Ulf Eskil Erik Sundberg (born 29 September 1956) is a

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economist, historian and author of books and magazine articles. Sundberg was born in

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, graduated ''

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'' at Whitlockska in 1976 and became a

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in 2014. He was created

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Åbo Academy Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

in 2018 on a thesis addressing the loss of the

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early in the 18th century. Sundberg is especially skeptical in that book about the inadequate circumstances under which his country’s many outlying fortifications were positioned and maintained, as well as about the planning, construction and remodeling of them by

Erik Dahlberg '' Count Erik Jönsson Dahlbergh (10 October 162516 January 1703) was a Sweden, Swedish military engineer, Governor-general and Field marshal. He rose to the level of nobility through his military competence. As an architect and draftsman, he w ...

under King Carl XI. Earlier, he has primarily treated the centuries of warfare in which Sweden and neighboring countries were involved. On a broader field, one of his more noted books is also about the families and relatives of Swedish royalty, including mistresses and extramarital offspring.2004-10-03

Bibliography

*Ulf Sundberg: ''Svenska freder och stillestånd 1249-1814'', Arete Hargshamn 1997 *Ulf Sundberg: ''Svenska krig 1521-1814'', , Stockholm 1998 *Ulf Sundberg: ''Medeltidens svenska krig'', Hjalmarson & Högberg, Stockholm 1999 *Ulf Sundberg: ''Kungliga släktband : kungar, drottningar, frillor och deras barn'', ,

Lund Lund (, , ) is a city in the southern Swedish provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, across the Øresund, Öresund strait from Copenhagen. The town had 91,940 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 121,510 . It is the seat of Lund Municipali ...

2004 *Ulf Sundberg reviewed by

Dick Harrison Dick Walther Harrison (born 10 April 1966) is a Sweden, Swedish historian. He is currently a Professor of History at Lund University. His main areas of interest are the European Middle Ages, including the medical history of the period and the h ...

& : ''Stockholms blodbad'', Historiska media, Lund 2004 , *Ulf Sundberg: ''A short guide to British battleships in World War II'', Sundberg & Co, Stockholm 2008 *Ulf Sundberg: ''Kraftsamling i Gustav III:s krig 1788-1790'', Ancile Design,

Kristinehamn Kristinehamn is a locality and the seat of Kristinehamn Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden, with 17,839 inhabitants in 2010. Geography Kristinehamn is situated by the shores of lake Vänern where the small rivers ''Varnan'' and ''Löt'' dr ...

2013 *Ulf Sundberg: ''Utkast till svenska historieverk : Ericus Olai - 2008'', Ancile Design,

2014 *Ulf Sundberg: ''Swedish defensive fortress warfare in the Great Northern War 1702-1710'',

Åbo Akademi University Åbo Akademi University ( sv, Åbo Akademi , ) is the only exclusively Swedish language multi-faculty university in Finland (or anywhere outside Sweden). It is located mainly in Turku (Åbo is the Swedish name of the city) but has also activiti ...

Press,

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

2018 *Ulf Sundberg (preface): '' Centuries of Selfies''

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2020

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sundberg, Ulf Swedish economists 20th-century Swedish historians 1956 births Living people Åbo Akademi University alumni 21st-century Swedish historians