Essays about: "Medelpad"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the word Medelpad.

  1. 1. The Enlightenment Travels North : The ideology and practice in parish descriptions in early modern Norrland

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Johan Persson; [2023]
    Keywords : Swedish Enlightenment; Enlightenment; topographical literature; parish descriptions; Abraham Abrahamson Hülphers; travel journals; Norrland; science in practice; superstitions; slumbering riches; imperial gaze; Northern Sweden; Medelpad; Ångermanland; Åsele Lappmark;

    Abstract : This thesis is a study of factory owner Abraham Abrahamson Hülphers’s collections of parish description about the parishes in Norrland, more specifically those about Medelpad and Ångermanland. The thesis seeks to explain how Hülphers’s collections were created in practice while also presenting the descriptions content and analysing the ideology it reproduced. READ MORE

  3. 2. Coins, glass shards and other means of payment - A comparative study of Scandinavian Charon object burials using R. Dawkins’ meme theory

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Markus Ahlberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Charon’s fee; Obolus; Roman Iron Age; Migration Period; Elite Burial; Mercenary; Meme; Engbjerg; Himlingøje; Högom; Kälder; Hol; Gile; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis’ topic is to investigate the evolutionary dispersal of the Charon’s fee or Obolus rite outside the Roman provinces in Northern Europe, with a specific focus on Roman Iron Age and Migration Period Scandinavia. The aim of this study is therefore to add further understanding to the spread of Roman cultural influences outside the imperial borders and what made Roman material and ideological culture so attractive to the Germanic and Scandinavian Iron Age peoples. READ MORE

  4. 3. Population Dynamics of Transposable Elements in Leptidea sinapis

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Ahmet Melih Öten; [2022]
    Keywords : transposable elements; transposons; population dynamics; Leptidea sinapis; genomics; bioinformatics;

    Abstract : Although transposable elements (TEs) have been subjected to detailed study in various organisms such as humans, maize, and drosophila, this is not the case for all organisms. Despite numerous studies on the effects of TEs in the field of evolution and functional genomics, there has not been many studies yet on how much variation these elements show in populations. READ MORE

  5. 4. Kvalitetsskillnader i talltimmerleveranser till Bollsta sågverk fördelat på region, årstid, ursprung och diameter

    University essay from SLU/School for Forest Management

    Author : Carl Ivarsson; Jonas Muhr; [2020]
    Keywords : virkesmätning; kvalitetssortering; Pinus sylvestris;

    Abstract : The study compared quality distribution in deliveries of pine sawlogs to SCA's sawmill Bollsta in 2019. The purpose was to investigate whether there were any differences depending on region, origin, season for harvesting and diameter and to create a picture of how the current quality classification meets the sawmill's own sorting. READ MORE

  6. 5. Underväxtens påverkan på produktiviteten och gallringskvalitén hos två gallringsskördare

    University essay from SLU/School for Forest Management

    Author : Olov Skogelid; [2019]
    Keywords : underväxtröjning; förröjning; tidsstudie;

    Abstract : Before thinning, there may be a need for undergrowth clearing. This is because the undergrowth can create problems during the thinning operation. If an undergrowth clearing is performed before thinning, the harvester may achieve higher productivity, and the average volume per harvested stem may be a higher. READ MORE