2005-04-07

瑞典Thomas Lundén教授将于4月11日（星期一）上午9：30-11：00，在历史地理研究中心会议室作关于瑞典疆域变迁的讲座，望各位研究生前往旁听。

附Thomas Lundén教授简介

Dr. Thomas Lundén
Personal number 430329-5259
Home address:
Rågången 124
175 46 JÄRFÄLLA
tel. +46-8 580 130 67

Södertörn University College
Baltic and East European Graduate School
SE-141 89 Huddinge
Sweden
e-mail: thomas lunden@sh.se
tel +46-8-608 4894
fax +46-8 608 4360


Born March 29, 1943, Göteborg. Married, two daughters

Present position: Professor of Human Geography, Baltic and East European Graduate School, Södertörn University College


Academic career
Stockholm University 1963-66: Fil.kand: Major Geography, particularly Human Geography (Political Science, Economics, Sociology)
1968: Fil Lic. Human Geography
1973: Fil.dr., Human Geography: Individual spatial behaviour in a boundary area (in Swedish)
1977: Docent, Stockholm University
1996: Adjunct Professor, Stockholm University
2003: Professor Södertörn University College

Positions
1966- 70 Assistant, later lecturer, Dept. of Human Geography, Stockholm University
1970-71 Biträdande lärare Stadsfunktionslära (assistant teacher, urban functions) Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (part time)
1972-77 Research Assistant, Dept. of Human Geo.
1977-79 Research Assistant, secretary and member of the Research group on the development of the Swedish landscape and the built environment.
1978-79 Teacher of Geography School of Architecture, Royal College of Fine Arts, Stockholm (part time)
1979 – 86 Director, Institute for English Speaking Students incl. International Graduate School, Stockholm University.
1986 - Byråchef (Director), Swedish Institute
1996 - 2000 Adj. Professor, Stockholm University (part time)
2001- Guest Professor, Stockholm University (part time)
2003 Professor, Södertörn University College
Board membership
1975-78 Chairman, Geografiska Förbundet i Stockholm, board member for several years
1984-90 Geografilärarnas Riksförening¨(National Association of Geography Teachers)
1986- 2003 Swedish Emigrant Institute, Växjö
1997- Chairman (presently, 2004-2005, 1998-99) and board member of SSAG, Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography.
1986-1996 Chairman, Swedish Institute scholarship committees for studies abroad
1990-1996 The Swedish Institute for North America Studies, Uppsala University
1997 - 2004 Riksföreningen Sverigekontakt, Göteborg
1998 - 2003 Member of the Programme Council of Radio Sweden

Other appointments and activities
Expert (sakkunnig) for the selection of research and teaching positions at the Universities of Copenhagen, Göteborg, Lund, Umeå and Södertörn University College.
Evaluator of research project applications for the National Institute for Building Research, the National Council for Building Research, the Expert Group for Regional Investigations (ERU), the Swedish Research Council and the Norwegian Research Council.
Opponent at licentiate and doctoral dissertations at Göteborg, Lund, Stockholm and Uppsala Universities.
Member of the dissertation committee (betygsnämnd) at Stockholm, Umeå and Uppsala universities.

Tutor and advisor for seminary papers at Stockholm University, Södertörn University College and other universities and university colleges.

Responsible (with Sture Öberg, Uppsala University) for the National Research course on Political Geography, 1999-2000.

Scholarships: Great Britain 1974, 1 month (British Council), Bulgaria 1978, 2 weeks.

Active participation at scientific and academic conferences in Italy, USA, Switzerland, Great Britain, France, Japan, Jordan, Egypt, Venezuela, Denmark, Germany, Turkey, Tunisia Lithuania, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Macedonia, Finland and Estonia. Leader of academic and cultural delegations to China, Taiwan, Palestine National Authority area and Southeast Asia and member of delegations to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine and Venezuela.

Swedish chairman or assistant at bilateral negotiations about academic and cultural exchange (Swedish Institute) with USSR/Russia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Albania, former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and China.

Publications: Five books (in Swedish) on political, linguistic and urban geography. Some 200 articles published in English, Swedish, German and French and some other European languages. New book in English: On the Boundary, about humans at the end of territory, Södertörn Educational Publications, 2004.

讲座摘要
Sweden’s boundary through the ages: Local conflicts and cooperation

In Sweden of today, the state territory is taken for granted. For almost 200 years, since the secession of Finland, the country has had no frontier revisions. But like most other European states, the territory before that has undergone large changes, starting from the vague beginnings of forming a state around 100 years ago, over the Nordic Union of the Middle Ages, the great expansion in the 17th Century and the subsequent decline into what is contemporary Sweden.

In my lecture I will briefly touch upon the territorial changes and its geopolitical consequences, but my emphasis will be on the local boundary relations, particularly in the 20th Century.

Even if the Nordic countries of today form a peaceful area, the internal boundary relations are very different depending on the countries involved. Sweden’s boundary with Norway is extremely long, but most of it is very sparsely populated, particularly on the Swedish side. The native population of most of the border area are the Sami, who had special rights to use land on both sides for reindeer herding. They also share the same language(s). Swedes and Norwegians speak very similar languages, less different than Chinese dialects. The boundary is open, but there exist differences in attitudes, loyalties and behaviour. Over time, the economic exchange, especially for household products, has varied in favour of one country or the other. In terms of communication, Sweden has for a long time been the exporter, while Norwegians are more open both to Swedish and Danish media.

Sweden has two very different boundaries with Finland. One, in the North, mostly follows a river that for long time was the uniting factor of the river valley. The population was ethnically Finnish (or Sami) and not until long after the partition of 1809 (1812) was the side of Sweden ‘swedified’. Today, the Finland side is totally Finnish-speaking, while the Sweden side has all combinations of Finnish and Swedish speech, from unilingual to total bilingualism. There is a strong co-operation between the twin towns of Hapranda and Tornio, but popular reactions are varied.

In the Stockholm area, there is an archipelago “bridging” Sweden and Finland. The Åland (Aaland) island were made part of Finland in the secession 1809/1812, but at the independence of Finland from Russia in 1919 there was a conflict about the Islands, which have a population of about 26 000, almost all Swedish speakers. The League of Nations in 1921 decided to recommend Finland the right to the Island, but under a far-reaching autonomy including strong rights for the Swedish language and culture of the area. This has been mainly successful, and the Island have a advantageuous positin in the European Union and in the Council of Nordic states, but there is a new discussion about wider autonomy or even independence.

Sweden’s southern border towards Denmark is defined by the Öresund, the straits separating the Scandinavian peninsula from the island of Sjaelland, with the Danish capital of Copenhagen facing the city of Malmoe, Sweden on the other side. The Swedish side was an important part of Denmark until the mid 17th Century, but the ‘Swedification’ process was quite successful as it took place before the age of nationalism. Recently, after 100 years of discussion, a bridge was completed. This, and the simplification of boundary restrictions, has resulted in an increase of contacts, partly inspired by differences in taxation, housing cost and even citizens rights. But there are still many problems to solve.