Elin Bergman Postdoc

Reseacher in art history, earned my PhD in May 2024 with the thesis The Garden’s Texture : Spatial, material, and social perspectives on privately owned gardens in Sweden circa 1900-1930 (title translated). The dissertation is written in Swedish but with an English summary.

Since January 2025, I am working on a postdoc project concerning the green spaces of the general art and industrial exhibitions in focus: the designed exhibition space with trees, bushes and flowers which contributed on an elementary level to the experience of the exhibition as a whole. Furthermore, these exhibitions usually also included designated spaces for horticultural developments and contests where produce from kitchen gardens, flowers and indoor plants were showcased. Some exhibitions also included miniature gardens designed on site, and models, plans, and photographs all conveyed gardening ideals to the general public. These aspects of the exhibition spaces have not been explored to any larger extent, and the aim of this project is therefore to contribute with new knowledge about these important elements of the exhibition spaces of which many were transformed into public parks after the exhibitions closed.