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2015 - Axel Sjöberg - among islands and skerries - Elsebeth Welander-Berggren - Sven-Harry Art Museum
The artist Axel Sjöberg (1866-1950) is one of the archipelago's foremost artists, he often portrayed the difficult living conditions of the resident population...
2015 - The history of Swedish children's and young people's literature - Åsa Warnqvist - Svenska barnboksinstitutet
The project aims to provide a completely new historical account of children's and young people's literature c. 1300-2010, with a focus on...
2015 - Architectural details and life stories in the Utby/Utbynäs district - Ninni Trossholmen - Ethnological Society of Western Sweden
The book about architect Arvid Bjerke and his work begins with an account of the social climate and architectural ideals that prevailed...
2015 - Arenas of craftsmanship - bronze casting in the southern Scandinavian Bronze Age - Anna Sörman - Stockholm University
In recent decades, large-scale archaeological excavations have led to an increasing number of traces of Bronze Age metal crafts being found in Sweden....
2015 - How understandable is history? - Anna-Carin Stymne - Stockholm University
Society is changing at an ever faster pace. With increased knowledge production, information dissemination and specialization, the teaching of history in schools is faced with...
2015 - Scientific cataloging and analysis of a unique 18th-century library - Susanna Slöör - Royal Academy of Fine Arts
In 2001 and 2007, the internationally important art and architecture library of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts was preserved and housed in the space created...
2015 - 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 ...
2015 - Styrsö Chamber Soloists - Agneta Olsson - Styrsö Parish
With three chamber concerts in Styrsö Church in August 2015, members of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra are given the opportunity for training and skills development through...
2015 - The church bells in Bolstad medieval church. Culture, history and message - Harry Nyberg
The project aims to correct previous research on the Bolstad church in Dalsland. It will provide reasonable and reliable explanations for the...
2015 - The Age of Gold and the Finnestorp Sacrificial Site - Bengt Nordqvist - Archaeology of the Finnestorp Sacrificial Site
During 2000-2004 and 2008-2012, research investigations were carried out at the Finnestorp victim site. A site that turns out to contain a find material that belongs to the category...
2015 - Color studies of six Norrland church murals - Anders Nord - Nordiska museet
Sweden's medieval churches are often painted on the inside. These murals are sometimes well preserved, other times fragmentary and in poor condition. The project participants, with...
2015 - The path of knowledge - Andreas Nilsson - Lund University
Scandinavian bronze craftsmanship during the Bronze Age has been discussed in various contexts countless times. That discussion can continue thanks to new discoveries...
