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Maja Hagerman

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Maja Hagerman

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1960-02-03 （Sweden）
Nationality
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

Career

Occupations
author, journalist, filmmaker, senior lecturer
Active Years
1996-2024
Affiliations
Dalarna University
Nominations
2015 August Prize nomination for non-fiction (Käraste Herman)

Awards

August Prize
1996
Work: Spåren av kungens män. Om när Sverige blev ett kristet rike
Category: ノンフィクション
Organization: Swedish Academy
Result: 受賞
Axel Hirsch Prize
2015
Work: Käraste Herman. Rasbiolog Herman Lundborgs gåta
Organization: Swedish Academy
Result: 受賞
Honorary Doctor
2012
Category: 歴史・哲学学部
Organization: Uppsala University
Result: 授与

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Spåren av kungens män. Om när Sverige blev ett kristet rike

1996 historical non-fiction

A book on the making of the Swedish kingdom and its conversion to Christianity.

Swedish historyChristianizationmedieval

Käraste Herman. Rasbiolog Herman Lundborgs gåta

2015 biographical non-fiction

A book about the physician Herman Lundborg, head of the Swedish State Institute for Racial Biology.

racial biologyNazismSámi people
Adaptations
  • [documentary film] Hur gör man för att rädda ett folk? / Claes Gabrielson (2015)
  • [documentary film] What Measures to Save a People? / Claes Gabrielson (2016)
Translations
  • Herman Lundborg. Rätsel eines Rassenbiologen

Style & Themes

Literary Style
narrative based on historical factsdocumentary approach
Recurring Motifs
Swedish historycultural heritagememory

Legacy

Swedish author and filmmaker specializing in history, particularly medieval, prehistoric, and modern times, with awards like the August Prize.

Trivia

  • Honorary doctor at the Faculty of History and Philosophy at Uppsala University (2012)