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Vasa II Part 1 presents more than a thousand finds of wood, metal, and cloth from the most complete rig to survive from before 1800. The unique finds form the basis for a complete reconstruction of the rig of a large warship of the 1620s and paint a vivid picture of ship-handling in the Age of Sail.

Literary scholar Camilla Storskog investigates how classics with Scandinavian orgin have been reinterpreted as comics. The adaptations have been neglected, and Storskog shows how literary works, plays, and films have crossed boundaries of language and media, speaking to new new contexts with their own aesthetic, technical, and narrative qualities.

Historians have long been interested in knowledgeits nature and origin, and the circumstances under which it was createdbut it has only been in recent years that the history of knowledge has emerged as an academic field in its own right. In Circulation of Knowledge, a group of Nordic scholars explore a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to this new and exciting area of historical research. The question of knowledge in motion is central to their investigations, and especially how knowledge is transformed when it circulates between different societal arenas, literary genres, or forms of media. Reflecting on twelve empirical studies, from sixteenth-century cartography to sexology in the 1970s, the authors make a significant contribution to the growing international research on the history of knowledge.

International migration and mobility have implications for many sectors in society, including the museum sector. The museum sector needs, more than ever, to address issues that transcend national borders. This book contributes to the discussion about how museums can improve their engagement in issues of migration and becoming more inclusive.

An in-depth analysis of political organisation and democratization during the crucial 1860-1920 period in Sweden and Germany, this book centres on the formation of liberalism. It argues that despite ideology's individualistic traits, its followers chose to compromise between individual and collective action.

This look into the transformation of the Swedish welfare state through changes in the structure and content of Swedish educational broadcasting provides new insights into how media education fostered political and social change and reflected the changes of government policies as well as the cultural transformation of Swedish society.

Focusing primarily on the individual professional in today's Nordic public-sector organisations, this book describes everyday problems experienced by individuals in official positions. The analysis examines current trends such as rising rates of sick leave, mental burnout, decreasing resources, and constant demand for professional improvement.

Addressing the important perspectives on xenotransplantation and human embryonic stem cell research, this book explores both the enthusiastic proponents and vehement resistance to these new biomedical technologies.