Olof Sundqvist
Biographic Data
| ID | 4166432 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Olof Sundqvist |
| GIVEN NAMES | Olof |
| FAMILY NAME | Sundqvist |
| SIGNATURE | SUNDQVIST O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stockholm University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4304-9782 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Religious Ruler Ideology in Pre-Christian Scandinavia
L’application du concept phénoménologique de «royauté sacrée » dans l’étude du vieux norrois et de la religion germanique en général, a souvent produit des reconstructions trop schématisées et statiques. Ces analyses ont rarement pris en considération l’influence des contextes locaux et de la diachronie. Ce concept ayant été associé à des questions problématiques telles que la pensée évolutionniste, l’universalisme et l’anti-contextualisme, le pr…
The Old Norse goði and his ring
The Old Norse goði and his ring
The Ceremony of “King Taking” at the Swedish Mora Stone: A Medieval Invention or Traces of an Ancient Initiation Ritual
There are no sources which explicitly describe the complete initiation ritual of a pre-Christian king in ancient Scandinavia. However, there are sources from Scandinavia and Europe more broadly describing medieval royal inaugurations that may be based on older ceremonies related to the initiations of pre-Christian rulers. Whether or not elements in the medieval royal inauguration at Mora, south of presentday Uppsala (Sweden), are based on pre-Chr…
The Role of Rulers in the Winding Up of the Old Norse Religion
It is a common opinion in research that the Scandinavians changed religion during the second half of the Viking Age, that is, ca. 950–1050/1100 CE . During this period, Christianity replaced the Old Norse religion. When describing this transition in recent studies, the concept “Christianization” is often applied. To a large extent this historiography focuses on the outcome of the encounter, namely the description of early Medieval Christianity an…
Making the Profane Sacred in the Viking Age: Essays in Honour of Stefan Brink
Myth, Materiality and Lived Religion: In Merovingian and Viking Scandinavia
The authors of the present volume, Myth, Materiality, and Lived Religion , focus on the material dimension of Old Norse mythology and the role played by myths in everyday life. More broadly expressed, the collection looks at the social, ceremonial and material contexts of myths. This topic has been underexplored in previous research on Old Norse myths, despite its important theoretical implications. However, discussions around materiality, in a m…
An Arena for Higher Powers: Ceremonial Buildings and Religious Strategies for Rulership in Late Iron Age Scandinavia
In An Arena for Higher Powers Olof Sundqvist offers an account of the role played by religion in political undertakings among the pre-Christian ruling elites at ceremonial buildings in in Late Iron Age Scandinavia (i.e. AD 550-1050/1100).
Magic and Kingship in Medieval Iceland: The Construction of a Discourse of Political Resistance, written by Nicolas Meylan
Magic and Kingship in Medieval Iceland: The Construction of a Discourse of Political Resistance, written by Nicolas Meylan
Kontinuitäten und Brüche in der Religionsgeschichte: Festschrift Für Anders Hultgård Zu Seinem 65. Geburtstag Am 23. 12. 2001
Chapter Four. An Arena For Higher Powers. Cult Buildings And Rulers In The Late Iron Age And The Early Medieval Period In The Mälar Region
An Arena for Higher Powers : Cult Buildings and Rulers in the Late Iron Age and the Early Medieval Period in the Malar Region
The Question of Ancient Scandinavian Cultic Buildings: With Particular Reference to Old Norse hof
The article focuses on the question of ancient Scandinavian cultic buildings, with particular reference to the concept Old Norse hof. I survey the semantics of this term in written sources, in poetic traditions, in the Sagas of the Icelanders and in place names. My hypothesis is that the term does not refer to a static phenomenon, but rather its meaning varies across different sources and contexts. It is therefore often difficult to apply it as a…
The Ceremony of “King Taking” at the Swedish Mora Stone: A Medieval Invention or Traces of an Ancient Initiation Ritual
There are no sources which explicitly describe the complete initiation ritual of a pre-Christian king in ancient Scandinavia. However, there are sources from Scandinavia and Europe more broadly describing medieval royal inaugurations that may be based on older ceremonies related to the initiations of pre-Christian rulers. Whether or not elements in the medieval royal inauguration at Mora, south of presentday Uppsala (Sweden), are based on pre-Chr…
The Question of Ancient Scandinavian Cultic Buildings: With Particular Reference to Old Norse hof
The article focuses on the question of ancient Scandinavian cultic buildings, with particular reference to the concept Old Norse hof. I survey the semantics of this term in written sources, in poetic traditions, in the Sagas of the Icelanders and in place names. My hypothesis is that the term does not refer to a static phenomenon, but rather its meaning varies across different sources and contexts. It is therefore often difficult to apply it as a…
The Question of Ancient Scandinavian Cultic Buildings: With Particular Reference to Old Norse hof
The article focuses on the question of ancient Scandinavian cultic buildings, with particular reference to the concept Old Norse hof. I survey the semantics of this term in written sources, in poetic traditions, in the Sagas of the Icelanders and in place names. My hypothesis is that the term does not refer to a static phenomenon, but rather its meaning varies across different sources and contexts. It is therefore often difficult to apply it as a…
Chapter Four. An Arena For Higher Powers. Cult Buildings And Rulers In The Late Iron Age And The Early Medieval Period In The Mälar Region
An Arena for Higher Powers : Cult Buildings and Rulers in the Late Iron Age and the Early Medieval Period in the Malar Region
Kontinuitäten und Brüche in der Religionsgeschichte: Festschrift Für Anders Hultgård Zu Seinem 65. Geburtstag Am 23. 12. 2001
An Arena for Higher Powers: Ceremonial Buildings and Religious Strategies for Rulership in Late Iron Age Scandinavia
In An Arena for Higher Powers Olof Sundqvist offers an account of the role played by religion in political undertakings among the pre-Christian ruling elites at ceremonial buildings in in Late Iron Age Scandinavia (i.e. AD 550-1050/1100).
Magic and Kingship in Medieval Iceland: The Construction of a Discourse of Political Resistance, written by Nicolas Meylan
Magic and Kingship in Medieval Iceland: The Construction of a Discourse of Political Resistance, written by Nicolas Meylan
Myth, Materiality and Lived Religion: In Merovingian and Viking Scandinavia
The authors of the present volume, Myth, Materiality, and Lived Religion , focus on the material dimension of Old Norse mythology and the role played by myths in everyday life. More broadly expressed, the collection looks at the social, ceremonial and material contexts of myths. This topic has been underexplored in previous research on Old Norse myths, despite its important theoretical implications. However, discussions around materiality, in a m…
Making the Profane Sacred in the Viking Age: Essays in Honour of Stefan Brink
The Role of Rulers in the Winding Up of the Old Norse Religion
It is a common opinion in research that the Scandinavians changed religion during the second half of the Viking Age, that is, ca. 950–1050/1100 CE . During this period, Christianity replaced the Old Norse religion. When describing this transition in recent studies, the concept “Christianization” is often applied. To a large extent this historiography focuses on the outcome of the encounter, namely the description of early Medieval Christianity an…
The Ceremony of “King Taking” at the Swedish Mora Stone: A Medieval Invention or Traces of an Ancient Initiation Ritual
There are no sources which explicitly describe the complete initiation ritual of a pre-Christian king in ancient Scandinavia. However, there are sources from Scandinavia and Europe more broadly describing medieval royal inaugurations that may be based on older ceremonies related to the initiations of pre-Christian rulers. Whether or not elements in the medieval royal inauguration at Mora, south of presentday Uppsala (Sweden), are based on pre-Chr…
The Old Norse goði and his ring
The Old Norse goði and his ring
Religious Ruler Ideology in Pre-Christian Scandinavia
L’application du concept phénoménologique de «royauté sacrée » dans l’étude du vieux norrois et de la religion germanique en général, a souvent produit des reconstructions trop schématisées et statiques. Ces analyses ont rarement pris en considération l’influence des contextes locaux et de la diachronie. Ce concept ayant été associé à des questions problématiques telles que la pensée évolutionniste, l’universalisme et l’anti-contextualisme, le pr…
Historical and Archaeological Studies (10 works) · History (9 works) · Art (7 works) · Ancient history (6 works) · Medieval Literature and History (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (3 works)