In the year 1783 a fissure eruption from Laki in the southern part of Iceland produced a large amount of volcanic gases during a period of eight months. The volcanic gases and aerosols spread across the northern hem sphere due to ideal weather conditions and had a substantial impact on the environment, human health and also climate effects. This, so called dry fog, caused severe health problems, which led to death casualties, killing animals, crops and other vegetation. The consequence was a widespread famine which was aggravated by a hard and long winter in 1783/84. Analysis shows that the Icelandic volcanoes are the primary risk to produce dry fog that can affect Sweden.

This essay is about the mobilization that have arisen due to the mining activities being planned in Norra Kärr, just outside of Gränna in the northern part of the county of Jönköping, Sweden. This study is based on the association Aktion Rädda Vättern and members of the associatons? individual thoughts and experiences of their possibility to success. Interviews were carried out with members of the association. The theoretical basis lies within the theory of political opportunity structure and the defintion of the same by Sidney Tarrow.

The purpose of this study was to explore preschool- and primary school teachers? perceptions of fairytales, why they use fairytales and what thoughts they have about the impact of fairytales on children?s reading and writing development. We interviewed seven teachers and three preschool teachers in northern Sweden to find out how work with fairytales is carried out in preschool and primary school. We also interviewed twelve pupils who were seven and eight years old to find out what they thought of fairytales in primary school. The result showed that preschool- and primary school teachers had a positive attitude towards fairytales and the opportunities provided by fairytales.

Today, nine out of ten municipalities are active on social media and it has become increasingly popular among municipalities that make use of placemarketing to promote their particular region. A problem that is raised in this study is that the population of the municipalities in northern Sweden often is in decline. The purpose of this study is to investigate how a democratic-controlled organization such as Luleå Municipality uses the social media Facebook in its placemarketing, to highlight a place of scale and to attract new residents and stakeholders to move to or visit the city. In order to answer the purpose I have with the help of a critical discourse analysis examined how Luleå Municipality using social media Facebook in their marketing of Luleå as a place. The results were then analyzed using theories of placemarketing, Norrland and the market-oriented municipality.

The purpose of this study was to increase the level of knowledge in the field of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for wind power. The study includes six wind power farms in the County of Västerbotten in northern Sweden. The main questions were: What are the real dimensions of roadways and land claims for both roads and wind power turbines? How do those dimensions correlate with the dimensions stated in the EIA? Are there any differences in values of the dimensions between the wind power farms that are included in this study? The width of the roadways and the land claims for both roads and wind turbines in wind power farms were examined on site. The results from the examinations were compared with the dimensions available in the EIA for each wind power farm.

 Målet med examensarbetet omfattas av simuleringar av formfyllnads-, stelningsförlopp samt mekaniska egenskaper av gjutna salutkanoner. Detta för att komma fram till ett lämpligt material och gjutprocess för att tillverka en salutkanon.Sverige var Europaledande i både utveckling och tillverkning av kanoner under 1700-talet. Många av styckebruken som tillverkade kanoner finns kvar än idag. Kanontillverkningen har nästan helt försvunnit, idag ägnar sig styckebruken åt andra typer av produkter. Kanoner har historiskt sett varit en av de gjutna produkter som drivit utvecklingen inom gjutning i Sverige.Genom att utföra olika simuleringar och utvärdera parametrar såsom sugningar, porbildning och turbulens kommer ett lämpligt ingjutssystem utformas för att ge en salutkanon som uppfyller de satta kraven.

The aim of this study was to investigate the importance of nature for the health and well-being of young adults. A qualitative method was used and data was collected through semi-structured interviews with eleven people from the ages of 15-20. The interviews were transcribed with the results of the study revealing that nearly everyone felt calm and relaxed while they were in a natural environment. The most common motivation to be outdoors was socializing with friends, performing any kind of sport and/or taking walks. Reasons to stay indoors were rainy, cold weather, lack of time, and in some cases circumstances related to their surroundings, such as where they live.

Denna uppsats behandlar variation i argumentstrukturen kring verbet ge, från äldre fornsvenska till modern svenska, och vilka faktorer som kan tänkas ligga bakom denna variation. I uppsatsen presenteras två studier, en som behandlar variationen mellan konstruktion med dubbelobjekt och konstruktion med bundet adverbial (prepositionsfras) och en som behandlar variationen mellan neutral ordföljd (där mottagaren står före temat) och omvänd ordföljd (där temat står först). Omvänd ordföljd innefattar även belägg där mottagaren är realiserad i form av en prepositionsfras. Det framkommer att variationen mellan de två ordföljdsalternativen varit mer eller mindre konstant över tid, medan konstruktion med bundet adverbial börjar användas under äldre nysvensk tid och blir vanlig först under 1700-talet. Uppkomsten av konstruktion med bundet adverbial tycks ske samtidigt som dubbelobjektskonstruktionen med omvänd ordföljd försvinner.

Denna studie handlar om eurocentrism i svenska läroböcker. Det analyserade verket är Epos ? För gymnasieskolan från 2012, som kontrasteras mot de läroböcker som den tidigare forskningen analyserat. Utifrån en modell konstruerad utifrån anti-eurocentriska teoretiker, såsom Blaut, Amin och Hobson, undersöker jag huruvida läromedlet är att betrakta som eurocentristiskt i sin skildring av Mellanösterns, Kinas och Europas historia fram till 1700-talet. Metoden är en kvalitativ innehållsanalys med lingvistiska och idéanalytiska inslag.

The main purpose of this Master thesis is to illuminate the understanding of local politicians regarding the public libraries and the librarians. We argue that the local politicians´ opinions regarding public libraries and librarians influence the way they act and react in their roles as politicians.In order to achieve the aim of this thesis we focused on following questions:What are the opinions of the politicians:- regarding themselves in relation to the public library?- concerning public libraries in general and its functions especially in the municipalities of their own?- concerning the librarians and their work in a public function?What are the conclusions to be drawn regarding the politicians´ interest and commitment to public libraries in the politic daily-life of the municipalities? Our empiric material consists of qualitative interviews with six politicians elected in two municipalities in the interior of Västerbotten, a northern sparsely populated district. In order to distinguish the various opinions that emerge from the material, we apply a phenomenographic approach. The analysis result we present in three conceivable categories in order to express the different opinions.In general our study points at a positive and favourable attitude to the public library, and all the respondents assume that the municipality ought to offer this service.

The goal of the society to increase the proportion of renewable energy has led to an increased demand of bioenergy e.g. forest biomass. However, there are concerns that removal of biomass will lead to decreased base cation concentrations in the soils and acidification of streams. In order to find in which types of landscape removal of branches and tops could have such negative effects, this study aims to analyse the relations between pH-sensitivity and landscape variables in the Bothnia Bay water district. GIS and digital geographical data were used to analyse the landscape in subcatchments.

A large problem in our society is the diseases that inactivity brings to the population. The lifestyle you have in adolescence is often the same that you have in adulthood. Because of this, prevention should start in youth. The aim of this study was to investigate the experience that youths have of physical education and it?s influence in their spare-time activities.

This essay discusses the development of swords in the southern region of Sweden, Skåne. It attempts to locate the areas in Europe where the swords were first made and, in doing so, trace the communication routes by which people traveled. The essay deals with aperiod of a few hundred years, from the late eighth century to sometime around 1300. In that sense, it is therefore also a time study tracing the cultural changes and developments in Skåne during the era of Christianization. Does the development of swords follow the overall changes in society, from an isolated pagan district to a Catholic European community, or not? In answering this question, eight swords were selected and put under closer observation.

In Sweden you will find the coot chiefly in the southern parts. The species winters in the southern part of the Baltic Sea and along the coasts of northern Europe. The number of coots is heavily decreased by harsh winters. The population of the coots in Sweden is estimated to 20 000 to 30 000 pairs. The region of Dalarna is the random zone for the breeding of coots in Sweden .

Uppsatsens syfte är att komparativt studera fornskandinavisk sejd och samisk schamanism. Traditionernas likheter och skillnader behandlas. En jämförelse görs av dessa religiösa uttrycks specialist, attribut, extas och syfte. Anmärkningsvärt är att ritualernas kultledare har skilda genus. God argumentation kring ämnets likheter och skillnader kräver orientering i genusproblematiken.