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ISSN: 2001-9734 No. LI, IULIUS MMXX ISBN: 978-91-86607-76-0 Anders Gustavsson Cultural science research literature in the Nordic countries during the 2010s 1 Cultural science research literature in the Nordic countries during the 2010s Presented and commented on by Anders Gustavsson, Professor at Strömstad academy Content Content .................................................................................................................. 2 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 5 Cultural Heritage ................................................................................................ 5 Folk Belief .......................................................................................................... 5 Folk Religion ...................................................................................................... 5 Ritual Year and Life Cycle .................................................................................. 6 Local History ...................................................................................................... 6 Coastal Culture ................................................................................................... 6 Tourism .............................................................................................................. 6 Migration ............................................................................................................ 6 Minorities ........................................................................................................... 6 Popular Movements ............................................................................................ 7 Second World War ............................................................................................. 7 Research on Archives ......................................................................................... 7 History of Science .............................................................................................. 7 Auto-ethnography ............................................................................................... 8 Cultural Heritage ................................................................................................... 8 1 How Antiquities Became Heritage ARV 2015 .................................................. 8 2 Norwegian Schoolhouses as Cultural Monuments ES 2016 ............................ 10 3 World Heritage Sites in Northern Norway ES 2020 ........................................ 13 4 A Nineteenth-century Norwegian Photographer ES 2019 .............................. 15 5 A Norwegian Church Biography ARV 2019 ................................................... 16 2 6 Cultural Monuments as a Research Field ARV 2014 ...................................... 17 Folk Belief ............................................................................................................ 20 7 Beliefs Associated with Witchcraft Trials ARV 2018 ...................................... 20 8 The Virgin Mary in Folk Names of Plants ARV 2014 ...................................... 23 9 Magical Beliefs about Food and Drink in Sweden ARV 2016 ......................... 24 10 Paranormal Experiences in Today’s Norway ARV 2013 .............................. 25 Folk Religion ........................................................................................................ 27 11 Catholic Materiality in Post-Reformation Sweden ARV 2018 ....................... 27 12 Researching Folk Religiosity ARV 2012 ....................................................... 30 13 Church Involvement among Swedish Youth ARV 2016 ............................... 32 14 The Publication of Religious Books during the Reformation ARV 2019 ........ 34 Ritual Year and Life Cycle ................................................................................... 36 15 Easter Celebrations in Norway ARV 2018 .................................................... 36 16 The Introduction of Christmas Cribs in Sweden ARV 2013 .......................... 39 17 Rituals of Death among the Swedish Minority in Finland ARV 2013 ............ 44 Local History ....................................................................................................... 46 18 Danish Local History under Debate ES 2017 ............................................... 46 19 A Danish Smallholder in the Nineteenth Century ES 2011 ........................... 47 20 North Norwegian Local History in the Late Nineteenth Century ES 2011 ..... 50 Coastal Culture .................................................................................................... 51 21 Sailors’ Wives in Denmark ARV 2018 ......................................................... 51 Tourism ............................................................................................................... 53 22 Narratives of Nordic Summer Life ARV 2016 ............................................... 53 23 The Dream of the Cabin ES 2020 ................................................................. 55 Migration ............................................................................................................. 57 24 Norwegian Women’s Migration to the USA ARV 2017 ................................ 57 25 Today’s Young Swedish Labour Migrants in Norway ARV 2015 .................. 60 Minorities ............................................................................................................ 62 26 The Swedish Minority in Finland ARV 2017 ................................................ 62 Popular Movements ............................................................................................. 65 27 The Historical Development of the Scout Movement ES 2016 .................... 65 3 Second World War .............................................................................................. 66 28 Swedish Everyday Life during the Second World War ES 2015 .................... 66 Research on Archives .......................................................................................... 69 29 The History and Future of Tradition Archives ARV 2019 .............................. 69 30 The Ideas behind Questionnaires ARV 2018 ............................................... 72 31 Everyday Life in Nineteenth-century Denmark ES 2014 ............................... 74 32 Collecting Field Material in the Nineteenth Century ES 2012 ...................... 75 33 A Danish Field Researcher in the Nineteenth Century ES 2014 .................... 76 34 West Nordic Explorations ES 2016 ............................................................. 78 History of Sciences .............................................................................................. 79 35 The Folklore Researcher Lauri Honko Revisited ES 2014 ............................. 79 36 The Folklorist Lauri Honko ARV 2014 ......................................................... 82 37 Nordic and European Cultural Processes ARV 2011 .................................... 83 38 Scholarship and Politics in Historical Perspective ARV 2015 ....................... 86 Auto-ethnography ................................................................................................ 89 39 Autobiography of the Ethnologist Nils-Arvid Bringéus ARV 2014 ................. 89 40 Memoirs of a Folklorist ARV 2012 ............................................................... 90 4 Introduction One way of mirroring cultural science research in the Nordic countries during the past 2010s is to review a selection of the scientific literature published in the form of monographs, anthologies and doctoral dissertations. The subject designations for cultural science research at the universities differ in the Nordic countries. For Nor- way, cultural science is the name in Bergen and cultural history in Oslo. In Sweden, Denmark and Finland, the subject is called ethnology. In Finland there are both eth- nology and folklore. To show the breadth of cultural science research, I have selected a number of areas that have made themselves noticeable. Each publication is provided with a number so that it can be easily identified by the reader. My texts have previously been pub- lished separately in different volumes during the 2010s by the international scientific journals ARV. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore and Ethnologia Scandinavica, abbr. ES, having the highest ranking scale. I have signed my texts with Anders Gustavsson, University of Oslo, Norway/ Henån, Sweden. The goal now is to provide a unified presentation to get a picture of parts of the research that have been prominent in the 2010s. Cultural Heritage A prominent research field constitutes cultural heritage, not least in Norway. This is linked to a working group Cultural Heritage and Property within Society International of Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF). Here I have chosen monographs written by Anne Eriksen on how the view on old monuments in Norway has changed over time (1), Leidulf Mydland on older Norwegian school houses (doctoral dissertation 2), Knut Fageraas on world heritage sites in Norway (doctoral dissertation 3) Torild Gjesvik on older transport routes (4), Arne Bugge Amundsen about church buildings (5) and an anthology published by Grete Swensen on cultural monuments (6). Folk Belief In folkloric studies, studies of popular beliefs both in older and recent times occupy a central position. This research links to the international network Belief Narrative