Kristian Gerner (; born 25 May 1942) is a Swedish historian, author, expert on

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and Professor of History at

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(since 2002). From 1994 to 2002, he was Professor of Eastern European History and Culture, also at

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. Gerner earned his doctorate at Lund in 1984. He is a board member of the

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. On 4 December 2013, in the Swedish newspaper

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, he commented on a clip sent on Russian state television where a Swedish children's programme was used as an example, saying that he recognized the arguments from Russian propaganda, calling them sexuality hostile and

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, and also saying that they represented a totally heinous atmosphere pursued by the Putin leadership in tight coalition with the

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.Kallar sändningen för sexualfientlig propaganda
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Publications

* ''Framtidsinriktad samhällsforskning i Sovjetunionen'', with Ingmar Oldberg, 1972 * ''Konflikten i Teschen 1918-1920'', 1974 * ''Planhushållning och miljöproblem. Sovjetisk debatt om natur och samhälle 1960-1976'', with Lars Lundgren, Stockholm, Liber 1978 * ''Arvet från det förflutna. Sovjet på tröskeln till 80-talet'', Stockholm, Liber 1978 * ''Ideology and Rationality in the Soviet Model. A Legacy for Gorbachev'', with

Stefan Hedlund Stefan Peter Hedlund (born 20 December 1953) is a Swedish academic, an expert on Soviet and Communist studies/Russian studies, and Professor of East European Studies at Uppsala University (since 1990). Currently he is also Research Director aUCRS ...

, London, Routledge 1989 * ''Svårt att vara ryss. På väg mot postsovjetismen'', Lund, Signum, 1989 * ''Centraleuropas återkomst'', Stockholm, Norstedts 1991, 1992 * ''The Baltic States and the End of the Soviet Union,'' with

, London, Routledge, 1993 * ''Hjärnridån. Det europeiska projektet och det gåtfulla Ryssland'', with

and

Niclas Sundström Niclas may refer to: Given name *Niclas Alexandersson (born 1971), retired Swedish football midfielder * Niclas Andersén (born 1988), Swedish ice hockey player *Niclas Bendixen, Danish actor, dancer and choreographer * Niclas Edman (born 1991), ...

, Stockholm, Fischer 1995 * ''Centraleuropas historia'', Stockholm,

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, 1997, 2004 * ''Nordens medelhav. Östersjön som historia, myt och projekt'', with Anders Hammarlund and Klas-Göran Karlsson, Stockholm, Natur och Kultur, 2002 * ''Ryssland: en europeisk civilisationshistoria'', Lund, Historiska media, 2011

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gerner, Kristian 20th-century Swedish historians Academic staff of Lund University Academic staff of Uppsala University 1942 births Living people 21st-century Swedish historians