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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.

Research and education

Applied history is a key theme in the foundation’s research and education projects.

Seminars

Since 1999, the foundation has brought together world-leading scholars and thinkers to discuss our past, present and future.

Publishing

In a changing media landscape, the foundation provides content about science, culture, education and tradition.

Featured projects

Woke

The term ”woke” has recently been assigned as a label for a political force that is difficult to define but easy to recognise.

New research sheds light on the history of abstract art

Anna Cassel: The Saga of the Rose is published in February and sheds new light on Cassel and her influence on early abstract art.

2022: Liberty

What does the concept mean today and what must we do to preserve the freedoms previous generations fought for?