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Peter Englund

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in Boden, Sweden

April 04, 1957

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Peter Englund (born April 4, 1957 in Boden) is a Swedish author and historian, and a member of the Swedish Academy since 2002.

Englund was born into a military family in Boden and studied caretaking for two years and then humanistic subjects for another two years in secondary school. He was then conscripted and served 15 months in the Swedish Army at the Norrbotten Regiment located in Boden. He was politically active in his youth and supported the FNL.

Englund studied archaeology, history, and theoretical philosophy at Uppsala University, completing a bachelor's degree in 1983, after which he began doctoral studies in History. He was awarded his Ph.D. in 1989 for his dissertation Det hotade huset (English title in the dissertation abstract: A...more

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Magnas minne

En person vars betydelse för Akademien är svår att överskatta, men som är okänd för alla utom specialisterna är Magna Sunnerdahl. Nu på söndag har det gått 150 år sedan hon föddes, och igår på Akademiens middag på Gyldene Freden utbringades en högtidlig skål till hennes minne.

Orsaken till vår tacksamhet är att det är Magna Sunnerdahl som vi har tacka för att Akademien nu återfinns i Börshuset...

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Average rating: 4.12 · 869 ratings · 117 reviews · 12 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Beauty And The Sorrow by Peter Englund, Peter Graves (Translator) 4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 411 ratings — published 2008 — 21 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ofredsår - om den svenska stormaktstiden och en man i dess mitt 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brev Från Nollpunkten: Historiska Essäer 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Den oövervinnerlige - om den svenska stormaktstiden och en man i dess mitt 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 56 ratings — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Förflutenhetens landskap - historiska essäer 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Battle that Shook Europe: Poltava and the Birth of the Russian Empire 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1988 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tystnadens Historia och Andra Essäer 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silvermasken : en kort biografi över drottning Kristina 3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Det hotade huset : adliga föreställningar om samhället under stormaktstiden = [A house in peril : the conception of society in the nobility during the Age of Greatness] 3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1989	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jag skall dundra by Peter Englund, Kristian Petri 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2005	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“When causes are vague and goals uncertain... it becomes necessary to fall back on the bloated and honeyed words of propaganda.”
― Peter Englund, The Beauty And The Sorrow

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