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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

Classics of Applied History

Classics of Applied History

Perspectives on Death

An intellectual journey to unravel the multifaceted tapestry of human perceptions of death.

Intelligence and Security

Secret Intelligence is ‘the missing dimension of diplomatic history’.