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Björklund, Annika, Fil drORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0002-1124-4946
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Strandin Pers, A., Lagerqvist, M. & Björklund, A. (2022). Walk a mile in someone else’s shoes: The difficult school route and how it was managed during the emergence of the Swedish folkskolan, 1840–1930. Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift, 76(1), 1-13
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Walk a mile in someone else’s shoes: The difficult school route and how it was managed during the emergence of the Swedish folkskolan, 1840–1930
2022 (English)In: Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift, ISSN 0029-1951, E-ISSN 1502-5292, Vol. 76, no 1, p. 1-13Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In Sweden, common elementary schools (folkskolan) were introduced in the 1840s. As a consequence, children started walking to and from school several days per week. The school route, as both place and practice, impacted society and families; it created new ways and needs in everyday life. From a time-geographic perspective, the article investigates children’s mobility in everyday life in order to understand what walking to school encompassed. Moreover, whereas the common narrative of school routes in the past emphasizes distances and challenges of the journeys it often omits the adult world’s comprehension and involvement. The aim of the article is to increase understandings of the school route as a phenomenon and its meanings in everyday life from a historical perspective. Through qualitative analysis of memoirs and societal discussions, the authors focus on the difficulties (conceptualized as “weights”) that the school routes could entail and how the adult world tried to manage them (conceptualized as “reliefs”). One conclusion is that society and families were aware of, and tried to deal with, those hardships, and a second is that the school route was more than a distance. In this regard, variations in families’ geographical and socioeconomic positions and the physical landscape played crucial roles. 

Keywords
common school introduction, folkskolan, historical school routes, time geography, Sweden
National Category
Social and Economic Geography
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-202738 (URN)10.1080/00291951.2022.2032322 (DOI)000755447000001 ()2-s2.0-85124745049 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2022-03-14 Created: 2022-03-14 Last updated: 2022-05-11Bibliographically approved
Strandin Pers, A. & Annika, B. (2019). Skolvägens historiska geografi: metodutveckling med fokus på kartering och skildringar av skolvägar efter allmänna folkskolans införande 1840. Stockholm: Kulturgeografiska institutionen, Stockholms universitet
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Skolvägens historiska geografi: metodutveckling med fokus på kartering och skildringar av skolvägar efter allmänna folkskolans införande 1840
2019 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Kulturgeografiska institutionen, Stockholms universitet, 2019. p. 39
Series
Kulturgeografiskt seminarium: rapporter, meddelanden, uppsatser från Kulturgeografiska institutionen, Stockholms universitet, ISSN 0347-9552 ; 2019:1
National Category
Human Geography
Research subject
Human Geography
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-179848 (URN)978-91-87355-88-2 (ISBN)
Available from: 2020-03-11 Created: 2020-03-11 Last updated: 2022-02-26Bibliographically approved
Björklund, A. (2014). Arrenden av stadsjord: exempel från 1800-talets Uppsala och Lund. In: Anders Wästfelt (Ed.), Att bruka men inte äga: arrende och annan nyttjanderätt till mark i svenskt jordbruk från medeltid till idag (pp. 132-150). Stockholm: Kungl. Skogs- och Lantbruksakademien
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Arrenden av stadsjord: exempel från 1800-talets Uppsala och Lund
2014 (Swedish)In: Att bruka men inte äga: arrende och annan nyttjanderätt till mark i svenskt jordbruk från medeltid till idag / [ed] Anders Wästfelt, Stockholm: Kungl. Skogs- och Lantbruksakademien, 2014, p. 132-150Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Kungl. Skogs- och Lantbruksakademien, 2014
Series
Skogs- och lantbrukshistoriska meddelanden, ISSN 1402-0386 ; 61
National Category
Human Geography
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-112657 (URN)978-91-86573-35-5 (ISBN)
Available from: 2015-01-13 Created: 2015-01-13 Last updated: 2022-02-28Bibliographically approved
Björklund, A. (2014). Det medeltida Sverige: Uppland, Tiundaland: Håbo härad och Sigtuna stad. Stockholm: Riksarkivet
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Det medeltida Sverige: Uppland, Tiundaland: Håbo härad och Sigtuna stad
2014 (Swedish)Book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Riksarkivet, 2014. p. 348
Series
Det medeltida Sverige
National Category
History
Research subject
History; Human Geography
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-115369 (URN)978-91-87491-07-8 (ISBN)
Available from: 2015-03-20 Created: 2015-03-20 Last updated: 2022-02-28Bibliographically approved
Björklund, A. (2013). I Arns landskap: om autenticitet och historiesyn i kulturarvsturismen. Bebyggelsehistorisk tidskrift, 2012(64), 8-25
Open this publication in new window or tab >>I Arns landskap: om autenticitet och historiesyn i kulturarvsturismen
2013 (Swedish)In: Bebyggelsehistorisk tidskrift, ISSN 0349-2834, Vol. 2012, no 64, p. 8-25Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article examines the use made by heritage tourism of fiction, authenticity and historical knowledge with a view to augmenting interest in the Västergötland heritage. It takes as its starting point Jan Guillous story of the medieval Knight Templar Arn Magnusson. The series of Arn novels was published between 1998 and 2001, and two feature films were made in 2007 and 2008. Research in recent decades has clearly shown the medieval period to have been one of extensive international contacts and influences, a point which Gulliou highlights. One might therefore expect heritage tourism surrounding Arn to have been informed by narratives concerning the multicultural society of the Middle Ages. The present article investigates this aspect, or which stories have recieved prominence in heritage tourism and which have been rejected. The article shows how authenticity has been used in these connections. The source material is based on the websites of seven tourism providers, and the marketing of Arn-related tourism has been studied at two points of time, namely 2009 and 2011/2012. The article also discusses the use of history and how historically related tourism hepls to shape out view of history.

Marketed Arn tourism changed between 2009 and 2012, through the cutting back of experience-based authenticity in defence to a more object-based authenticity linked mainly to churches and monastic ruins. These historical remains, however, have not been used in heritage tourism as a means of describing the medieval network of international contacts, despite the pivotal role played by both churches and monasticism in these connections. As a result, the picture conveyed is founded on simplified stereotypes and affords a limited, partly inaccurate portrayal of medieval society. International influences and networks in that society could be used by heritage tourism for describing the dynamics of the medieval period, while at the same time indicating that societies have always been changed and developed under the impact of new influences.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Bebyggelsehistorisk tidskrift, 2013
National Category
Social Sciences Human Geography
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-97790 (URN)
Available from: 2013-12-17 Created: 2013-12-17 Last updated: 2022-02-28Bibliographically approved
Björklund, A. (2012). Eating, sleeeping and dancing: Exploring the development of and function of town hotels in the 19th and 20th centuries (1ed.). In: Lukas Smas (Ed.), Hotel Spaces: Urban and economic geographical perspectives on hotels and hotel developments (pp. 11-18). Stockholm: Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Eating, sleeeping and dancing: Exploring the development of and function of town hotels in the 19th and 20th centuries
2012 (English)In: Hotel Spaces: Urban and economic geographical perspectives on hotels and hotel developments / [ed] Lukas Smas, Stockholm: Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University , 2012, 1, p. 11-18Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University, 2012 Edition: 1
Series
Kulturgeografiskt seminarium: rapporter, meddelanden, uppsatser från Kulturgeografiska institutionen, Stockholms universitet, ISSN 0347-9552
National Category
Human Geography
Research subject
Human Geography
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-86127 (URN)
Available from: 2013-01-11 Created: 2013-01-11 Last updated: 2022-02-28Bibliographically approved
Björklund, A. (2011). Constructing a Housing Database for Family Formation Analyses in Europe 1945-2010.. Paper presented at ENHR-conference (European Network for Housing Research) Toulouse France, July 5-8 2011.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Constructing a Housing Database for Family Formation Analyses in Europe 1945-2010.
2011 (English)Conference paper, Published paper (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The aim of this paper is to discuss the connections between housing policy and family dynamics, and to show how and why housing policy can affect fertility. Since WWII housing policy has changed considerably in European countries. The general policy trend has moved away from ample state subsidies and state regulations of housing markets, towards free market solutions for housing and housing construction, sharply decreasing general housing subsidies and a shift instead towards appointed subsidies to low-income areas and low-income groups. In spite of similar trends in housing policies between European countries, there are temporal as well as spatial variations between countries. These differences offer a possibility to identify effects of housing market conditions on fertility and family dynamics. One result of the changing policy trends is higher general costs for housing at household level. Based on empirical research it has been shown that there are significant links between housing costs and family dynamics, as increasing costs for housing has led to decreasing rates of fertility. Most European countries today face declining birth-rates. Analysing the connections between housing policy and fertility may therefore be highly relevant in order to better understand the effects of housing policies on society, in particular, the consequences for population development and family dynamics. At present, however, such studies may be carried out at national levels, but, at European level, these analyses are challenging, since there is a lack of data infrastructure and the data bases required for such research approach. This paper therefore suggests how a European data base on housing policy and housing market could be designed, by discussing essential variables and indicators to include in such a data base.

Keywords
housing, family formation, housing policy, data base
National Category
Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Research subject
Human Geography
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-71828 (URN)
Conference
ENHR-conference (European Network for Housing Research) Toulouse France, July 5-8 2011
Available from: 2012-01-30 Created: 2012-01-30 Last updated: 2022-02-28Bibliographically approved
Björklund, A. (2010). Historical Urban Agriculture: Food Production and Access to Land in Swedish Towns before 1900. (Doctoral dissertation). Stockholm: Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Historical Urban Agriculture: Food Production and Access to Land in Swedish Towns before 1900
2010 (English)Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

This doctoral thesis analyses the role of historical urban agriculture in a long-time perspective, through a combination of overarching surveys of Swedish towns and detailed studies of one town – Uppsala in east-central Sweden. The study shows how agricultural land – town land – of various sizes was donated to towns repeatedly during medieval times and in the 16th and 17th centuries. The study examines urban food production at three points in time, and concludes that grain production and, later, potato production as well was substantial in many towns, indicating high levels of urban self-sufficiency. This allows new perspectives concerning the interpretation of urban food provision, as urban dependency on countryside food production might have varied considerably between towns. In addition, the study shows how urban agriculture was connected to social welfare systems, in particular aiming at supporting urban widows. The results in this thesis provide an historical context to the increasing discussions about present-day urban agriculture globally, and identify a number of factors that may create or counteract opportunities for urban agriculture.  

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis, 2010. p. 300
Series
Stockholm studies in human geography, ISSN 0349-7003 ; 20
Keywords
urban agriculture, urban history, urban geography, Sweden, town, food production, food consumption, Uppsala, historical geography, land allocation, cadastral maps, urban land-use
National Category
Human Geography
Research subject
Human Geography
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-42578 (URN)978-91-86071-48-6 (ISBN)
Public defence
2010-10-15, De Geersalen, Geovetenskapens hus, Svante Arrhenius väg 14, Stockholm, 10:00 (English)
Opponent
Supervisors
Available from: 2010-09-23 Created: 2010-09-08 Last updated: 2022-05-20Bibliographically approved
Björklund, A. (2008). Hagvaktare och fäkarlar, svinaherdar och åkervaktare: Om några lantliga yrkesgrupper i historiska svenska städer.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Hagvaktare och fäkarlar, svinaherdar och åkervaktare: Om några lantliga yrkesgrupper i historiska svenska städer
2008 (Swedish)Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
Series
Geografiska Notiser ; 2:2008
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-16391 (URN)
Available from: 2008-12-17 Created: 2008-12-17 Last updated: 2022-02-28Bibliographically approved
Björklund, A. (2008). Nils Ahlberg: Stadsgrundningar och planförändringar: svensk stadsplanering 1521-1721 [Review]. Bebyggelsehistorisk Tidskrift: Kartans prakt och praktik (55)
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Nils Ahlberg: Stadsgrundningar och planförändringar: svensk stadsplanering 1521-1721
2008 (Swedish)In: Bebyggelsehistorisk Tidskrift: Kartans prakt och praktik, ISSN 0349-2834, no 55Article, book review (Refereed) Published
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-16392 (URN)
Available from: 2008-12-17 Created: 2008-12-17 Last updated: 2022-02-28Bibliographically approved
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