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2012 - Realizing the dreams of seriously ill children - Martina Ulrichs - My Big Day
Children's imaginations don't work less well because their bodies do. This summarizes the guiding principle of MinStoraDag. MyBigDay helps seriously ill children in...
2012 - The honor, security and rise of the Swedish Empire: motives behind the 18th century Swedish wars of aggression - Oskar Sjöström - Stockholm University
In the 18th century, Sweden launched three wars of aggression: against Russia in 1741, Prussia in 1757 and Russia again in 1788. In historiography, the rationality behind...
2012 - Medieval text treasure in Uppland churches - Christina Sandquist Öberg
Medieval church paintings with integrated captions, usually in Latin, form an important part of our cultural heritage. These often insufficiently considered...
2012 - Analyses of Neolithic settlement material from Kokkola, Falbygden - Karl-Göran Sjögren - University of Gothenburg
The project application concerns analyses of animal bones (osteological analyses and carbon-14 dating and isotope determinations) from the Neolithic settlement at Karleby Logården in...
2012 - Imagining underground mythical beings in Norse literature - Margareta Regebro - Stockholm University
Conceptions of and belief in subterranean beings are very common in Nordic culture, both in older myths and in the...
2012 - In the landscape and between worlds. Bronze Age sacrificial sites in the Mälar/Hjälmar area - Martin Rundkvist
Many of the finest finds from the Bronze Age in the Mälar/Hjälmar landscapes have not been found at settlements or in graves, but at sacrificial sites....
2012 - The Myth of the Journey Home, Scandinavian Artists in France 1889-1908 - Vibeke Röstorp
The myth of the return journey deals with the Swedish and Norwegian artists in France during the years 1889-1908. According to the common perception, this is...
2012 - Adler's journal - S Bertil Olsson
The Linnaeus scholar Carl Fredrik Adler was a sergeant in the Swenska Ost-Indiska Compagniet. During the company's longest completed expedition in 1753-1756, he led...
2012 - Sense or Sensibility: Noble Conceptions of Love and Marriage 1750-1900 - Brita Planck - University of Gothenburg
The overall aim of the thesis project is to map norms and beliefs about love and marriage among the Swedish nobility during the...
2012 - Future visualization for innovative shapes - a study of the design process - Ulrike Rahe - Chalmers University of Technology
Innovative product shapes drive consumer choice in today's competitive market. The creation of innovative products with aesthetic quality is one of the...
2012 - Europe in the North 1648-1735 - Svante Norrhem - Umeå University
From the 1650s, the Nordic countries were increasingly drawn into the political power game in the rest of Europe, which consisted of alliance building between...
2012 - Ingvar Lindqvist Prize 2013 - Staffan Normark - Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Kungl. Through the Ingvar Lindqvist Prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences wants to show Sweden's teachers of mathematics and science their appreciation, and at the same time draw society's attention...
