(), ''Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research'' is a Swedish
academic journal
An academic journal (or scholarly journal or scientific journal) is a periodical publication in which Scholarly method, scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. They serve as permanent and transparent forums for the ...
in the fields of
archaeology
Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...
and
Medieval art
The medieval art of the Western world covers a vast scope of time and place, with over 1000 years of art in Europe, and at certain periods in Western Asia and Northern Africa. It includes major art movements and periods, national and regional ar ...
. It is published quarterly by the
Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities
The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities also called simply the Royal Academy of Letters or Vitterhetsakademien abbreviated KVHAA ( or or ) is the Sweden, Swedish Swedish Royal Academies, royal academy for the Humanities. Its ...
in
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...
, Sweden. The journal's contributions are written in the Scandinavian languages, English, or German with summaries in English. The
editor-in-chief
An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...
is
Mats Roslund. The editorial board practices double blind peer review with external reviewers.
''Fornvännen'' began publication in 1906 when it replaced two earlier journals, ''Svenska Fornminnesföreningens Tidskrift'' and ''Vitterhetsakademiens Månadsblad''. Early contributors included noted archaeologists
Oscar Montelius
Gustaf Oscar Augustin Montelius, known as Oscar Montelius (9September 18434November 1921) was a Swedish archaeologist who refined the concept of seriation, a relative chronological dating method.
Biography
Oscar Montelius refined the conce ...
and
Hans Hildebrand
Hans Olof Hildebrand Hildebrand (5 April 1842 – 2 February 1913) was a Swedish archeologist. He is internationally known as one of the pioneers of the archaeological technique of typology (archaeology), typology.
Biography
Born in Stockholm, h ...
. Stig Welinder has noted that the journal included articles by women from an early stage, including those of
Rosa Norström
Rosa Norström (13 November 1860 – 24 May 1944) was a Swedish numismatist and museum curator at the Economy Museum - Royal Coin Cabinet, Royal Coin Cabinet, who published an account of the discovery of a hoard of 646 Roman denarii in Gotland.
...
and
Sigrid Leijonhufvud, and characterises this as part of the women's rights movement in Sweden.
Since 2000 it has an online version, since 2007 its first 100 annual volumes have been available on-line, and since 2009 ''Fornvännen'' is published as a
delayed open-access journal with the online version of each issue appearing six months after the paper versio
on the portal DiVA
''Fornvännen'' is an ERIH category B journal a category now known as INT2. According to
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
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, it is indexed in ''Anthropological Index Online'', ''Anthropological Literature'', '' British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (Online Edition)'','' Nordic Archaeological Abstracts'', and ''FRANCIS''. It was previously also indexed in ''Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlicher Literatur'' and ''Linguistic Bibliography''.
References
External links
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Fornvännen online
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Archaeology journals
Art history journals
Publications established in 1906
Multilingual journals
Quarterly journals
Delayed open access journals
1906 establishments in Sweden