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Magnificent work on Swedish-Armenian relations (Ann Grönhammar, Drömmen om Armenien: Armenier och svenskar under tusen år, Medströms Bokförlag, Stockholm 2021)
Magnificent work on Swedish-Armenian relations

Author(s): Svante Lundgren
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Communication studies
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: Armenia; Szwecja; Swedish-Armenian relations; Ann Grönhammar

Summary/Abstract: The reviewer presents the content of the work of Ann Grönhammar on relations between Sweden and Armenia, beginning from cloudy – from the perspective of sources – times of Vikings who wandered as far as the Caucasus, through significantly better documented episodes from the 17th century, until the beginning of the 20th century. The reviewer indicates Polish threads, resulting from the existence of the Armenian diaspora in Poland as the nearest to Sweden from a geographical point of view. Furthermore, the reviewer emphasises the advantages of the work, i.e. usage of many sources, including unpublished ones, as well as iconographic material from different archival, library and museum collections.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 297-299
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: Polish