Herman Lindqvist

Swedish journalist and popular historian, known for writing accessible, narrative histories of Sweden.

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  1. 2. När Finland Var Sverige

    En populärhistorisk framställning av Finland under de århundraden det ingick i det svenska riket, som skildrar politiska och militära händelser, rättsväsenets och kyrkans roll, språkets och kulturens påverkan samt vardagslivet för bönder, borgare och adel. Genom kronologiska berättelser, porträtt och kulturhistoriska analyser visar texten hur svenska institutioner, lagar och samhällsstrukturer formade det finska samhället fram till avträdandet 1809 och hur arvet från denna period fortfarande påverkar Finland.

  2. 3. Mannerheim

    A lively popular biography that follows the life of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim from aristocratic upbringing and service in the Russian Imperial Army to his central role in Finland’s emergence and survival in the 20th century, covering his leadership in the Civil War, command in the Winter War and Continuation War, and tenure as president; it examines his strategic skills, complex dealings with powers such as Germany and the Soviet Union, his stoic and often enigmatic personality, and the contested but enduring place he occupies in Finnish national memory.