My primary affiliation is to the Division for History, Arts, and Religious Studies (HKR). As a postdoctoral researcher I study how local cultural heritages have been created and changed over time. My current research project concern military museums in Linköping. I also work with David Ludvigsson, professor in local history, in the work with the Center for Local History.
Sofie Lindeberg
Postdoc
I am a postdoctoral researcher in local history. My research focuses on local cultural heritages from historical perspectives. My current research project concern military museums in Linköping.
Historical perspectives on local heritages
Since 2025 I am a postdoctoral researcher in local history at the Department of Culture and Society (IKOS) at Linköping University.
Research
Ongoing Research Projects
School museums in Östergötland
In this research project, I am researching the school museums in Östergötland together with Pontus Larsen who is a reasercher in the field of history didactics. We are mapping and investigating the activities of school museums, their challenges, and opportunities.
In this research project, I am researching the school museums in Östergötland together with Pontus Larsen who is a reasercher in the field of history didactics. We are mapping and investigating the activities of school museums, their challenges, and opportunities. By studying the school museums in Östergötland, we will build up knowledge about how the school museums started, how their collections and exhibitions have been built up, the educational and cultural-historical activities that have been carried out in them, and how they are managed today.
The project will run throughout 2025 and is funded by Olof Skoglunds stiftelse and the Center for Local History at Linköping University.
Military museums in Linköping ca 1940–2026
In this project, I explore local military cultural heritages and their links to national and international contexts. I study three military history museums in Linköping.
Previous Research Projects
My other research
In 2020 I contributed to a project in local history called “Risinge – mitt i världen” (eng: “Risinge – in the middle of the world”). My role in the project was to write an overview of literature and previous research. The project is financed by Olof Skoglunds foundation and was led by Professor Hans Nilsson.
Publications
Dissertation project (2019–2025)
The Fur Industry as a Local Cultural Heritage in Tranås 1938–2025 I analysed processes in which various actors over a hundred years have archived, collected, published stories, and created exhibitions related to a specific topic: the fur industry in Tranås.
By studying how different actors have created the cultural heritage of the fur industry in Tranås over a long period of time, it becomes clear how social, political, economic, and cultural changes in society are reflected in the actions of individual actors in dealing with the past in their own time.