Awards for Donner Institute Researchers

On 6 November, the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy for Swedish Folk Culture presented its annual awards during the Academy’s annual gathering. We are delighted that two of this year’s award recipients have ties to the Donner Institute.

Our postdoctoral researcher John Björkman received the Academy’s Award for Swedish Folklife Research for his doctoral dissertation Healing Springs and Haunted Woods (2024), a methodologically innovative study of the material and spatial dimensions of folk belief.

Professor Lena Marander-Eklund, a member of the Donner Institute’s board, received an award in recognition of her distinguished contributions to the study of narration and narratives, as well as to folklore studies as an academic discipline.

Warmest congratulations to John and Lena!