Stockholm university

Research project Cool Nature: Utopian Ecologies in Sweden 1780–1840

“Cool Nature” explores how nature was represented and experienced in Sweden 1780–1840.

View towards Hallsnäs Manor, Ramkvilla Parish - Småland. Painting by Carl Jonas Linnerhielm 1790.
View towards Hallsnäs Manor, Ramkvilla Parish - Småland. By Carl Jonas Linnerhielm approximately 1790.

The project focusses on the interplay between nature and culture, and how nature became a central site for creating utopian visions and forging national identity. 

Project members

Project managers

Anna Albrektson

Professor

Department of Culture and Aesthetics
Anna Albrektson

Members

Mikael Ahlund

Associate professor of Art history, museum director

Gustavianum, Uppsala University

Sara Ekström

Postdoc

Department of Culture and Aesthetics
Sara Ekström

Johanna Ethnersson Pontara

Senior lecturer, associate professor

Department of Culture and Aesthetics
Johanna Ethnersson Pontara, forskare och lärare i musikvetenskap vid Stockholms universitet.

Elisabeth Mansén

Professor emerita

Department of Culture and Aesthetics
Elisabeth Mansén, professor i idéhistoria

Vera Sundin

PhD student ,administrative assistant

Department of Culture and Aesthetics
Vera Sundin

Meike Wagner

Professor

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München
Meike Wagner.

Erik Wallrup

Associate professor of musicology and senior lecturer of aesthetics

Södertörn University

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