The Ship, the River and the Ocean Sea: Concepts of space in the Seventeenth-Century London Maritime Community

Blakemore, Richard J.

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“…It was men who had agency, perhaps because it was mainly men who contributed to the magazine. But then, traditionally, the majority of maritime professions were associated with men, 45 and it was young men whom the magazine hoped to inspire to go to sea.…”

Section: Defining Elements Of a True Swede In Vår Flottamentioning

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Sweden – a nation of seafarers or peasants? Swedish naval officers and national identity as revealed in the magazine Vår Flotta, 1905–1939

Linderoth

2023

International Journal of Maritime History

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Swedish national identity reflects a tradition of independent freeholding peasants, even though the majority of the population lives along the coasts. The sea has often been neglected in studies analysing Swedish national identity. This article analyses one of many Swedish narratives of national identity – namely, that found in the monthly magazine Vår Flotta: Tidskrift för Sjövapnet (Our Fleet: Magazine for the Navy). The narrative of the magazine strongly emphasized the importance of the sea to Sweden. The sea, with its strong symbolism, was a vital part of the magazine's national narrative. According to Vår Flotta, the sea and its control would determine Sweden's fate as it had historically. The navy had saved Sweden from being dragged into a war or being invaded by foreign powers. A close connection to the sea, facing its dangers, would also allow the true Swedish national qualities to develop: bravery, calmness, confidence, cleanliness and a willingness to make sacrifices for the greater good. The national-identity narrative in the magazine remained fairly constant across the 35 years studied in this article.

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Section: Defining Elements Of a True Swede In Vår Flottamentioning

confidence: 99%

Sweden – a nation of seafarers or peasants? Swedish naval officers and national identity as revealed in the magazine Vår Flotta, 1905–1939

Linderoth

2023

International Journal of Maritime History

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Maritime lokalsamfunn i tidlig nytid

Eliassen

2019

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SammendragArtikkelen diskuterer begrepet «maritime samfunn» på bakgrunn av hovedsakelig internasjonal litteratur, som kan gi empiriske, teoretiske og metodiske impulser til norsk lokal-og regionhistorie. Tidsrammen er tidlig nytid, spesielt perioden fra tidlig på 1600-tallet til begynnelsen av 1800-tallet, og eksemplene er hovedsakelig fra kystområdene på Agder og ved Skagerrak. Artikkelen har tre hovedformål: for det første å fremme «maritime samfunn» som en nyttig og viktig kategori i utforskningen og framstillingen av det norske så vel som det internasjonale samfunnet i tidlig nytid; dernest å oppfordre til å tenke på maritime samfunn som et viktig perspektiv i lokal-og regionhistorien; og sist, men ikke minst, å inspirere eller provosere til komparativ forskning på maritime samfunn på tvers av regioner og landegrenser, spesielt rundt Nordsjøen og Skagerrak-Kattegat, hvor utvekslingen av varer, mennesker og ideer har påvirket samfunn i ulike land og regioner.Nøkkelord maritime samfunn, kystkultur, havnebyer, sjøfart, maritime yrker AbstractThe article discusses the term "maritime society" with special reference to the early modern period in coastal regions of Norway, while drawing on an international literature which can give empirical, theoretical and methodological impulses to Norwegian local and regional history in this field. The purpose is threefold: In the first place to propagate the use of the term "maritime society" as a broader and more general one than many others which are in use to characterize communities where a substantial part of the population gets its income and livelihood from trade and work related to the sea, directly or indirectly. Secondly, to encourage the use of perspective implied in the term as a way towards a better understanding of such societies. And, last but not least, to inspire Norwegian scholars to make comparative studies between maritime societies in Norway and other countries with coastlines -especially across the same sea, like the North Sea or Skagerrak, where the exchange of goods, people and ideas has, in many cases, influenced societies in different settings in some of the same ways. InnledningDenne artikkelen tar for seg begrepet «maritime samfunn». Det dekker store og viktige deler av det norske samfunnet gjennom mange hundre år, men det har ikke fått den sentrale plassen i norsk faglitteratur som man kunne forvente, og det blir heller ikke brukt konsekvent. Her vil det bli satt i forhold til andre, beslektede begreper, og det vil bli lansert en praktisk, om ikke helt presis, definisjon av «maritime samfunn» med basis i norsk og inter-

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The Ship, the River and the Ocean Sea: Concepts of space in the Seventeenth-Century London Maritime Community

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Sweden – a nation of seafarers or peasants? Swedish naval officers and national identity as revealed in the magazine Vår Flotta, 1905–1939

Sweden – a nation of seafarers or peasants? Swedish naval officers and national identity as revealed in the magazine Vår Flotta, 1905–1939

Maritime lokalsamfunn i tidlig nytid

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