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Research and education
Applied history is a key theme in the foundation’s research and education projects.
The Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit is a private foundation with the primary purpose of promoting scientific and scholarly research.
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News
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2025: The History of the Middle East – Empires of Faith
The Engelsberg Seminar 2025 aimed to shed light on the history of the Middle East, highlighting its boundary-transcending importance…
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Swedish Defence and Security Policy over 100 Years: 1925–2025
The timing of the seminar was not chosen at random. In late spring 2025, it will be exactly one century since the Defence Act of 192…
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THE CHILD AND THE BOOK – PERSPECTIVES ON YOUNG PEOPLE’S READING
Reports of a literacy crisis affecting children and young people, from preschool to university level, were coming in almost daily. A…
Featured projects
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Museums of the World
Since 2014, the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation has organised the international seminar series Museums of the World..
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Munich Security Conference
The Ax:son Johnson Institute for Statecraft and Diplomacy is honored to have hosted a side event during the 60th Munich Security Con…
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February’s Roundtable on Religion
February’s Roundtable on Religion at Halewell was dedicated to discussing the religious idea and phenomenon of Theurgy.