Kristina Lilja

Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Economic History

Telephone:
+46 18 471 12 19
E-mail:
Kristina.Lilja@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

Telephone:
+46 18 471 12 19
E-mail:
kristina.lilja@ekhist.uu.se
Visiting address:
Ekonomikum
Kyrkogårdsgatan 10
75120 Uppsala
Postal address:
Box 513
751 20 Uppsala

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Academic merits:
PhD, Docent

Short presentation

Kristina Lilja is senior lecturer. She finished her PhD studies in economic history in 2004 at Uppsala University. In 2013 she became associate professor. During 2012-5 and again in 2018 Lilja was deputy head of the department and so again from April 2021. She was in 2017-8 director of undergraduate studies in economic history. In 2018-9 she was director of Uppsala Center of Business History (UCBH). 2020-2022 she was director of the doctoral programme. 2023-2025 she was head of department.

Biography

Present position

I am working as a research fellow and teacher in Economic History.

Teaching experiences

I have been teaching financial history and business history since 1996.

Research interests

  • Financial History
  • Economic History
  • Family history
  • Consumption history
  • Business History

Research Projects

2017-, Krediters förändrade roll i hushållens ekonomi under första hälften av 1900-talet (Jan Wallander’s och Tom Hedelius’ Foundation, Tore Browaldh’s Foundation).

2015-, En fråga om arv: Humankapital och förmögenhet som förutsättning för social mobilitet, Sverige 1880-1950 (Jan Wallander’s and Tom Hedelius’ Foundation, Tore Browaldh’s Foundation).

2015-, Savings in the wardrobe – Changes in the value and life cycle of clothes 1790-1890 (Jan Wallander’s and Tom Hedelius’ Foundation, Tore Browaldh’s Foundation).

2013-4, Kläder som ekonomisk tillgång i Sverige, 1790-1950 (Åke Wiberg’s Foundation).

2012-6, A self financed old-age or public pensions? Savings and pensions reforms - their effects on the capital market in Sweden, 1913-2012 (Jan Wallander’s and Tom Hedelius’ Stiftelse, Tore Browaldh’s Foundation).

2008-2 A life cycle perspective on family savings during the 19th century (The Jan Wallander’s and Tom Hedelius’, Tore Browaldh’s Foundation).

2007, Regime Changes on the Swedish Credit Market after the Second World War. Organisations and Institutions. (The Jan Wallander’s and Tom Hedelius’, Tore Browaldh’s Foundation).

2005-0 The Forgotten Consumption. The role of auctions in relation to the transformation of society 1700-1900 (Swedish Science Council).

2005-2010 The Economic development of Swedish Commercial Banking – A long term perspective. (The Jan Wallander’s and Tom Hedelius’, Tore Browaldh’s Foundation).

1996-2004 Development of Early Banking Markets; The Swedish Case (Sparbanksstiftelsen Dalarna).

CV

2013, Docent in Economic History, Uppsala University

2004, PhD Economic History, Uppsala University

2000, Licentiate degree Economic History, Uppsala University

1996, Degree of Master of Social Science, Uppsala University

1995, Degree of Bachelor of Social Science, Uppsala University

1995, Master of Social Science for Upper Secondary and Adult Education, Uppsala University

Editorial secretary for Scandinavian Economic History Review, published by Routhledge. 2008-2010.

Editorial assistant of Papers in Financial and Business History, published by the Department of Economic History, Uppsala University.

Kristina Lilja

Publications

Recent publications

All publications

Articles in journal

Books

Chapters in book

Collections (editor)

  • Vad är ekonomisk historia?

    Andersson-Skog, Lena; Broberg, Oskar; Edvinsson, Rodney; Enflo, Kerstin et al.

    Studentlitteratur AB, 2020

Conference papers

Monograph doctoral thesis

Monograph licentiate thesis

Other