If you have visited us before, you may have noticed that the website has a new look and a new structure. The new website will make it easier to find our databases, collections and archives. We hope it will also make it easier to find information about how you can use KvinnSam's services and support in your studies or research.
The KvinnSam archive is unique as the only archive in Sweden dedicated to women’s and gender history. It holds 600 shelf metres of historical material, ranging from the women’s suffrage movement and early activism of the late 19th century, through the 20th century and second-wave feminism, up to the present day. The archives are now more visible through thematic entries. Visitors can browse through archives on textile crafts, international development cooperation, religion, and much more.
Discover the KvinnSam archives
Since 2018, KvinnSam is a research infrastructure at the University of Gothenburg and provides increased support to researchers. The new web pages provide examples of research projects in which KvinnSam is involved and describe how KvinnSam can support the development and coordination for research projects linked to KvinnSam's collections.
Research coordination and projects
The previous women's history portals on KvinnSam's old website could not be moved to the new website, with the exception of the portal about digitised historical Swedish periodicals for women. This is because both rebuilding and updating the portals is too resource-intensive. The book Kvinnohistoria i Sverige (Women's History in Sweden) contains the researchers' articles from the portals, in Swedish. The book describes the history of the Swedish women's movement in five themes - education, suffrage, labour, peace and the second-wave women's movement. The articles have been written by researchers Christina Florin, Josefin Rönnbäck, Ulla Wikander, Irene Andersson and Eva Schmitz. The book also contains a list of notable years and a bibliography. This can be read in the University of Gothenburg's platform for e-publishing GUPEA.
Kvinnohistoria i Sverige (Women's History in Sweden) in GUPEA, in Swedish
There is a large amount of photos and image materials in KvinnSam's various archives. Some of them has been digitised and is available in the archive platform Alvin, where you can search through the almost thousand digitised photos.
Digitised photos in the Alvin archive platform
If you have any questions about the new website, or suggestions for improvements, you are very welcome to contact us.