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January 25, 2017

2016 - History of Karlstad Bishopric - Carl-Johan Ivarsson - Stiftshistoriska sällskapet

Karlstad has been a diocesan town since 1647. Since the 1680s, the head of the diocese has lived on the current site in the Udden block. The current building was built...

January 25, 2017

2016 - The buried in Håga "nothing prevents that the bones could have been a woman's" - Reidar Magnusson

The Hågahögen mound contained one of the most famous Bronze Age grave finds in Sweden. The person buried in the main grave was assumed to be a man...

January 25, 2017

2016 - The Bohus coast - a grumpy paradise - Svante Lysén - Royal Institute of Technology

"Bohuskust - ett vresigt paradis" is a documentary film of about 58 minutes intended for SVT about the nature, animals -...

January 25, 2017

2016 - Publication of Popular Archaeology in 2017 - Patrik Hadenius - Science Media in Sweden

Popular Archaeology has been published in various forms for 20 years. Now the magazine is facing a major change. The former publisher...

January 25, 2017

2016 - The censored letters of the Karolinska prisoners - Lars Bergman - Riksföreningen Sverigekontakt

After the defeats at Poltava and Perevolochna in 1709, more than 23 000 prisoners of war from the Swedish army were...

January 25, 2017

2016 - The future is not what it used to be. Stories about the transformation of Stockholm - Anders Sjöbrandt - Stockholm University

The thesis is about the great urban transformation of Stockholm after the Second World War, but not about how the transformation process itself took place. The ...

January 25, 2017

2016 - Agriculture, health and the secondary product revolution 2300-1100 BC - Anna Tornberg - Lund University

There is a saying "You are what you eat". Our diet and environment affect our bodies and are reflected in our health. It is...

January 25, 2017

2016 - Old Jewish Cemetery - Christina Backman - Jewish Community of Gothenburg

The Old Mosaic Cemetery in Gothenburg project has started work to renovate the Mosaic (Jewish) cemetery at Svingeln in Gothenburg. The site ...

January 25, 2017

2016 - Study on baseline strontium levels in Skåne - Sophie Bergerbrant - University of Gothenburg

Mobility studies have become increasingly popular in archaeology. One example of the increased understanding it can provide is the study of...

January 25, 2017

2016 - The Universal Language. International Abstraction in Sweden 1945-1970 - Kristoffer Arvidsson - Gothenburg Museum of Art

The project examines the role that notions of abstraction as an international language played in Swedish art life 1945-1970. The focus is on...

January 25, 2017

2016 - Feast and celebration on Grönsöö - Jacob von Ehrenheim - Grönsöö

In 2017, we want to highlight the different ways in which the celebrations of life and the seasons have manifested themselves. The book.

January 25, 2017

2016 - The green wealth - agrarian resources and consumption in Iron Age Uppåkra - Mikael Larsson - Lund University

Agrarian cereal production - the green wealth - was the basis for the economic and material prosperity associated with...