Jämtland och den jämtländska världen 1000-1645

This volume contains revised versions of papers presented at the conference Jämtland och den jämtländska världen 1000-1645 (Jämtland and its world AD 1000-1645) held in Östersund 15-17 June, 2009. The conference was initiated by Landsprosten Erik Anderssons minnesfond, a foundation that has been funding research into the history of Jämtland up to 1645 since the 1970S. 1645 was the year when Jämtland no longer belonged to Norway but became a part of Sweden. The aim of the conference was to sum up and evaluate some of the research done in recent decades, but also to point out and formulate new, interesting research problems for the future. The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities acted as a co-organiser.

The conference gathered a number of Swedish and Norwegian scholars, representing the disciplines of history, archaeology and Scandinavian languages. Thus the papers range over a great number of issues concerning, among other things, Jämtland as a border-land, a periphery, a colonization area, a transit trade area, a peasant district and a Saami area. One paper deals with historiography and the last contribution in the book is a bibliography.