documentation of the rock carvings in the Kivik Grave, we have found several never before observed figures. Already now we know...
2014 - Gödåker - an Upper Swedish burial ground from the Early Iron Age - Kent Andersson
The burial ground at Gödåker was investigated on various occasions during the 20th century and very remarkable graves and finds were discovered. Despite its great importance...
