Per Axelsson

Biographic Data

ID258448
NAMEPer Axelsson
GIVEN NAMESPer
FAMILY NAMEAxelsson
SIGNATUREAXELSSON P
AFFILIATIONSUmeå University
ORCID0000-0002-3880-2135
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS36
WORKS AS AUTHOR12
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX3

  • Racism and ethnic discrimination among Indigenous Arctic populations

    Open AccessTobias Poggats, Per AxelssonARTICLEEthnicity and Health2025

    OBJECTIVES: Racism and ethnic discrimination are global health issues, but the extent and effects on Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic region are still poorly understood. By investigating the methods, data sources, and definitions used in articles examining racism and ethnic discrimination among Indigenous peoples in the Arctic between 2008 and 2021 this review aims to create a solid foundation for future research. DESIGN: We conducted a search ac…

  • Indigenous research data governance in Sápmi

    Susanna Ragnhild Andersdatter Siri, Per AxelssonARTICLEActa Borealia2024

  • Indigenous and tribal peoples' health (The Lancet–Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration)

    Open AccessIan Anderson, Bridget Robson et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2016

  • The field of Indigenous health and the role of colonisation and history

    Open AccessPer Axelsson, Tahu Kukutai et al.ARTICLEJournal of Population Research2016Cited by: 10References: 9

  • Sweden in 1930 and the 1930 census

    Per Axelsson, Maria J WisselgrenARTICLEThe History of the Family2015Cited by: 3References: 7

    The primary goal of censuses has always been to collect reliable information on the state’s population and provide a basis for governmental decision-making. This study examines the categories used in the 1930 census and links them to the context in which they were generated. We treat the census as a tool of state power, which can be discerned from the definitions of its categories and the way in which statistics are collected and used. The guidin…

  • The Cutter incident and the development of a Swedish polio vaccine, 1952-1957

    Open AccessPer AxelssonARTICLEDynamis2012Cited by: 1

    1.-Introduction. 2.-The long detour. 2.1.-Swedish polio vaccine research. 2.2.-Vaccine procedures. 2.3.-A Swedish inactivated polio vaccine. 3.-The Cutter incident. 3.1.-The disappearance of Swedish polio epidemics. 4.-Concluding remarks

  • Infant mortality of Sami and settlers in Northern Sweden

    Open AccessPeter Sköld, Per Axelsson et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2011

    UNLABELLED: The study deals with infant mortality (IMR) that is one of the most important aspects of indigenous vulnerability. BACKGROUND: The Sami are one of very few indigenous peoples with an experience of a positive mortality transition. OBJECTIVE: Using unique mortality data from the period 1750-1900 Sami and the colonizers in northern Sweden are compared in order to reveal an eventual infant mortality transition. FINDINGS: The results show …

  • Reindeer management during the colonization of Sami lands

    Open AccessIsabelle Brännlund, Per AxelssonARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2011Cited by: 17References: 14

  • Abandoning “the Other”

    Open AccessPer AxelssonARTICLEBerichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschicht…2010Cited by: 3References: 15

    “Das Andere” aufgeben: Zur statistischen Erfassung der schwedischen Sami, 1700 bis 1945 und später. Schweden verfügt über eine weltweit herausragende, umfassende Sammlung statistischer Bevölkerungsdaten. Bereits im 18. Jahrhundert wurden im ganzen Land ethnische Daten in Pfarrregistern erfasst, und im frühen 19. Jahrhundert wurde eine eigene Kategorie für die Sami‐Bevölkerung in die Formulare eingefügt, mit denen Informationen für das Tabellverke…

  • Indigenous Peoples and Demography

    Open AccessJohn P Ziker, Per Axelsson et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2010Cited by: 2

  • Indigenous Populations and Vulnerability. Characterizing Vulnerability in a Sami Context

    Per Axelsson, Peter SköldARTICLEAnnales de Démographie Historique2006

    Les peuples indigènes font partie des populations les plus vulnérables à l’heure actuelle. Ils ont en partage l’expérience de la colonisation et ses sévères conséquences. À l’échelle historique, des milliers de cultures indigènes ont cessé d’exister. Cet article analyse les facteurs qui, hier comme aujourd’hui, ont rendu vulnérable un peuple comme les Sami suédois. Jusqu’au début du xxe siècle, les Sami (Lapons) formaient jusqu’à un certain point…

  • När en sjukdom skiftar namn

    Open AccessPer AxelssonARTICLEKulturella Perspektiv – Svensk…2002

    With examples from the history of polio this study examines the creation of disease terminology. When the epidemologist Ivar Wickman in 1907 discovered that poliomyelitis was an infectious disease and that it could be transmitted by healthy carriers, he proposed a new term for the disease, Heine-Medins disease. He thereby dedicated the disease to his mentor, the paediatrician Karl Oskar Medin, and the German orthopaedist Jacob von Heine. Contempo…