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BOKFÖRLAGET STOLPE
W ater routes long
constituted the most
natural way to tra-
vel, and the ships that people
travelled on also served as
an expression of the owner’s
status and power. The roughly
forty ship artefacts in the
Skagen Collection, in the form
of figureheads, ornaments and
other decorative elements, bear
witness to many stories about
life at sea.
This anthology presents a
number of approaches to the
many symbols and artistic
expressions found on vessels
along with recent photos and
new knowledge about the figure-
heads.
X i Jinping has established an iron
grip on the world’s most populous
country, and in terms of ideas,
China is also taking a larger place in
the world. What role do nationalism and
longer historical perspectives play? In
these five essays, some of Sweden’s most
prominent sinologists consider the foun-
dational ideas of China – from Confucius
to today.
T he Sampans from Canton is an
award-winning book consisting of
99 Chinese gouaches from the se-
cond half of the 18th century. In minute
detail, they depict an entire community
afloat on the water, with the various sam-
pan vessels used for everything from the
sale of fruit and religious
ceremonies to warfare and thievery. To-
gether, these
gouaches constitute one of the largest
collections of hand-
painted Chinese works preserved from this
period.
The book is also available in a Bibliop-
hile edition of 49 copies signed by the
Chairman of Nordstjernan, Viveca Ax:son
Johnson.
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Imagery of the Sea – Figureheads and Symbols (Havets bildspråk – Galjonsfigurer och symboler)ISBN Eng: 978-91-985237-9-9ISBN Swe: 978-91-985237-8-2100 illustrations. 32 x 24.5 cm. 250 ppAutumn 2019
Japanese History – And the Idea of UniquenessISBN Eng: 978-91-639-7205-8100 illustrations. 24 x 17 cm. 500 ppAutumn 2019
Den kinesiska idén – från Konfucius till Xi Jinping(The Chinese Idea – From Confucius to Xi Jinping)ISBN Swe: 978-91-639-7204-1Swe: 978-91-985236-2-1 30 illustrations. 24 x 17 cm. 80 ppAugust 2019
The Sampans from Canton (Sampanerna från Kanton) ISBN Eng: 978-91-639-7202-7ISBN Swe: 978-91-639-7201-099 illustrations. 27 x 36 cm. 220 + 48 pp of stand-alone essaysAutumn 2018
I n Japan, the study of
nihonjinron became popu-
lar after the Second World
in an attempt to explain the
uniqueness of the country’s
culture and character. Some of
the essays in this volume deal
with these issues and explore
aspects of the Japanese quest
for a national identity. Today
Japan is one of the world’s
largest economies, but it is
facing enormous challenges on
a social, cultural, financi-
al and political level. These
challenges are highlighted and
analysed in this book through
themes and topics from Japa-
nese history: identity, ar-
chitecture, religion, manga,
Christianity in Japan, the
Samurais and many other sub-
jects. Edited by Svante Tirén
T he international art
world has been taken
by storm by Hilma af
Klint’s art. From the ini-
tial success at the Moderna
museet in Stockholm 2013 to
the exhibition in New York’s
Guggenheim Museum, the Ax-
:son Johnson Foundation has
arranged a number of interna-
tional seminars, in conjunc-
tion with the exhibitions, in
order to promote scholarship
about Hilma af Klint and set
her pioneering work in a his-
torical context. The topics
range from early abstract
art, the impact of Darwinism
and Goethe’s Theory of Colour
to the importance of occult
religious movements such as
Theosophy and Anthroposophy
that influenced the early mo-
dernists and Hilma af Klint.
Hilma af Klint – Visionary(Hilma af Klint – Tidsandans visionär)ISBN eng: 978-91-639-7203-4ISBN swe: 978-91-985237-0-6 60 illustrations. 28.5 x 22.5 cm.180 ppAutumn 2019
Hilma af Klint – Seeing is Believing(Hilma af Klint – Att se är att inse)ISBN swe: 978-91-89069-08-4ISBN eng: 978-91-89069-18-360 illustrations. 28.5 x 22.5 cm. 240 ppSpring 2020
Hilma af Klint – The Art of Seeing the Invisible(Hilma af Klint – Konsten att se det osynliga)ISBN swe: 978-91-89069-07-7 ISBN eng: 978-91-89069-17-660 illustrations. 28.5 x 22.5 cm. 320 ppSpring 2020
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F or the first time, Hilma af
Klint’s works have been
collected in a Catalogue
Raisonné. This is a historical
document, divided into seven
volumes, about one of Sweden’s
most fascinating collections of
artistic output. The first vo-
lume, Målningar från Templet
[‘Paintings from the Temple’[,
will be published in spring
2020.
The paintings are presented
in the same order that Hilma af
Klint herself numbered them, an
important aspect that clearly
enhances the reader’s under-
standing and feel for her arti-
stry. The works are printed in
an exclusive edition designed
by Patric Leo. The series is
produced with the permission of
the Hilma af Klint Foundation,
and features introductions by
Daniel Birnbaum and Kurt Alm-
qvist.
Hilma af Klint – Catalogue Raisonné ISBN Eng: 978-91-89069-11-4XX illustrations. XX x XX cm. XX ppSpring 2020
Omslag, uppslag och infotext Dekadens
T he fear of living in the
end times has a long his-
tory. In Decadence and
Decay, a group of distinguished
international scholars descri-
be how societies over time have
handled and interpreted the
concept of decline. In times of
unrest and transition, “decli-
nism”, the notion that a cul-
ture or civilisation is headed
towards irreversible decline,
tends to capture the public
imagination.
The essays in this volume
address how notions of deca-
dence and decay have been used
both as opprobrium and as a
form of self-definition and em-
powerment – an instrument to
protect individualism against
collectivistic oppression. From
ancient Rome to the present,
ideas and expressions of deca-
dence and decay have played a
critical role in how we percei-
ve the world.
Decadence and Decay – From Ancient Rome to the PresentISBN Eng: 978-91-985236-5-2100 illustrations. 30.5 x 22.5 cm. 240 ppAutumn 2019
S wedish Grace is the most celebra-
ted of all periods and styles of
Swedish architecture. The Stock-
holm City Library, the Chapel of the
Resurrection at the Woodland Cemetery
outside Stockholm and the Stockholm
Concert Hall, are all world-famous and
among the most highly regarded buil-
dings in Sweden.
This anthology is an updated relea-
se of the sold-out Swedish Grace – The
Forgotten Modern. Eleven scholars of
various nationalities discuss Swedish
Grace from different angles, highligh-
ting its contemporary relevance.
Swedish Grace – Mellan modernitet och tradition(Swedish Grace – Between Tradition and Modernity)ISBN Swe: 978-91-985236-7-6100 illustrations 30.5 x 22.5 cm. 240 ppAutumn 2019
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NATURALIE-SAMLINGARNAS
HISTORIA
Perspektiv från världsarvet
Engelsberg
TAPETER GENOM
TIDERNA
Perspektiv från världsarvet
Engelsberg
T he internationally renowned Engelsberg semi-
nar takes place every summer in Engelsberg,
Sweden, with the participation of interna-
tionally distinguished public intellectuals, scho-
lars and politicians who address the most pressing
issues of our time such as Religion, Knowledge and
Information, Russia and World Order. The Engelsberg
seminar has been labelled “the most intellectually
stimulating conference in Europe”. Each volume pre-
sents the most interesting and knowledgeable per-
spectives of today’s intellectuals, scholars and
thinkers, considering each topic with a view to the
past, the present and our common future.
Each volume is published in Swedish and in Eng-
lish with a limited run of 25 copies and is hand
bound by Leonard Gustafsson Bookbindery. The co-
ver is made of goatskin and paper hand-marbled in
England. The title is gilt-stamped into the cover.
The Engelsberg Series is available for sale only
through the publishing house.
THE ENGELSBERG SERIES
Knowledge and Information(Kunskap och information)ISBN Swe: 978-91-985237-2-0ISBN Eng: 978-91-985237-1-3 90 illustrations. 24 x 17 cm. 340 ppSummer 2019
The Swedish Success Story(Den svenska framgångssagan)ISBN Swe: 978-91-985237-3-7ISBN Eng: 978-91-985237-4-490 illustrations. 24 x 17 cm. 340 ppSummer 2019
The Return of Geopolitics(Geopolitikens återkomst) ISBN Swe: 978-91-985236-0-7ISBN Eng: 978-91-985236-1-490 illustrations. 24 x 17 cm. 340 ppSummer 2019
O ver the centuries, wall-
paper has been one of our
most important wall de-
corations. Attitudes to wallpa-
per have changed through time,
especially in recent decades.
However, today there is a strong
and growing interest in wallpaper
and the historic preservation of
buildings.
As the first stand-alone volume
in a series on the World Heri-
tage Site Engelsberg, this book
provides an understanding of the
history of wallpaper. Through nu-
merous pictures, both historical
and modern, the experts in the
field provide us with an in-depth
look into wallpaper, both as a
craft and as an expression of
different decorative ideals.
KAKELUGNAR GENOM
TIDERNA
Perspektiv från världsarvet
Engelsberg
Tapeter genom tiderna – Perspektiv från världsarvet Engelsberg(Wallpapers of All Time – Perspectives from the Engelsberg World Heritage Site)ISBN Swe: 978-91-89069-03-980 illustrations. 30 x 23.5 cm. 180 ppAutumn 2019
THE FOLLOWING TITLES WILL BE RELEASED:
ReligionPast and PresentNation, State and EmpireWarCivilisationPolitics and IdeologyOn CapitalismOn the Idea of AmericaOn RussiaThe Secular State & SocietyWhat is the West?The Future of ReligionTowards a Cosmopolitan Culture?Consciousness, Genetics and SocietyEmpire and the Future World OrderMedia and Media PowerVisions of the FutureThe Pursuit of Europe
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JÄRNBRUKENS HISTORIA
Perspektiv från världsarvet
Engelsberg
THE FOLLOWING TITLES IN THIS SERIES:
Järnbrukens historia(The History of Ironworks) ISBN Swe: 978-91-89069-02-2
Naturaliesamlingarnas historia(Natural History Specimen Collections)ISBN Swe: 978-91-89069-10-7
Kakelugnar genom tiderna(Tile Stoves of All Time)ISBN Swe: 978-91-89069-16-9
HUVUDREDAKTÖR SVANTE TIRÉN
HUVUDREDAKTÖR SVANTE TIRÉNHUVUDREDAKTÖR SVANTE TIRÉN HUVUDREDAKTÖR LOTTA GRÖNING
P opulist” has beco-
me one of the most po-
pular insults of our
time. In this anthology, some
of Sweden’s most interes-
ting opinion makers and so-
cial scientists consider the
question of what populism is,
from a historical and cont-
emporary perspective, and
whether politics can ever
completely relinquish popu-
list ideas.
Is our era experiencing
a genuine rise in populist
ideas, in response to ever
growing interest in them? If
that is the case, where do
these ideas have a particular
impact and where do they have
a hard time gaining traction?
Is it possible to identify a
common denominator for popu-
list movements or can each be
understood simply on its own
terms?
Populismens idéer – Från antikens Rom till idag(Populism – From Ancient Rome to the Present)ISBN Swe: 978-91-985236-2-130 illustrations. 24 x 17 cm. 146 ppAutumn 2019
T his anthology explores
how architecture, urban
design and trade histo-
rically and today have contri-
buted to civility and politi-
cal order. The writers examine
civility as a concept and its
role in both political organi-
sation and economic relations
between citizens in Renaissan-
ce Italy. The book also fo-
cuses on the cities of today
and how we can create urban
environments where the indivi-
dual can flourish. Can townsca-
pes and good manners generate
happiness, and what role does
architecture play in creating
civilised societies? Can ci-
vility prevail in a world of
disruption?
City, Civility and Capitalism ISBN Eng: 978-91-89069-14-540 illustrations. 24 x 17 cm. 200 ppSpring 2020
T he history of the book
and of reading is also a
mirror of Mans self-re-
flection and the book market
reflects our interests, needs
and longings over time. Today
the book itself faces chal-
lenges from new technologies.
What can the physical book-
store do to survive – and why
this fear of Amazon? And what
is really happening to our
ability to comprehend when we
read increasingly less on pa-
per? Contributors to the book
include influential names in
research on books and lite-
rature as well as people from
the business including Nor-
stedt’s Eva Gedin and Story-
tel’s Rustan Panday.
Boken och läsandets förvandlingar – I digitaliseringens tid(The Book and Reading – In the Age of Digitisation)ISBN Swe: 978-91-89069-00-8 40 illustrations. 24 x 17 cm. 180 ppAutumn 2019
G ustav III (1746-1792) is
one of Sweden’s best-known
and most important kings,
both in Sweden and internatio-
nally. He is especially known
as the founder of several acade-
mies, perhaps most notably the
Swedish Academy, the body that
selects the Nobel Prize in lite-
rature, but also for his impor-
tance to theatre and art.
Outside a small circle of con-
noisseurs, his importance as
an architect, builder and pa-
tron has remained unknown. Few
people are aware that he was
also an architect and made his
own drawings. In this exclusi-
ve book, his own drawings are
published for the first time.
Gustav III – His Own Architect ISBN Eng: 978-91-89069-06-0600 illustrations. 50 x 70 cm(needs to be placed on a stand)464 pp Spring 2020
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Edited by Magnus Olausson
Y ou are probably in contact with Rosti’s
different products every day – when you
start your car, pour a glass of jui-
ce, fix your hair, cook, or open a can of beer
or carton of milk. This is the story of the
little plastics company from Småland, Sweden,
that became a major multinational corpora-
tion.
However, the company’s strong growth was not
achieved without challenges and difficulties
– some more daunting than others. This book
about Rosti, which includes numerous pictu-
res, describes the fascinating success story
and development of one of Sweden’s most exci-
ting companies.
Rosti – A Designable World(Rosti – En formbar värld)ISBN Eng: 978-91-985236-4-5ISBN Swe: 978-91-985236-3-8100 illustrations. 31.5 x 24 cm. 270 ppAuthor: Johan ErséusPhotographer: Ola TorkelssonSpring 2020
J ane Jacobs is an icon in
urban planning. She be-
came world-famous with
her book The Death and Life of
Great American Cities. Through
her book and her street-le-
vel activism in 1960s New
York, she became a key figu-
re in urban planning issues,
and her efforts following her
breakthrough have been conti-
nuously interpreted and dis-
cussed.
In this anthology, thir-
teen writers consider unique
aspects of the burning ques-
tions she raises concerning
what fundamentally makes a
society sustainable. Together
the contributors provide a
sweeping portrait of Jacobs’
activities from the 1930s to
the 2000s and situate her work
in contemporary contexts.
Eng: 978-91-985-2369-030 illustrations. 22,5 x 18 cm. 250 ppAutumn 2019
W hen summer arrives,
tourists replace the
city’s usual resi-
dents, who instead flock to the
countryside. But more and more
people are moving to – or clo-
ser to – big cities, and they
no longer work the land. At
the same time, we are still as
dependent on what the country-
side has to offer in terms of
food.
What role will our rural de-
signs and the cultivation of
organic food play in the fu-
ture? New Ruralism and Rural
Agrarian Urbanism may provide
solutions to these challenges.
This book, with contributions
from leading experts in the
field, addresses issues such as
sustainable food production
and community planning.
Rural UrbanismISBN Eng: 9978-91-985-2368-330 illustrations. 22.5 x 18 cm. 138 ppAutumn 2019
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Author: Johan ErséusPhotographer: Ola Torkelsson
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Suntian tiusam veniae volupta doluptat quissunt earuptas aut eatur se nient, quae nobis con experum rendenimus ventemporum re cor molesti ustiur sinulpa volorib uscidunt.H jalmar Stolpe is one of
Sweden’s best-known ar-
chaeologists and explo-
rers. In the late 19th century
he sailed around the world on
the steamboat Vanadis. Portugal,
Brazil, Chile, Thailand, India
and Egypt are some of the places
he visited on his 18-month jour-
ney.
On the trip was the 22-year-
old photographer Oscar Ekholm.
The expedition is one of the
first of its kind in history to
be documented using photography
and brought home a unique col-
lection consisting of thousands
of photographs.
Bo G Erikson is a science
journalist and honorary doctor
at Uppsala University. This ma-
terial has never been shown be-
fore.
Expedition Vanadis – An Ethno-graphic Voyage Around the World 1883–1885 (Expedition Vanadis – En etnografisk världsomsegling 1883-1885)ISBN Eng: 978-91-89069-20-6ISBN Swe: 978-91-89069-01-5150 illustrations. 30.5 x 22.5 cm. 300 ppAutumn 2020
C arl Gustav Jung’s Man and His
Symbols is one of the most im-
portant classics of Analytical
Psychology. In the book, Jung expla-
ins our dreams’ different symbols, a
subject that is at least as thought
provoking today as when the book was
first published. With a new Swedish
translation, this popular book is
made accessible once again.
“This book, which was the last pie-
ce of work by Jung before his death
in 1961, provides a unique opportu-
nity to assess his contribution to
the life and thought of our time,
for it was also his first attempt to
present his life-work in psycholo-
gy to a non-technical public...What
emerges with great clarity from the
book is that Jung has done immense
service both to psychology as a sci-
ence and to our general understan-
ding of man in society, by insisting
that imaginative life must be taken
seriously in its own right, as the
most distinctive characteristic of
human beings.” – The Guardian
Människan och hennes symboler(Man and His Symbols)ISBN Swe: 978-91-89069-05-3400 illustrations. X x X cm. 340 ppSpring 2020
L ife expectancy at birth
has increased rapidly
across the world in the
last hundred years. There is
great variation in life ex-
pectancy, not only between
countries but also within
countries and between indivi-
duals.
What can be done to de-
lay the degeneration of the
body that leads to ageing and
very often also disease? How
should we live in order to
live longer? Why are we spen-
ding so much money on health
care and treatment and so
little on prevention, and,
might there also be an urban
planning aspect to longevity?
The Future of Ageing – How Longevity Will Change the Way We LiveISBN Eng: 978-91-89069-15-240 illustrations. 24 x 17 cm. 240 pp Design: Patric LeoApril 2020
T he unexamined life is not
worth living, Socrates
says in Plato’s Apology.
In this anthology we examine
the meaning of self-knowled-
ge, in the eyes of ancient and
medieval thinkers, mystics and
philosophers. What self-know-
ledge means varies depending
on the time, culture and thin-
ker. But one also finds com-
mon ground. One such notion
is mors mystica; the self has
to die and be reborn to beco-
me a truer self. Superficial
self-knowledge is not enough.
Meister Eckhart, the fourte-
enth century Dominican friar
says: Examine yourself. And
whenever you find yourself,
take leave of yourself.
Self-Knowledge ISBN Eng: 978-91-89069-09-140 illustrations. 24 x 17 cm. 200 ppSpring 2020
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Dear reader,
W elcome to Bokförlaget Stolpe. We would like to provide you with a glimpse of what we
have launched – a new publishing house with a focus on illustrated works of non-fic-
tion.
The publishing house was founded in 2018 by Marika Stolpe, who has 25 years of experience as a
publishing director and publisher, including with Bonnier Publishing.
We produce specialist books of the very finest quality, which means we put great emphasis on
design, reproduction, printing and binding as well as high scholarly content. We cover a wide
range of publications, and the subjects are often timeless.
The publishing house collaborates in full with the Swedish foundation Axel and Margaret Ax:son
Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. Their vision is to support individuals, ideas and pro-
jects in the humanities and social sciences. We publish books based on the foundation’s rese-
arch projects, seminars and grants awarded to talented writers and scholars and we ensure that
the books are available in Sweden and around the world.
The foundation has programmes and collaborations with a number of colleges in primarily the
Anglo-Saxon academic world: at Oxford and Cambridge University, Harvard University, London
School of Economics, Kings College London and in Sweden, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology,
The University of Lund and The Stockholm School of Economics.
In this newsletter, you can read about the books we have published to date, including The Sam-
pans from Canton, which received the Swedish Book Art Prize and has also been nominated for the
Swedish Publishing Prize 2019. Three of the titles were also bound by hand by Leonard Gustafs-
son Bookbindery. Another 14 titles will be published this autumn.
There are a large number of books in the progress. Read more about them in this newsletter.
And sometimes – films, exhibitions or even virtual reality productions will be made from the ma-
terial from some of these books.
Follow us at www.bokforlagetstolpe.se and on our Facebook.
We wish you pleasant reading!
Marika Stolpe, Jennifer Paterson, Jeanna Eklund and Helena de Waal
Bokförlaget Stolpe – craftsmanship, scholarship and quality