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2019 - German anti-Versailles propaganda in Swedish newspapers 1919-1939 - Andreas Åkerlund - Södertörn University
The project investigates the activities of German actors in placing articles with propagandistic content in Swedish newspapers during the period 1919-1939. The main research object...
2019 - The wallpaper makers - self-sufficient and skilled in 18th century Stockholm - Mia Skott
Eleven women were granted permission to print and paint wallpaper in Stockholm during the period 1739-1759. On the basis of existing research,...
2019 - The museum spirit 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...
2019 - Women take their place. Architects for 100 years. Gothenburg 1920-2020 - Gunilla Linde Bjur
Gothenburg's architectural history over the past 100 years has been characterized by a large number of university-educated architects. In the early 1900s, the profession was only practiced...
2019 - An enchanted world/An förtrollad värld - Göran Malmstedt - University of Gothenburg
An English translation enables the publication of the monograph "An Enchanted World. Premodern beliefs and Bohuslän witchcraft trials 1669-1672" (2018)...
2019 - The Age of Gold and the Finnestorp Sacrificial Site - Bengt Nordqvist - Archaeology Finnestorp Sacrificial Site
During 2000-2004 and 2008-2012, investigations were carried out at Offerplats Finnestorp. A site that contains a find material that belongs to the category - "the...
2019 - Wooden buildings and people in early modern society - Andrine Nilsen - University of Gothenburg
The thesis focuses on the early modern wooden city building (c. 1400-1799) and its social aspects, mainly focusing on Swedish conditions but also...
2019 - Publication of the journal Forskning & Framsteg in 2020 - Viveka Ljungström - Research and progress
The journal Forskning & Framsteg reports on research and research results, and on the role of research in society. The topics and research results that...
2018 - Botulf from Gottröra and the hunt for heretics in the European periphery - Gustav Zamore - Stockholm University
Botulf of Gottröra (d. 1311) is, as far as we know, the only person executed for heresy in the Swedish Middle Ages. It is...
2018 - King Gustaf VI Adolf as archaeologist and cultural patron - Frederick Whitling
The project is a study of Gustaf VI Adolf (1882-1973, King of Sweden 1950-1973) as an archaeologist, cultural patron and chairman of the board; it aims...
2018 - Everyday life on Grönsöö - Jacob von Ehrenheim - Grönsöö Castle
The idea of the 2019 book and exhibition is to highlight the everyday, unglamorous life on Grönsöö, as it was lived...
2018 - Partille Manor through the ages - cultural-historical observations - Ninni Trossholmen - Ethnological Society of West Sweden
My interest in Partille and its manor was awakened during my several years of work with the district of Utby, which until 1928 belonged to Partille...
