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2017 - Allan Österlind - the Swedish artist who became French - Kåa Wennberg
Allan Österlind (1855-1938), painter, draughtsman, graphic artist and sculptor. After studying 1874-76 at the Academy of Fine Arts, Osterlind went to Paris in 1877 where he became...
2017 - Gunnebo Castle and the artistic program of the neoclassical villa - Stefan Günther - Mölndal City/Gunnebo Castle
When Gunnebo Castle was completed in 1796, it was one of the country's most lavish mansions, with architecture and decoration inspired by ...
2017 - Madame de Sevigné in selection and translation - Arne Melberg
Madame de Sevigné (1626-1696) became famous during her lifetime as a letter writer. These were letters to her many friends who...
2017 - Marstrand Monastery - Thomas Bergstrand - Bohuslän Museum
In 2017, archaeologists from Bohuslän Museum conducted an investigation on Marstrand, Kungälv municipality, when remains of the city's medieval Franciscan monastery were found....
2017 - Crafts & design - one hundred years in Gothenburg - Gudrun Nyberg
The Röhsska Museum, Sweden's only museum dedicated to design, and the School of Design and Crafts (HDK) are two strong...
2017 - New edition of Snorri Sturluson's Norwegian King's Tales I-III - Gunnar D. Hansson
Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla is the most important prose work from the Nordic Middle Ages, alongside the so-called Icelandic sagas. In 2014 it was published...
2017 - Seffle Möbelfabrik - AB String-Seffle: a company monograph - Claes Åkerblom
Seffle Möbelfabrik was founded in 1909. A number of furniture makers had become unemployed in connection with the Great Strike, and found work by...
2017 - Public diplomacy and foreign information influence in Sweden 1719-72 - Erik Bodensten - Lund University
This research project is about how incipient democratization in several European states in the 18th century made a qualitatively new...
2017 - Neanderthals and fire: Routine or opportunistic users? - Johan Sterner - Lund University
When humans learned to control fire is a matter of debate in archaeology. It is an important question because, according to several researchers, fire control...
2017 - History of the Life Guards - Åke Öhrström - History of the Life Guards
On January 14, 1521, on Felix the Confessor's Day, Gustav Eriksson (Vasa) was elected by the people of the East and West Valleys as their chief...
2017 - Reason or emotion? Nobility, love and marriage 1750-1900 - Brita Planck
There is a common perception that marriage in the past had nothing to do with love. That marriage was more about alliances...
2017 - Rulers in life and death. Power strategies in the Late Iron Age - Annelie Nitenberg - West Swedish Archaeology
The thesis project "Rulers in life and death. Social exclusivities and power strategies in Vänerbygd during the Late Iron Age" attempts to study and capture...
