Author Visit and Lecture with Tomas Andersson

A historical lecture about the Göta älv, Sweden’s most important waterway throughout history. Tomas Andersson, an archaeologist and historian, has written around fifteen books, the most recent about the Göta älv, Sweden’s most important river since time immemorial. The river features in the Icelandic sagas and is part of the region where the political struggle between the young kingdoms of Norway, Sweden and Denmark took place, and where a kind of Nordic river culture emerged. Tomas describes a waterway that has been important ever since the inland ice retreated more than a hundred thousand years ago. He tells how goods and ideas travelled both upstream and downstream, how castles and strongholds stood like a string of pearls along the riverbanks, and about the rise and fall of kingdoms. The story extends to 1473, when a new era was about to begin.

Gullspångs bibliotek
17 November, 18:30–20:30
No advance registration required
Contact: 0551-36007