Peter Aronsson (born 28 April 1959) is the Vice-Chancellor of Linnaeus University since 2017. He is a Swedish historian specializing in early-modern political culture and public history.
Peter Aronsson (born 28 April 1959) is the Vice-Chancellor of Linnaeus University since 2017. He is a Swedish historian specializing in early-modern political culture and public history.
Peter Aronsson is born into a family of medium enterprisers in Gemla, Småland. His grandfather and father ran a toy factory in Gemla. [1] In the late 1980s Aronsson took up doctoral studies in history at Uppsala University and later Lund University where he studied under Professor Eva Österberg. His PhD thesis, Bönder gör politik (Peasants making politics) was successfully defended in 1992. In his thesis, Aronsson argues that the Swedish political culture has been shaped through a local practice with roots centuries back in time. After the completion of the thesis, Aronsson worked as a teacher and researcher at the Department of Humanities of Växjö College (from 1999, Växjö University). In 1999 he was promoted to full professor in history. Aronsson's research was increasingly geared towards questions of how the past has been used in various contexts. In 1994 he published a textbook that summarized his ideas, Historiebruk - att använda det förflutna (Uses of history - to use the past). In 2001 he took leave from Växjö University for a position as "Professor in Uses of History and Cultural Heritage" at Linköping University. During his tenure in Linköping he was involved in a major comparative European project about the significance of national museums for state and nation formation. The project was carried out with support from the European Union between 2010 and 2012, and resulted in several publications. [2]
Växjö University was merged with Kalmar College in 2010, and became the Linnaeus University. Returning from Linköping, Peter Aronsson was employed as the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities in 2013. He filled this post until the end of 2015, and took up the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor on 1 January 2016. When the Vice-Chancellor Stephen Hwang left his position in 2017, Peter Aronsson was employed as Acting Vice-Chancellor, and eventually as the regular successor from October 2017. [3]
Apart from his university positions, Peter Aronsson is a member of Kungliga Vitterhetsakademin (Royal Academy of Learning), [4] and Smålands Akademi (Academy of Småland). [5] He has been a board member of the Historical Association of Kronoberg County.
Carl Linnaeus, also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as Carolus Linnæus and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as Carolus a Linné.
Project Runeberg is a digital cultural archive initiative that publishes free electronic versions of books significant to the culture and history of the Nordic countries. Patterned after Project Gutenberg, it was founded by Lars Aronsson and colleagues at Linköping University and began archiving Nordic-language literature in December 1992. As of 2015 it had accomplished digitization to provide graphical facsimiles of old works such as the Nordisk familjebok, and had accomplished, in whole or in part, the text extractions and copyediting of these as well as esteemed Latin works and English translations from Nordic authors, and sheet music and other texts of cultural interest.
Elias Magnus Fries was a Swedish mycologist and botanist. He is sometimes called the "Linnaeus of Mycology". In his works he described and assigned botanical names to hundreds of fungus and lichen species, many of which remain authoritative today.
Linköping University is a public research university based in Linköping, Sweden. Originally established in 1969, it was granted full university status in 1975 and is one of Sweden's largest academic institutions.
Växjö is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden. It had 70,489 inhabitants (2019) out of a municipal population of 95,995 (2021). It is the administrative, cultural, and industrial centre of Kronoberg County and the episcopal see of the Diocese of Växjö and the location of Växjö Cathedral. The town is home to Linnaeus University.
The Diocese of Växjö is one of 13 dioceses within the Lutheran Church of Sweden. It's episcopal see is located in the city of Växjö. The diocese was established in the 12th century as a Roman Catholic bishopric, but was taken over by the Church of Sweden as a result of the Protestant Reformation in Sweden.
Hildor Arnold Barton was an American historian and a national authority on Scandinavian history, especially the history of Sweden, and of Swedes and other Scandinavians in North America.
The Diocese of Linköping is a diocese within the Church of Sweden administering the Östergötland County, the north eastern part of Jönköping County and the northern part of Kalmar County. It comprises nine deaneries subdivided into 176 parishes with a total of 443,000 members. The diocese's largest parish is Motala. The Diocese of Linköping has a rank directly below the Archdiocese of Uppsala of the Church of Sweden. The current bishop is Marika Markovits.
Anders Hallberg is a Swedish pharmaceutical researcher, professor in medicinal chemistry and 2006-2011 Rector Magnificus and Vice Chancellor at Uppsala University.
Växjö Lakers Hockey Club is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Växjö in Sweden. The club play at the Vida Arena and plays in the Swedish Hockey League, the top-level league of Swedish ice hockey, and made its debut there in 2011–12. Since entering the SHL the club has become known as one of the premier SHL clubs, winning the Le Mat Trophy as Swedish national Champions four times in 2015, 2018, 2021 and 2023. Forwards Erik Josefsson and Robert Rosén are the only players to be a part of all four Championship-winning teams.
Civilekonom, literally "civil economist", is a professional title in Sweden which traditionally refers to an individual who holds either a Bachelor's degree or a Master's degree in business administration and economics. Unlike the English language usage, in Swedish, ekonomi ("economy") is commonly used as an umbrella designation for both business- and economics-related subjects.
Göran (Georg) Rothman, was a Swedish naturalist, physician and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. The standard author abbreviation Rothman is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
Linnaeus University (LNU) (Swedish: Linnéuniversitetet) is a state university in the Swedish historical province (landskap) Småland, with campuses located in Växjö and Kalmar. Linnaeus University was established in 2010 by a merger of former Växjö University and Kalmar University (Högskolan i Kalmar), and is named in honour of the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus.
Småland is a historical province in southern Sweden. Småland borders Blekinge, Scania, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name Småland literally means Small Lands. The Latinized form Smolandia has been used in other languages. The highest point in Småland is Tomtabacken, at 377 metres (1,237 ft). In terms of total area, Småland is similar in size to Belgium and Israel.
The 2011–12 Elitserien season was the 37th season of Elitserien. The regular season began on 13 September 2011 and ended on 6 March 2012. The following playoffs began on 10 March 2012 and ended on 19 April. Färjestad BK were the defending Swedish Champions. Brynäs IF won their first Swedish Championship title since 1999, as well as their 13th in history, after defeating Skellefteå AIK in six games.
Olof Samuel Tempelman was a Swedish architect and, from 1779, professor at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. He was appointed royal architect in 1799.
Samuel Linnaeus was Carl Linnaeus' younger brother and the son of Nils Linnæus and Christina Brodersonia.
Reinhold Adolphe Louis Stackelberg was a Swedish count (greve), estate owner, and metalworking plant owner as well as one of the firebrands of the Christian revival movement in Småland.
Oloph Eric Fingal Bexell is a Swedish priest and professor emeritus in church history at Uppsala University.
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