Sveagruvan : svensk gruvhantering mellan industri, diplomati och geovetenskap 1910-1934

• Main Author: Avango, Dag
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: Swedish
• Published: KTH, Teknik- och vetenskapshistoria 2005
• Subjects: History of technology; industrial heritage studies; industrial archaeology; coal mining; linear model; geo-science; nationalism; diplomacy; foreign policy; iron and steel; Actor Network Theory; ANT; Industrial project; 20th century; industrial history; Spitsbergen; Svalbard; Norway; Sweden; Teknikhistoria; Arctic Archipelago
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-218

The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the development of a mining industry in Spitsbergen and its relationship to Swedish scientific polar research. The empirical focus is the history of Swedish coal mining on Spitsbergen between 1910 and 1934 and the mining activities at Sveagruvan 1917-1925. Th...