Essays about: "swedish history"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 121 essays containing the words swedish history.

  1. 1. Fairytale land

    University essay from Konstfack/Institutionen för Konst (K)

    Author : Camilla Edström; [2012]
    Keywords : satumaa; film; camilla edström; finland; excluding; process; swedish speaker; nationalism; populism; konstfack;

    Abstract : This essay will explain some of the key concepts of my theoretical interests in my artistic practice and point out how these are adapted in my recent work, the Satumaa triology. The trilogy consists of films concerning my own status as a Swedish speaking Finn and the history of processes of exclusion in a national community, in this particular case Finland. READ MORE

  3. 2. Tame animals in the wilderness : livestock grazing around summer farms in Jämtland, boreal Sweden 1800-2011

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Felicia Olsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Forest grazing; forest history; summer farms; stocking density; skogsbete; skogshistoria; fäbodar; betestryck;

    Abstract : The forest and mire landscape surrounding the north Swedish villages have been of fundamental importance through time for the farmers. In the Scandinavian summer farm system the forest and mire pasture was used to its full potential. READ MORE

  4. 3. Genetic variation in local Swedish sheep breeds

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Author : Linnea Dahlberg; [2012]
    Keywords : sheep; genetic diversity; microsatellite; får; allmogefår; mikrosatellit;

    Abstract : Sheep have played a very important part in rural history. In Sweden there were many kinds of small native breeds, kept for their meat and fleece. Women cared for the flock that often had very little to feed on during the cold and sometimes harsh winter months. READ MORE

  5. 4. Utsikt från höghastighetståg : om reseupplevelsens krav på landskapet

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Agnes Alvarsson Hjort; [2012]
    Keywords : höghastighetsbana; reseupplevelse; Ostlänken; järnväg; anspråk; landskap; landskapsbild; landskapsplanering;

    Abstract : As we travel more and more by train it becomes increasingly important that the time we spend traveling, is of great quality. This has been the foundation of this master thesis and has shaped the outcome of it. READ MORE

  6. 5. Järnvägsnära gestaltning - med fokus på Tyringe stationsområde

    University essay from SLU/Landscape Architecture

    Author : Emma Cronholm; [2012]
    Keywords : järnvägsnära gestaltning; stationsområde; järnvägsstation; Tyringe; trafikantupplevelse; banestetik; infart; tågtrafik; kollektivtrafik; Det transportpolitiska målet; tågstation;

    Abstract : Det här arbetet handlar om järnvägsnära gestaltning. I samhället harinställningen till järnvägen och dennas omgivningar växlat från attligga i fokus under slutet på 1800- och början på 1900-talet till atthamna i skymundan på 1960-talet på grund av bilens framgångar. READ MORE