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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...

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...