Research

En skulptur i form av en groda som sprutar vatten i en damm.

At the Swedish Railway Museum we collaborate with researchers about railway history and transport history. The Research Coordinators endeavours to develop partnerships with higher education institutions, supports the production of exhibitions, assists in putting together the museums' lecture programmes, and acts as an internal support in matters concerning knowledge and scientific approaches. They also edit the yearbook from the Swedish Railway Museum and other publications.

Research is primarily conducted within subject areas that are associated with activities at the Swedish Railway Museum. Latterly, this research has been focused on gardens along railways, historical paints, and archive materials.

Publications (a selection)

Promoting modernity through cultivation: Early Swedish railway gardens and the art of improving nature.

Article by Anna Lindgren and Katarina Saltzman. Published in Bebyggelsehistorisk tidskrift issue 81 from 2021.
See pages 7-26 for the English article via the link below:

Article "Promoting modernity through cultivation: Early Swedish railway gardens and the art of improving nature" From page 7 (external website)

Painting Treatments of Weather-Exposed Ferrous Heritage. Exploration of Oil Varnish Paints and Painting Skills

By Arja Källbom. Dissertation from University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 2021.

Painting Treatments of Weather-Exposed Ferrous Heritage. Exploration of Oil Varnish Paints and Painting Skills (gu.se) (external website)

Anna Lindgren

Anna Lindgren is a Research Coordinator at the Swedish Railway Museum, holds a PhD in Conservation at the University of Gothenburg and a Master’s degree in Cultural Heritage Studies at the University of Stockholm.

Research interests: Cultural Heritage, Historic Environment, Railway History, Garden History, Built Heritage, Transition Processes, Material Culture.

Project coordinator: ”The railway´s green cultural heritage” and ”Craft Sciences/Paints”.

E-mail: anna.lindgren@smtm.se

Phone: +46 26-455 14 81

Charlotte Hagström

Charlotte Hagström is a Research Coordinator at the Swedish Railway Museum, a Reader (Docent) in Ethnology and a Senior Lecturer in Archival Studies at the University of Lund.

Research interests: Transport History, Railway as a hobby, Train and Railways Enthusiasts, Traveller´s perspective, Railway History, Cultural Heritage.

Project coordinator: ”Transport History Documents”.

E-mail: charlotte.hagstrom@smtm.se

Phone: +46 26-455 14 77

Björn Hasselgren

Björn Hasselgren is a Scientific Adviser to the Swedish Railway Museum, holds a PhD in Planning and Decision Analysis at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, is a Senior Adviser at The Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) in Strategic Infrastructure planning and a Guest Researcher at the Department of Economic History at the University of Uppsala.

Research interests: The long-term development of Transport Infrastructure, 18th century to present times. Questions about organization and financing in transport infrastructure and the balance between public and private responsibility to systems.

Steering committee member: ”Transport History Documents”.

E-mail: bjorn.hasselgren@ekhist.uu.se

Phone: +46 70-7623316