Vildmark/Lappmark : Föreställningar om naturen, samerna och naturväsen i Lappmarkerna 1670-1740

• Main Author: Bergström, Pontus
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV) 2018
• Subjects: Samer; Sápmi; Natur; Naturväsen; Kolonialism; History; Historia; Krona; Lapponia; saami
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-78472

The aim of this study is to investigate Swedish representations of the Lappmark in the 1600s and 1700s, with particular regard to the descriptions of nature and the supernatural. The study examines how swedes depicted nature and nature spirits in the Lappmark, and how the descriptions relate to larg...