Research project Cool Nature: Utopian Ecologies in Sweden 1780–1840
“Cool Nature” explores how nature was represented and experienced in Sweden 1780–1840.

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

Members
Mikael Ahlund
Associate professor of Art history, museum director

Sara Ekström
Postdoc

Johanna Ethnersson Pontara
Senior lecturer, associate professor

Elisabeth Mansén
Professor emerita

Vera Sundin
PhD student ,administrative assistant
Meike Wagner
Professor

Erik Wallrup
Associate professor of musicology and senior lecturer of aesthetics
