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Found 3 swedish dissertations matching the above criteria.

  2. 1. Mirakler och helgonkult : Linköpings biskopdöme under senmedeltid

    Author : Anders Fröjmark; Eva Österberg; Thomas Lindkvist; Torkel Jansson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; St. Bridget of Sweden; St. Catherine of Vadstena; St. Nicholas Hermansson; Linköping diocese; Miracle collections; Late Middle Ages; Senmedeltiden; Heliga Birgitta; Linköpings biskopsdöme; Mirakel; Katarina Ulfsdotter; Biskop Nils Hermansson; History subjects; Historieämnen; Historia; History; History;

    Abstract : This work studies the introduction of three new cults of saints in the Linköping Bishopric during the Late Middle Ages. Two of them were based at Vadstena Convent: the Holy Bridgel (Birgitta, d. 1373) cult which had its beginning in 1374 and the cult of Katarina Ulfsdotter (d. 1381), which started during the 1410's. READ MORE

  4. 2. Honourable Merchant or Efficient Businessman : The Transformation of Economic Culture and the Leading Economic Actors in Gävle 1765–1869

    Author : Stefan Lundblad; Torkel Jansson; György Nováky; Leos Müller; Christine Bladh; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : History; Economic Culture; Merchant; Businessman; Trade; Industrialization; Practice; Symbol; Institutions; History; Gävle; Sweden; Production; Historia;

    Abstract : This dissertation deals with how economic actors acted and related to economic institutions that were in a state of change. The question can be formulated as follows: How did the economic culture that Gävle's leading economic actors were a part of change during the period 1765–1869? The aim of the study is to provide new insight into Swedish economic development during this period. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Swedish Jews and the victims of Nazi terror, 1933–1945

    Author : Pontus Rudberg; Lars M. Andersson; Margaret Hunt; Torkel Jansson; Bernard Wasserstein; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Modern Jewish history; Holocaust studies; Sweden; the Jewish community of Stockholm; refugees; humanitarian aid; Historia; History;

    Abstract : This dissertation aims to provide new knowledge about Jewish responses to the Nazi persecutions and the Holocaust. This has been done through a study of the actions of the Jewish minority in Sweden during the Nazi era. READ MORE