Martin Kylhammar (born 12 January 1954 in

Karlskoga Karlskoga () is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and the seat of Karlskoga Municipality, Sweden. It is located within Örebro County, 45 km (28 mi) west of Örebro, and 10 km (6 mi) north of Degerfors. With a 2020 population o ...

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) is a

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of Culture and Society (''Tema Kultur och Samhälle'') at

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.Prof. Kylhammar's CV
Prof. Kylhammar received his

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and his

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degrees from

in 1976 and 1985 respectively. He was appointed a

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in 1999 and a

of Culture and Society in 2007. He has published many books on the

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and literature. Between 1996-2002 he was

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of the

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cultural magazine ''Tvärsnitt''. He edited '' Tvärsnitt'', a popular science magazine, between 1996 and 2002.

Awards

Dobloug Prize The Dobloug Prize (, ) is a literature prize awarded for Swedish and Norwegian fiction. The prize is named after Norwegian businessman and philanthropist Birger Dobloug (1881–1944) pursuant to his bequest. The prize sum is 4 * 150,000 Swedish crow ...

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, 2010. * Member of the

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, 2007.Royal Swedish Academy of Science Membership Information for Prof. Kylhammar
/ref> * Member of the ''Kungliga samfundet för utgivande av handskrifter rörande Skandinaviens historia'', 2005 (a royal

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in Sweden without an official English translation).

Books

* ''Kaos och kosmos: Om verklighets- och livsuppfattningar i det antika Grekland'' (1979). * ''Maskin och idyll: Teknik och pastorala ideal hos Strindberg och Heidenstam'' (1985). * ''Grönköpingsdikter av Nils Hasselskog'' (1987). * ''Den okände Sten Selander: En borgerlig intellektuell'' (1990). * ''Nils Dahlbeck: En berättelse om svensk natur och naturvårdshistoria'' (1992). * ''Frejdiga framstegsmän och visionära världsmedborgare: Epokskiftet 20-tal – 30-tal genom fem unga och Lubbe Nordström'' (1994). * ''Tvärsnitt 1996-2002'' (ed.). * ''Det klassiska Grönköping'' (1997). * ''På väg mot en kommunikativ demokrati?'' (ed., 2003). * ''Den tidlöse modernisten: En essäbok'' (2004). * ''Frigörare? Moderna svenska samhällsdrömmar'' (ed., 2005). * ''Ord i rättan tid'' (ed., 2005). * ''Det vanställda ordet: Om den svåra konsten att värna sin integritet'' (ed., 2006). * ''Livet – en stor sak: Filosofier'' (2007). * ''Le moderniste intemporel'' (L´Harmatton Paris, 2009). * ''Pojken på vinden: Filosofiska essäer'' (2010).

References

External links

Prof. Kylhammar's personal website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kylhammar, Martin 1954 births Living people Academic staff of Linköping University Linköping University alumni People from Karlskoga Municipality Dobloug Prize winners Swedish magazine editors