Peter Sjökvist
Librarian at University Library; Special Collections Division; Early Printed Books and Special Collections
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 39 90
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 425 06 95
- E-mail:
- peter.sjokvist@ub.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Carolina Rediviva, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 1
- Postal address:
- Box 510
751 20 UPPSALA
Researcher at Department of ALM; Undervisande personal och Forskare
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 425 06 95
- E-mail:
- peter.sjokvist@ub.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ekonomikum
Kyrkogårdsgatan 10
75313 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 625
751 26 UPPSALA
- CV:
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- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-0953-8902
Biography
Librarian in the Special Collections Division at Uppsala University Library in the working group for Early Printed Books and Special Collections. EOD-operator (Ebooks On Demand). Curator of the library of Lövstabruk, member of the board of the Leufsta Foundation, and member of its working committee. Member of the Rare Books and Special Collections Section of IFLA. Member of the CERL working group for Retrospective National Bibliographies. National representative in the management committee of COST Action CA23137 - Print Culture and Public Spheres in Central Europe 1500-1800. Currently working on the books of Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie at Carolina Rediviva, as well as books taken as spoils of war from Mainz in 1631. From April 2026, project manager of The De Geer Correspondence, funded by Olle Engkvists stiftelse.
PhD and Associate Professor (Docent) of Latin at the Department of Linguistics and Philology at Uppsala University, specializing in Neo-Latin. Has a special interest in occasional poetry, early modern academic dissertations and books taken as spoils of war. Convener of the Neo-Latin Network of Uppsala, and one of the editors of Bibliotheca Neolatina Upsaliensis.

Publications
Recent publications
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Tomas Thorild: Arkimetrin, band II
Anthropos, 2026
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Felix mater Vermelandia: Johan Iser och den femte värmlänningen Johan Lindestolpe
Part of Den nylatinska poesin och Samuel Älf, p. 97-112, Samfundet Linköpings stiftsbiblioteks vänner, 2025
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Part of Den nylatinska poesin och Samuel Älf, p. 9-20, Samfundet Linköpings stiftsbiblioteks vänner, 2025
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Från handskrift till digitalt kulturarv: Perspektiv på specialsamlingar
Uppsala universitet, 2025
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Samfundet Linköpings stiftsbiblioteks vänner, 2025
All publications
Articles in journal
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On Literary Spoils of War in Private Libraries: The Case of Rålamb at Länna Gård
Part of Biblioteka, p. 15-29, 2024
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Part of Nordic Journal of Renaissance Studies (NJRS), p. 351-366, 2024
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Om litterära krigsbyten i privatsamlares bibliotek: Exemplet Rålamb på Länna gård
Part of Biblis, p. 26-33, 2024
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Part of Mémoires du livre, p. 1-29, 2022
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Resource Description and Access (RDA): Transcription and the Dilemma of a Rare Materials Cataloger
Part of Bibliothek und Wissenschaft, p. 279-285, 2022
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Om statyer av lärda män i bibliotek
Part of Biblis, p. 10-21, 2022
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Bokliga gåvor till Charles De Geers bibliotek på Leufstabruk
Part of Svenska Linnésällskapets årsskrift, p. 65-88, 2022
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The Books of King Sigismund at Uppsala University Library
Part of Scando-Slavica, p. 213-223, 2022
- DOI for The Books of King Sigismund at Uppsala University Library
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Part of Biblis, p. 38-49, 2022
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Literary Spoils of War in Uppsala in Practice: Controversial Theology
Part of Biblioteka, p. 127-140, 2021
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The Reception of Books from Braniewo in the 17th-century Uppsala University Library
Part of Biblioteka, p. 101-116, 2020
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Litterära krigbytens öden i Sverige
Part of Biblis, p. 20-26, 2020
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Att vara sen kan vara till fördel
Part of Biblioteksbladet, p. 34-39, 2020
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Litterära krigsbyten i Uppsala och deras användning: En kontroversteologi
Part of Lychnos, p. 259-268, 2020
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Om böckernas ordning i Uppsala universitetsbiblioteks första byggnad
Part of Biblis, p. 65-71, 2019
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On the Order of the Books in the First Uppsala University Library Building
Part of Journal of Jesuit Studies, p. 315-326, 2019
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Books from Poznań at the Uppsala University Library
Part of The Central European Journal Of Social Sciences And Humanities (CEJSH), p. 319-328, 2017
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Transcription in Rare Books Cataloging
Part of Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, p. 377-383, 2016
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Freden i Oliwa och restitutionen av bokliga krigbyten
Part of Biblis, p. 20-23, 2014
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Kungapanegyrisk poesi och paratext hos Petrus Lagerlöf
Part of Tidskrift för litteraturvetenskap, p. 51-64, 2012
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Part of Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning, p. 51-112, 2010
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Prudentius in Sweden: Reception in a Medal Device
Part of Eranos, p. 44-52, 2010
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Forskning om musikteori från 1600-talet
Part of Musikbiblioteksnytt, p. 9, 2010
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Part of Karolinska förbundets årsbok, p. 7-30, 2009
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Ovidius, Karl IX och Göteborgs grundläggande
Part of Svensk numismatisk tidskrift, p. 104-108, 2009
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Harald Vallerius: Om musikens förmåga att väcka våra affekter
Part of Tidig musik, p. 24-25, 2009
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The Early Latin Poetry of Sylvester Johannis Phrygius
Part of Årsbok / Kungl. Vetenskaps-societeten i Uppsala, p. 125-126, 2008
Books
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Tomas Thorild: Arkimetrin, band II
Anthropos, 2026
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Looted Libraries, Looted Books: The Swedish Case
Brill Academic Publishers, 2024
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The Music Theory of Harald Vallerius: Three Dissertations from 17th-century Sweden
Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2012
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Bröllop hos Schefferus och andra dikter av Petrus Lagerlöf
Lagerlöfska släktföreningen, 2010
Chapters in book
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Felix mater Vermelandia: Johan Iser och den femte värmlänningen Johan Lindestolpe
Part of Den nylatinska poesin och Samuel Älf, p. 97-112, Samfundet Linköpings stiftsbiblioteks vänner, 2025
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Part of Den nylatinska poesin och Samuel Älf, p. 9-20, Samfundet Linköpings stiftsbiblioteks vänner, 2025
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A new Retrospective National Bibliography of Sweden?: A Background and some Thoughts
Part of Never Finish(ed)., p. 51-58, Harrassowitz Verlag, 2025
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Part of Early Modern Catholicism and the Printed Book, p. 143-179, Brill Academic Publishers, 2024
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Part of Reading, Writing, Translating, p. 343-355, Faculty of Humanities and Theology, Lund University, 2024
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Useful Literary Spoils of War from Riga at Uppsala University Library
Part of The Baltic Battle of Books, p. 197-213, Brill Academic Publishers, 2023
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Some Notes on Charles de Geer’s Working Library
Part of A Warm Scent of Books, p. 63-70, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2023
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A Battle of Books through Five Cenuries
Part of The Baltic Battle of Books, p. 1-10, Brill Academic Publishers, 2023
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Latin as a Language of Early Modern Musicology.: Three Treatises from 17th Century Sweden
Part of Musiktheorie in Mitteleuropa / in der Slowakei im 16.−19. Jahrhundert – Music Theory in Central Europe / in Slovakia in 16th – 19th Centuries, p. 9-14, Slavistický ústav Jána Stanislava SAV Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity Komenského, 2021
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Dedicatory Practices in Early Uppsala Dissertations
Part of Early Modern Disputations and Dissertations in an Interdisciplinary and European Context, p. 681-702, Brill Academic Publishers, 2021
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Det första universitetsbiblioteket
Part of Uppsala universitetsbibliotek 1621–2021, p. 417-432, Uppsala universitetsbibliotek, 2021
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Mot studenternas missbruk av boktryckarkonsten
Part of Att dikta för livet, döden och evigheten, p. 515-527, Makadam Förlag, 2020
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Losy księgozbiorów zagrabionych w czasazh wojen szwedzkich w XVII w
Part of Kolekcje prywatne w zbiorach książki dawnej, p. 252-264, Ossolineum, 2020
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The Congratulatory Poetry of Petrus Lagerlöf: Functions, Social Patterns, and Characteristic Ideas
Part of Early Modern Academic Culture, p. 117-137, Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien, 2019
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REDEVNT SATVRNIA REGNA: Ulrika Eleonora och guldåldersmyten
Part of Samlad glädje 2019, p. 275-277, Numismatiska klubben i Uppsala, 2019
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Das sogenannte Notizbuch von Kopernikus
Part of Faszination Stadt, p. 623-624, Sandstein Verlag, 2019
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Bokliga krigsbyten som kulturtransfer?
Part of Kulturarvsperspektiv, p. 141-149, Uppsala universitetsbibliotek, 2018
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Petrus Lagerlöf Instructing on Gothicism
Part of Apotheosis of the North., p. 63-75, Walter de Gruyter, 2017
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Two Pieces on the War in Skåne by Petrus Lagerlöf
Part of God latin., Københavns Universitet. Forum for Renæssancestudier, 2017
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Tidigmoderna dissertationer i Sverige - en överblick
Part of Läroverkssamlingen i ljuset, p. 9-13, Almedalsbiblioteket, 2017
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Polish collections at Uppsala University Library: A history of research
Part of Książka dawna i jej właściciele, p. 237-244, Wydawnictwo Ossolineum, 2017
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Den unika boken / The Unique Book
Part of För en tunna rågmiöll. En utställning om bokband, ägande och bruk / For a Barrel of Rye Flour. An Exhibition on Bookbindings, Ownership and Use of Books, Uppsala universitetsbibliotek, 2012
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Part of Opus mixtum, p. 231-255, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2009
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Att förvalta ett arv: Dissertationerna på Södertörn, nylatin och exemplet Harald Vallerius
Part of En bok om böcker och bibliotek, p. 95-119, Södertörns högskola, 2009
Collections (editor)
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Från handskrift till digitalt kulturarv: Perspektiv på specialsamlingar
Uppsala universitet, 2025
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Samfundet Linköpings stiftsbiblioteks vänner, 2025
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Brill Academic Publishers, 2023
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A Warm Scent of Books: Private Libraries at Leufstabruk and Beyond
Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2023
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Kulturarvsperspektiv: Texter från en seminarieserie om specialsamlingar i Sverige
Uppsala universitetsbibliotek, 2018
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Bevara för framtiden: Texter från en seminarieserie om specialsamlingar
Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2016
Conference papers
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Part of Acta conventus Neo-Latini Upsaliensis, p. 995-1005, 2012
Monograph doctoral thesis
Reports
Other
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Part of Historische Zeitschrift, p. 408-410, 2022
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Part of European history quarterly, p. 583-584, 2021
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Swedish Book History. Age of Reformation and Confessionalization
Part of European history quarterly, p. 583-584, 2021
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Part of Neo-Latin News, p. 168-170, 2016
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Hauge, Peter, 'The Temple of Music' by Robert Fludd (Farnham: Ashgate 2011), 315 pp.
Part of Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning, p. 115-118, 2012
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Part of Sjuttonhundratal, p. 115-116, 2009