Jonas Nordin
@jonasnordin.bsky.social
Historian | Professor of Book and Library History, Lund University
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Jonas Nordin
@jonasnordin.bsky.social
· Jul 11
In my new book, I seek to explore why the monarchy was such an obvious form of government in the early modern period and why kings were deemed necessary. It is a multifaceted study of constitutional law and media history. Read online or buy a hardcopy:
www.manchesterhive.com/display/9789...
www.manchesterhive.com/display/9789...
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I'm delighted to prresent "Privilege and Power
Printing Privileges and the Regulation of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe" from the @be4copy.bsky.social project and edited by Marius Buning, @andreaottone.bsky.social and me. #Printingprivileges #Bookhistory #OpenAccess www.scup.com/doi/book/10....
Printing Privileges and the Regulation of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe" from the @be4copy.bsky.social project and edited by Marius Buning, @andreaottone.bsky.social and me. #Printingprivileges #Bookhistory #OpenAccess www.scup.com/doi/book/10....
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September 25, 2026 at 12:19 PM
I'm delighted to prresent "Privilege and Power
Printing Privileges and the Regulation of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe" from the @be4copy.bsky.social project and edited by Marius Buning, @andreaottone.bsky.social and me. #Printingprivileges #Bookhistory #OpenAccess www.scup.com/doi/book/10....
Printing Privileges and the Regulation of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe" from the @be4copy.bsky.social project and edited by Marius Buning, @andreaottone.bsky.social and me. #Printingprivileges #Bookhistory #OpenAccess www.scup.com/doi/book/10....
Some royal library interiors from the eighteenth century in and around Stockholm.
September 20, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Some royal library interiors from the eighteenth century in and around Stockholm.
I talk (in Swedish) about King Karl XI, 1655–1697, in the podcast "Historien om Karl XI". Listen wherever you find your podcasts, or here: poddtoppen.se/podcast/1806...
September 14, 2026 at 1:44 PM
I talk (in Swedish) about King Karl XI, 1655–1697, in the podcast "Historien om Karl XI". Listen wherever you find your podcasts, or here: poddtoppen.se/podcast/1806...
Want to know more about Elizabethan music collecting and Renaissance music theory? Then read Erik Bergwall’s thesis in musicology, which was discussed yesterday at a public defence with @ka-butler.bsky.social conducting a brilliant external review. Link to thesis: urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...
September 12, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Want to know more about Elizabethan music collecting and Renaissance music theory? Then read Erik Bergwall’s thesis in musicology, which was discussed yesterday at a public defence with @ka-butler.bsky.social conducting a brilliant external review. Link to thesis: urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...
A day's work filling the shelves with the (not quite) complete works of Allhems Publishing Firm, 1932–1981, at The Einar Hansen Library: www.ehbstiftelsen.se This is where we will give the on-campus courses in Book History at Lund University, starting with a Master's module later this autumn.
September 9, 2026 at 9:28 PM
A day's work filling the shelves with the (not quite) complete works of Allhems Publishing Firm, 1932–1981, at The Einar Hansen Library: www.ehbstiftelsen.se This is where we will give the on-campus courses in Book History at Lund University, starting with a Master's module later this autumn.
This unassuming mound is an important part of Swedish military history. It is the remains of the fortification used for military exercises by Charles XI and Charles XII, 1672–1700. Here the Carolean offensive tactics were refined. Today, only one bastion stands, sadly neglected and barely visible.
August 27, 2026 at 4:03 PM
This unassuming mound is an important part of Swedish military history. It is the remains of the fortification used for military exercises by Charles XI and Charles XII, 1672–1700. Here the Carolean offensive tactics were refined. Today, only one bastion stands, sadly neglected and barely visible.
Digital reconstruction of the original colour scheme in Queen Lovisa Ulrika's dining room at Stockholm Royal Palace. The room was furnished in the 1730s–40s, but the paint on the panelling was removed in the late 19th century.
August 23, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Digital reconstruction of the original colour scheme in Queen Lovisa Ulrika's dining room at Stockholm Royal Palace. The room was furnished in the 1730s–40s, but the paint on the panelling was removed in the late 19th century.
I have never shied away from a well-recreated Baroque garden. Here at Frederiksborg Castle.
August 22, 2026 at 8:39 PM
I have never shied away from a well-recreated Baroque garden. Here at Frederiksborg Castle.
I have a feeling that the craftsmen who, at the end of the nineteenth century, recreated the ceiling in the Knights’ Hall at Frederiksborg Castle did not have a full understanding of how early printing works operated.
August 19, 2026 at 6:04 AM
I have a feeling that the craftsmen who, at the end of the nineteenth century, recreated the ceiling in the Knights’ Hall at Frederiksborg Castle did not have a full understanding of how early printing works operated.
The difference between Swedish and Danish Baroque: the tombs of Charles XII (1682–1718) in Riddarholmen Church and Frederik IV (1671–1730) in Roskilde Cathedral, respectively.
August 15, 2026 at 9:56 AM
The difference between Swedish and Danish Baroque: the tombs of Charles XII (1682–1718) in Riddarholmen Church and Frederik IV (1671–1730) in Roskilde Cathedral, respectively.
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Through the story of Jacob Buyck, a 16th century exiled Catholic priest, @ewatson.bsky.social explores how book collections were used to build and define identity, and can endure as records of their owners' lives.
Read the blog 👉 buff.ly/GEKwrgt
@imems.bsky.social @catholicismsem.bsky.social
Read the blog 👉 buff.ly/GEKwrgt
@imems.bsky.social @catholicismsem.bsky.social
August 13, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Through the story of Jacob Buyck, a 16th century exiled Catholic priest, @ewatson.bsky.social explores how book collections were used to build and define identity, and can endure as records of their owners' lives.
Read the blog 👉 buff.ly/GEKwrgt
@imems.bsky.social @catholicismsem.bsky.social
Read the blog 👉 buff.ly/GEKwrgt
@imems.bsky.social @catholicismsem.bsky.social
Paul Hedqvist (1895–1977), genius of Swedish modernist architecture. All of these buildings are to be found within a radius of 500 metres on Södermalm, Stockholm.
August 13, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Paul Hedqvist (1895–1977), genius of Swedish modernist architecture. All of these buildings are to be found within a radius of 500 metres on Södermalm, Stockholm.
This is where Rembrandt's large canvas "The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis" originally hung, in Amsterdam City Hall. For a few weeks. Due to the "lack of heroism", it was soon taken down and cropped. It is now in Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Govaert Flinck’s original sketch was put back in its place.
August 11, 2026 at 4:42 PM
This is where Rembrandt's large canvas "The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis" originally hung, in Amsterdam City Hall. For a few weeks. Due to the "lack of heroism", it was soon taken down and cropped. It is now in Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Govaert Flinck’s original sketch was put back in its place.
Salsta has been an important manor complex in Uppland, Sweden, since the Middle Ages. The present castle was built mainly in the 1670s and 1680s to designs by Nicodemus Tessin the Elder and Mathias Spihler. Johann Friedrich Eosander, later Prussian court architect, was also involved in the work.
August 1, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Salsta has been an important manor complex in Uppland, Sweden, since the Middle Ages. The present castle was built mainly in the 1670s and 1680s to designs by Nicodemus Tessin the Elder and Mathias Spihler. Johann Friedrich Eosander, later Prussian court architect, was also involved in the work.
It is now official: the municipalities of Stockholm and Solna are recreating a full-scale replica of Kowloon Walled City! ✨️Looking backwards into the future!✨️
July 26, 2026 at 10:26 AM
It is now official: the municipalities of Stockholm and Solna are recreating a full-scale replica of Kowloon Walled City! ✨️Looking backwards into the future!✨️
My 2005 book on the ascension of King Karl XI in 1672 and the ensuing festivities is now freely available online. My commentary is a companion to a facsimile of "Certamen equestre", a lavish Swedish example of an early modern festival book.
portal.research.lu.se/en/publicati...
portal.research.lu.se/en/publicati...
July 18, 2026 at 12:02 PM
My 2005 book on the ascension of King Karl XI in 1672 and the ensuing festivities is now freely available online. My commentary is a companion to a facsimile of "Certamen equestre", a lavish Swedish example of an early modern festival book.
portal.research.lu.se/en/publicati...
portal.research.lu.se/en/publicati...
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Max Skjönsberg - The Spirit of the British Constitution
Parliamentary Reform from the Civil War to the Great Reform Act
À paraître en octobre aux Princeton UP
Parliamentary Reform from the Civil War to the Great Reform Act
À paraître en octobre aux Princeton UP
May 14, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Max Skjönsberg - The Spirit of the British Constitution
Parliamentary Reform from the Civil War to the Great Reform Act
À paraître en octobre aux Princeton UP
Parliamentary Reform from the Civil War to the Great Reform Act
À paraître en octobre aux Princeton UP
Scandinavian military history: Dynekilen, where, on 8 July 1716, Danish Admiral Peter Tordenskjold sank and partially captured the Swedish transport fleet that was to supply Charles XII's invasion army in Norway with weapons and provisions. The Swedish invasion had to be called off for this time.
July 17, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Scandinavian military history: Dynekilen, where, on 8 July 1716, Danish Admiral Peter Tordenskjold sank and partially captured the Swedish transport fleet that was to supply Charles XII's invasion army in Norway with weapons and provisions. The Swedish invasion had to be called off for this time.
It is rarely calm along the coast of Bohuslän, but it has been for several days now.
July 16, 2026 at 9:23 PM
It is rarely calm along the coast of Bohuslän, but it has been for several days now.
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En 1768, comment un roi paralysa l’État en se mettant en grève
En 1768, comment un roi paralysa l’État en se mettant en grève
Au XVIIIe siècle, la Suède expérimenta une forme de gouvernement proche du parlementarisme moderne. Lorsqu'un conflit institutionnel éclata en 1768, un roi décida de se mettre en grève, déclenchant une crise constitutionnelle qui interrogeait le rôle même de la monarchie.
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June 19, 2026 at 11:56 AM
En 1768, comment un roi paralysa l’État en se mettant en grève
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In the shift from absolutism towards representative government, the monarch symbolised impartiality and balance
How a Swedish king went on strike in 1768
In the shift from absolutism towards representative government, the monarch symbolised impartiality and balance
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June 19, 2026 at 7:46 AM
In the shift from absolutism towards representative government, the monarch symbolised impartiality and balance
Stockholm’s old royal castle burnt down in 1697. The new palace was ready for occupation 57 years later, in 1754. Copenhagen’s medieval castle was demolished in the early 1730s. The royal family moved into Christiansborg in 1740, after seven years of construction. It was destroyed by fire in 1794.
July 12, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Stockholm’s old royal castle burnt down in 1697. The new palace was ready for occupation 57 years later, in 1754. Copenhagen’s medieval castle was demolished in the early 1730s. The royal family moved into Christiansborg in 1740, after seven years of construction. It was destroyed by fire in 1794.
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Bologna opens a new library containing more than 32,000 books from Umberto Eco's private study - arranged exactly as he left them - a decade after his death.
Umberto Eco library opens in Bologna, 10 years after his death
The University of Bologna has opened a new public library housing the personal book collection of writer Umberto Eco, a decade after his death.
www.wantedinmilan.com
July 7, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Bologna opens a new library containing more than 32,000 books from Umberto Eco's private study - arranged exactly as he left them - a decade after his death.
Looking forward to the restoration of the 'parterres de broderie' at Drottningholm Palace. It is expected to take at least three years from now and is long overdue. Walter Bauer’s interpretation of the gardens from the 1960s has been aptly described as 'Functionalist Baroque'.
July 12, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Looking forward to the restoration of the 'parterres de broderie' at Drottningholm Palace. It is expected to take at least three years from now and is long overdue. Walter Bauer’s interpretation of the gardens from the 1960s has been aptly described as 'Functionalist Baroque'.