Fredrik Sandgren
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Economic History
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 12 25
- Mobile phone:
- +46 72 162 30 79
- E-mail:
- Fredrik.Sandgren@ekhist.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ekonomikum
Kyrkogårdsgatan 10 - Postal address:
- Box 513
751 20 UPPSALA
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Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Economic History; Uppsala Centre for Business History
- Mobile phone:
- +46 72 162 30 79
- E-mail:
- Fredrik.Sandgren@ekhist.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ekonomikum
Kyrkogårdsgatan 10
75120 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 513
751 20 Uppsala
Biography
Research Interests
Organisational and technological innovation in Swedish and international retailing 19th century and onwards. Female labour force participation 18th and 19th centuries. The impact of towns and urban service functions on Swedish industrialisation in the 19th century.
Teaching experiences
I have taught general economic history, the history of industrialisation and development economics on the undergraduate level. I have also taught economic history and the history of innovation in the Masters Programme in Sociotechnical Systems Engineering at Uppsala University. I have acted as tutor on undergraduate essays and I have experience in supervising doctoral students.
Research Projects
2019 Technological shocks and regional resilience: changing occupational structure and development in the Swedish regions (1640-1900) (VR, principal investigator Docent Anna Missiaia)
2018 Innovation och institutionell förändring inom svensk varuhandel 1920-2010 (Torsten Söderbergs stiftelse)
2014 Stockholm och maten: systemet för livsmedelsförsörjning i Stockholm 1930-2010 (The Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation, The Tore Browaldh Foundation)
2012 Innovation och institutionell förändring inom svensk varuhandel 1750-2010 (Torsten Söderbergs stiftelse)
2010 Female Labour During the Early Industrialisation of Sweden - Construction and Reality (VR/The Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation, The Tore Browaldh Foundation)
1999 Markets, farmers and the state. Swedish grain markets in transition1770-1880. (Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation).
1994 Consumption and Industrialisation in Sweden 1820-1914. (The Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation, The Tore Browaldh Foundation. Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation).
CV
Education
1999, PhD, Economic History, Uppsala University
1998, PhLic, Economic History, Uppsala University
1993, BSc, major in Economic History, Uppsala University
Academic Positions, Appointments and Networks
2017-2023, Head of Department, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University
2009, Lecturer, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University
2009, Associate professor, Economic History, Uppsala University
2003, Researcher, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University
2002, Guest researcher on STINT-scholarship, Department of Geography, Exeter University
1999, Researcher, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University
Grants and awards
2013, recipient of Söderbergska Handelspriset
2002, STINT-scholarship

Publications
Recent publications
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Svensk varuhandel under 200 år: 1720-1920
Dialogos Förlag, 2024
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From the fall of Coop Norden to ‘long-term boringness’: The Swedish co-op 2000–2020
Part of The Consumer Co-operative Sector, p. 71-88, Routledge, 2023
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Part of Nordeuropa, p. 471-474, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2023
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Kvinnors flit och slit: Kvinnors arbete under tidig svensk industrialisering
Uppsala universitet, 2018
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Kylan: Källaren flyttar in i köket
Part of Köket, p. 87-108, Nordiska museets förlag, 2018
All publications
Articles in journal
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Retail Trade, Consumption, and the Construction of Markets
Part of Scandinavian Economic History Review, p. 127-131, 2018
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‘Do not break the cold chain!’: The introduction of asystem for deep frozen food in Sweden 1940–1960
Part of History of Retailing and Consumption, p. 8-37, 2017
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Toward a Simple Framework for Writing Histories of the Distributive Trades
Part of Journal of Macromarketing, p. 287-303, 2016
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A new quest for efficiency: the post war programme of the Federation of Swedish Wholesalers
Part of Business and Economic History Online, 2010
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Towns and rural industrialisation in Sweden 1850-1890: A spatial statistical approach
Part of Scandinavian Economic History Review, p. 229-251, 2009
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Part of Business History, p. 734-753, 2009
Books
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Svensk varuhandel under 200 år: 1720-1920
Dialogos Förlag, 2024
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Mellan bruk och bonde: Organisationen av spannmålshandeln i Västmanlands län 1770-1870
Sekel Bokförlag, 2012
Chapters in book
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From the fall of Coop Norden to ‘long-term boringness’: The Swedish co-op 2000–2020
Part of The Consumer Co-operative Sector, p. 71-88, Routledge, 2023
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Part of Nordeuropa, p. 471-474, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2023
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Kylan: Källaren flyttar in i köket
Part of Köket, p. 87-108, Nordiska museets förlag, 2018
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Kvinnors arbete och regionala arbetsmarknader i Sverige under 1800-talets första hälft
Part of Kvinnors flit och slit, p. 56-90, Uppsala universitet, 2018
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A new quest for efficiency: the post war programme of the Federation of Swedish Wholesalers
Part of Business History in Sweden = Näringslivshistoria i Sverige, p. 212-236, Gidlunds förlag, 2011
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Part of Kommers, p. 241-281, Historiska institutionen, Uppsala universitet : Swedish Science Press, 2010
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En revolution utan motstånd: diskussionen om självbetjäning i svensk branschpress, 1935-1955
Part of Så skapades den moderna butiken, p. 56-80, Centrum för näringslivshistoria, 2010
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Den svenska handeln, dess utveckling och dess organisationer under 125 år
Part of Handelsbilder, p. 203-237, Centrum för Näringslivshistoria, 2008
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Städer som förmedlande länk i svensk industrialisering
Part of Varans vägar och världar, p. 27-44, Historiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet, 2007
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Koncentrationstendenser i detaljhandeln under de senaste 30 åren
Part of Den svenska handelns historia, Centrum för näringslivshistoria, 2006
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Från handelsbod till storföretag: uppkomsten av storskalighet inom svensk handel
Part of Den svenska handelns historia, Centrum för näringslivshistoria, 2006
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Leveransbojkott – ett uselt konkurrensmedel
Part of Den svenska handelns historia, Centrum för näringslivshistoria, 2006
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Lanthandeln – marknadsekonomins första och sista utpost
Part of Den svenska handelns historia, Bromm, 2006
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Part of Den svenska handelns historia, Bromma, 2006
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Varför har expansiva företag ofta rötterna i landsorten?
Part of Den svenska handelns historia, Bromma, 2006
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Nydanare och utmanare inom svensk handel
Part of Den svenska handelns historia, Bromma, 2006
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Vad är egentligen nytt inom handeln? – krediter, småsnack och turism
Part of Den svenska handelns historia, Bromma, 2006
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Svensk handel i världen och världen i svensk handel
Part of Den svenska handelns historia, Bromma, 2006
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Stationssamhället och varudistributionen (Railway Junctions and the Distribution of Goods)
Part of Stationssamhällen. Nordiska perspektiv på landsbygdens modernisering, Malmö, 1999
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Part of Kultur och konsumtion i Norden. (Historiallinen arkisto 110:2), Rapport 2, 23. Nordiska Historikermötet, Tammerfors 7-12.8 1997, Helsingfors: Finska Historiska Samfundet, 1997
Collections (editor)
Conference papers
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An easy sell? The introduction of a deep frozen food system in Sweden 1945-1970
2015
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The Freeze-chain Completed?: When the Deep Frozen Food System Invaded the Swedish Kitchen 1945-1960
2014
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Towards another theory of structural change in the distributive trades: a Schönian approach
2013
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Noder för kreativitet: Svenska städer och deras servicefunktioner under 1800-tal
2011
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An easy sell? The introduction of a deep frozen food system in Sweden 1945-1970
2011
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Genusarbetsdelningens regionala variationer i Sverige 1750-1850 – ett makroperspektiv
2011
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2000
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The Regional Character of Rural Retail Trade in Sweden 1870-1900
Part of European Social Science History Conference, Amsterdam, 2000
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The retail trade in Swedish towns 1870-1900
1998
Manuscripts (preprints)
Monograph doctoral thesis
Monograph licentiate thesis
Other
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Part of Historisk Tidskrift, p. 112-114, 2014
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Penningpolitiken måste anpassas för en strukturkris
2013
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Det är inte högskolan som är problemet
2013
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Part of Historisk Tidskrift, p. 299, 2009
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Leos Müller & Jari Ojala (red.), Information flows, anm. av Fredrik Sandgren
Part of Historisk Tidskrift, p. 299-301, 2009
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Chris Evans & Göran Rydén, Baltic iron in the Atlantic world in the eighteenth century
Part of Historisk Tidskrift, p. 571-573, 2009
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Organisert Kjøpekraft.: Forbrukersamvirkets historie i Norge
Part of Scandinavian Economic History Review, p. 100-101, 2008