Karolinska förbundet is a
Swedish learned society
A learned society ( ; also scholarly, intellectual, or academic society) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and sciences. Membership may be open to al ...
for the study of the
Caroline era
The Caroline era is the period in English and Scottish history named for the 24-year reign of Charles I of England, Charles I (1625–1649). The term is derived from ''Carolus'', Latin for Charles. The Caroline era followed the Jacobean era, the ...
in Swedish history, i.e. the rule of kings
Charles X Charles X may refer to:
* Charles X of France (1757–1836)
* Charles X Gustav (1622–1660), King of Sweden
* Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon (1523–1590), recognized as Charles X of France but renounced the royal title
See also
*
* King Charle ...
,
Charles XI and
Charles XII
Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII () or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.), was King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House of ...
, 1654–1718.
The society was founded in 1910, with the purpose of "through furthering of scholarly research deepen and broaden the knowledge of the Caroline era, in particular the time of Charles XII, and awaken a more vivid interest in the Swedish people for the period" (as quoted in a contemporaneous article in the Swedish encyclopedia ''
Nordisk familjebok
(, 'Nordic Family Book') is a Swedish language, Swedish encyclopedia that was published in print from between 1876 and 1993, and that is now fully available in digital form via Project Runeberg at Linköping University. The public domain edit ...
''). The first chairman of the society was
Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland
Prince Carl of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Västergötland (27 February 1861 – 24 October 1951) was a Swedish prince. Through his daughters Märtha and Astrid, for whom he arranged dynastic marriages, he is an ancestor of current members of ...
(1861–1951).
The main achievement is the publication of the yearbook, the ''Karolinska Förbundets Årsbok'' (KFÅ), which has been published continually since the foundation in 1910. The first editor (1910–1922) of the yearbook was the historian Professor
Arthur Stille, succeeded by Professor
Nils Herlitz.
Some articles in the early volumes of the society yearbook show a nationalist and militarist bias typical of the period. Although many articles for obvious reasons still focus on military history, there is today a larger number of articles on the social history of the period. In this respect the society is similar to another Swedish society devoted to the study of the time period of a certain monarch, the
Carl Johans-förbundet Carl may refer to:
*Carl, Georgia, city in USA
*Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
*Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name
*Carl², a TV series
* "Carl", an episode of tel ...
.
References
*''Nordisk familjebok'', vol. 13 (1910), col
1133*''Nordisk familjebok'', vol. 36 (suppl., 1924), col
External links
Karolinska förbundet official website
Karolinska Förbundets Årsbok bibliography of articles 1910-1984 (PDF-file)
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Learned societies of Sweden