Sökning: "Coastal Swedes"

Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden Coastal Swedes.

  1. 1. De små båtarna och den stora flykten : Arkeologi i spåren av andra världskrigets baltiska flyktbåtar

    Författare :Mirja Arnshav; Mats Burström; Simon Ekström; Björn Magnusson Staaf; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology of the contemporary past; materiality; Second World War; object biography; material culture; memory; cultural heritage; boats; escape; boat refugees; Estonian Swedes; Coastal Swedes; Estonia; the Baltic states; Samtidsarkeologi; arkeologi; andra världskriget; objektbiografi; Materiell kultur; minne; kulturarv; materialitet; båtar; flykt; båtflyktingar; estlandssvenskar; Estland; Baltikum; Archaeology with General Specialisation; arkeologi med inriktning mot allmän arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : The Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, were occupied no less than three times during the Second World War. Faced with a reign of terror, the threat of deportation, and compulsory conscription, over 30,000 people fled over the Baltic Sea to Sweden. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Living on Another Shore : Early Scandinavian Settlement on the North-Western Estonian Coast

    Författare :Felicia Markus; Anders Kaliff; Göran Hoppe; Kerstin Cassel; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Estonia; Estonian Swedes; Scandinavian settlement; Iron Age; early Medieval Period; colonisation; ethnic identity; migration; Baltic Sea; contacts; Christianisation; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : Prior to the Second World War, there was a Swedish-speaking population settled on the north-western Estonian coasts. The early history of this group is largely unknown. No colonisation is mentioned in the written sources. The earliest such sources that mention Swedes originate in the late thirteenth century. LÄS MER