Research on Swedish globe production or globes offered on the Swedish market is not widespread. International research on globes has largely focused on the period from about 1400 to 1800. The structure and context of globes during the 1800s is mentioned only briefly, while globes produced during the 1900s are not mentioned at all. Therefore, the survey has a holistic approach to globes appearing on the Swedish market during the years 1800-1950. The questions seek answers regarding the materials, map design, tripod and instruments of globes. Also the types of globes, pricing, clients, vendors and manufacturers are examined. 21 globes have been observed at the Center for History of Science, the National Library of Sweden and the Maritime Museum in Stockholm. Advertisements, price lists and exhibition catalogs mentioning globes have been collected through archives. The survey shows that new materials and new types of globes appears in the Swedish market, while the associated instruments had a reduced importance. / Forskning rörande svensk globtillverkning eller glober sålda på den svenska marknaden är inte utbredd. Internationell forskning rörande glober har i stor utsträckning fokuserat på tiden från omkring år 1400 till omkring år 1800. Globernas konstruktion och kontext under 1800-talen nämns endast kort och generaliserande i forskning medan 1900-talet inte nämns alls. Därför är syftet med undersökningen att ta ett helhetsgrepp om glober på den svenska marknaden mellan åren 1800 till 1950. Frågeställningarna söker svar rörande globers material, konstruktion, kartbild, stativ och tillhörande instrument. Även globtyper, prisbild, brukare, försäljare och tillverkare undersöks. Undersökningen svarar också på hur utvecklingen har tett sig under tidsperioden. 21 stycken glober har observerats på Centrum för Vetenskapshistoria, Kungliga Biblioteket och Sjöhistoriska Museet i Stockholm. Annonser, priskuranter samt utställningskataloger vilka nämner glober har samlats in genom arkivsökning. Undersökningen visar bland annat att nya material och nya globtyper träder in på den svenska marknaden, samtidigt som de tillhörande instrumenten fick en minskad betydelse.

Autobiographies and documentaries usually aim to elicit a discussion about social issues by shocking and horrifying readers and viewers, often through graphic imagery. This study's ambition is to examine how literary documentary borrows from the gothic tradition to depict real societal issues. My aim is to show how the gothic style transcends the borders of the genre and that literary documentary about self-harm tends to work through the same thematic and narrative structures as the literary gothic. With a focus on contemporary depictions of self-harm and mental illness in young women and girls in Sweden, this analysis explore how the function of sexuality, gender and self-harm in gothic horror can be applied on these texts. At the same time this study explores how selfharming women tend to use gothic imagery to portray the horrors of their own reality that is saturated with extreme and negative emotions. For comparison, two famous depictions of girls going through puberty from the literary horror genre; Carrie and The Exorcist, are examined to further anchor the connection between femininity, blood and puberty in the gothic theoretical field.

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