In 1759, Peter Forsskål published a pamphlet, printed by Lars Salvius, calling for civil liberties. |
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The publication was recalled on the day of its publication and soon after was banned; those who were found to have a copy were liable to a very signficant fine, equivalent to two years salary for a ship's captain. |
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Nevertheless, the text did circulate and contributed to access to information and the abolition of prior censorship which was established in 1766 by law in Sweden. |
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Forsskål’s pamphlet is now published for the very first time in an English translation (as well as other languages), together with the original version of the Swedish text, without the censor’s changes. |
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Click here for translations of the pamphlet.. |
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To read about Salvius click here. |
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First Edition |
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A list of the location of surviving copies of the first edition of Thoughts on Civil Liberty (Tankar om borgerliga friheten) and a list of modern editions and translations has been compiled by David Shaw. The list can be found here. |
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Gunilla Jonsson has produced a list of printed editions of the 1759 pamphlet which can be found here. |
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Second Edition |
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The second edition of Peter Forsskål's Tankar om borgerliga friheten 1792... |
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Who published it? |
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Click here to find out more. |
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Litteraturbanken |
25 September 2017 |
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The prestigious Litteraturbanken is the website for reliable digital versions of Swedish classics, see https://litteraturbanken.se/om/inenglish. |
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On 25th September 2017, it published a range of texts by and about Peter Forsskal in Swedish and English, see: |
https://litteraturbanken.se/presentationer/specialomraden/ForsskalOchFriheten.html |
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Please note that Project Forsskal took this opportunity to slightly revise and improve some of the texts as they had appeared on this website. |
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'The Life and Work of Peter Forsskål. A Symposium in Honour of Carl Gustaf Spangenberg' |
02 December 2020 |
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A lecture on Peter Forsskål by Marie-Christine Skuncke (Uppsala), Prof. em. of Literature, expert on Swedish Enlightenment; and a dialogue between her and David Goldberg. |
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Please click here to watch. |
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Forsskålsymposium 2019: The future of Democracy |
Sal IX, Universitetshuset, Biskopsgatan 3, Uppsala |
28 November 2019 |
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Click here for details. |
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Yarim in 1763 and 1992 |
The town where Peter Forsskål is buried in an unknown grave |
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Please click here for more details. |
(Svenska Linnésällskapets Årsskrift 2022, 164-168) |