Popular science lecture: How Sweden was built on fossil fuels
Sweden possesses virtually no coal, oil or gas deposits. Yet the country’s rise to prosperity has historically rested on large-scale combustion of fossil fuels.
Time: Thu 2023-03-02 12.15 - 13.00
Location: South-East Gallery, KTH Main Library, Osquars backe 31
Language: English
Participating: Per Högselius, professor Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment
This talk is part of the exhibition .
KTH Energy Platform and KTH Library present an exhibition with the theme Towards the energy of the future – the invisible revolution behind the electrical socket. It is based on the eponymous book available online in English and Swedish. The exhibition will include live lunchtime presentations of selected chapters, and this is one of them.
The energy anthology
- The book in English: Towards the energy of the future – the invisible revolution behind the electrical socket
- The book in Swedish: Mot framtidens energi – den osynliga revolutionen bakom eluttaget