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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

In a large-scale design study, just out in @jsse-journal.bsky.social, @onolgard.bsky.social, myself and colleagues examined how Swedish high school students make sense of Linnaeus's place in the history of scientific racism, and how this legacy should be removed today. urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

Statue of Carl Linnaeus in Uppsala. Photo by Petter Hellström

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Många har påpekat att KD har övergivit kristendomen. Årets valkampanj gör det tydligt vad man tror på när man inte längre tror på Gud.

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The Uppsala Declaration of Conscientious Objection continues to grow, and now has 2,783 signatories. We refuse to collaborate with academic institutions complicit in illegal occupation, apartheid, genocide, and other violations of international law.

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Pleased to see @mirandabryant.bsky.social's report from the new Badin exhibition at the National Museum in Stockholm, curated by my friend and colleague Åsa Bharathi Larsson of Södertörn University. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Portrait of Badin, unsigned replica of a lost pastel portrait by Gustav Lundberg (1695-1786), dating from 1776.

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Discussing the repatriation of human remains and the legacy of scientific racism with Finnish and Swedish colleagues at @ki.se. More to read at news.ki.se/calendar/ope...

Maria Josephson, Ulla Nordfors, Ronan James O'Sullivan, Sanni Peltola, Hugo Zeberg, Petter Hellström, Olof Ljungström

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Happy to share that I'm taking up a new post tomorrow as Senior Lecturer in History at Dalarna University. (Image by the Dalarna painter Winter Carl Hansson from 1799, illustrating the stages of human life.)

The ages of man by Winter Carl Hansson. Danielsgården, Bingsjö, 1799.

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE My home department at Uppsala University is advertising an endowed professorship in the history of science. This is the best position in the field in Sweden, and probably in all of Scandinavia. Apply before 30 April 2026. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Forskar i biblioteket. Målbilden är en ansökan till ERC.

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

"Maps anticipate empire", wrote historian of cartography Brian Harley. This 1940 map shows the imperial vision of the "Technocracy" movement, produced at the height of WW2 and incorporating all lands from Greenland to Venezuela. Read @historydafydd.bsky.social in @uk.theconversation.com (3/2025)

Map of the Technocracy movement (Cornell University – PJ Mode Collection of Persuasive Cartography)

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

We are thousands and we are all across Europe, but we need to grow our numbers even more to make our institutions listen. /3

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

The UPPSALA DECLARATION OF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION now has 2,769 signatories. The EUROPEAN DECLARATION OF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION has 4,699. The VERWEIGERUNG AUS GEWISSENSGRÜNDEN only has 434, but they take the largest personal risks. /2

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

We all want to move on with our lives, yet the violence continues. The killing continues. The occupation continues. The colonisation continues. More than 9,000 Palestinian hostages are still in Israeli detention. /1

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

The UPPSALA DECLARATION OF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION has 2,769 signatories. The EUROPEAN DECLARATION OF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION has 4,699. We refuse to collaborate with academic institutions complicit in illegal occupation, apartheid, genocide, and other violations of international law.

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

The Swedish UPPSALA DECLARATION now has 2,557 signatories. The EUROPEAN DECLARATION is catching up with 2,458 from EU/EEA/UK/CH. All signatories refuse to collaborate with Israeli institutions complicit in illegal occupation, apartheid, genocide, and other violations of international law.

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

The European Declaration of Conscientious Objection is live and has surpassed 1,600 signatories. I have signed and you should sign too. Faculty and staff formally associated with a European (EU, EEA, Swiss or UK) institution of higher education and research can sign at uppsaladeclaration.se/europe/

Screenshot showing the European Declaration

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

EUROPEAN DECLARATION OF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION Faculty and staff in European higher education and research declare their conscientious objection to collaborating with Israeli institutions complicit in severe violations of international law. To sign, visit uppsaladeclaration.se/european-dec...

Screenshot from the website of the European Declaration

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Help us keep uppsaladeclaration.se/press/ up to date!

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

1) Israel förvägrar internationell media från att komma in i Gaza. 2) De enda rapporterna som kommer ut från Gaza kommer från lokalbefolkningen. 3) Israels försvarare anser att vi inte bör lita på rapporterna från Gaza, eftersom de kommer från lokalbefolkningen.

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Läs gärna Anne Rambergs juridiskt informerade kontextualisering av Ebba Buschs olika utspel och uttalanden: annerambergs.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/o...

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

#uppsaladeclaration has more than 2,300 signatories. We refuse to collaborate with Israeli institutions complicit in illegal occupation, apartheid, genocide, and other violations of international law. Faculty and staff in Swedish higher education and research can sign at uppsaladeclaration.se

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

In a major development, the Uppsala Declaration has inspired a similar initiative by German academics. The "Verweigerung aus Gewissensgründen [Conscientious Objection]" was made public today at uppsaladeclaration.se/germany/ #uppsaladeclaration

First part of the German Uppsala Declaration

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

"Gentle reminder that ISIS was created by the US govt to fight the Shiite militants, who were armed by the US govt to fight Saddam, who was armed by the US govt to fight Iran, who hates us because the US govt overthrew their elected leader and installed a brutal dictator."

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

"Vi är judar och personer med judisk bakgrund som inte kan förlika oss med vad Israels regering gör i vårt namn." I Judisk Krönika (2/2025) frågar sig 203 svenska judar hur de ska göra för att nå fram till judiska organisationer och församlingar i Sverige.

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

#uppsaladeclaration now has more than 2,000 signatories. We refuse to collaborate with Israeli institutions complicit in illegal occupation, apartheid, genocide, and other violations of international law. Faculty and staff in Swedish higher education and research can sign at uppsaladeclaration.se

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

#uppsaladeclaration now has more than 1,900 signatories. We refuse to collaborate with Israeli institutions complicit in illegal occupation, apartheid, genocide, and other violations of international law. Faculty and staff in Swedish higher education and research can sign at uppsaladeclaration.se

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

#uppsaladeclaration now has more than 1,700 signatories. We refuse to collaborate with Israeli institutions complicit in illegal occupation, apartheid, genocide, and other violations of human rights. Faculty and staff in Swedish higher education and research can sign at uppsaladeclaration.se

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

#uppsaladeclaration now has more than 1,600 signatories. We refuse to collaborate with Israeli state institutions complicit in human rights violations including illegal occupation, apartheid, and genocide. Faculty and staff in Swedish higher education and research can sign at uppsaladeclaration.se

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

#uppsaladeclaration now has more than 1,300 signatories. We refuse to collaborate with Israeli state institutions complicit in human rights violations including illegal occupation, apartheid, and genocide. Faculty and staff in Swedish higher education and research can sign at uppsaladeclaration.se

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

#uppsaladeclaration now has more than 1,000 signatories. We refuse to collaborate with Israeli state institutions complicit in human rights violations including illegal occupation, apartheid, and genocide. Faculty and staff in Swedish higher education and research can sign at uppsaladeclaration.se

Screenshot displaying signatories 1019–1026

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

The #uppsaladeclaration now has 862 signatories, including 123 professors. We refuse to normalise relations to a state engaged in illegal occupation, apartheid, and now genocide. Faculty and staff in Swedish higher education and research can sign at uppsaladeclaration.se

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Faculty and staff in Swedish higher education and research declare their conscientious objection to collaborate with Israeli institutions complicit in illegal occupation, apartheid, genocide, and other violations of international law. #uppsaladeclaration

Uppsala Declaration of Conscientious Objection

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Excited about the launch of the Uppsala Interdisciplinary Seminars in Evolutionary Modelling, a new, cross-disciplinary forum for discussing the history, theory, and practice of modelling the evolutionary past. www.uu.se/en/staff/cen...

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Some years ago, my Canadian friend gifted me this comic book. Set in the 2110s, the story follows a group of Canadian partisans as they resist the invading US forces. When I first read the book the plot seemed ridiculous.

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The Department of History of Science and Ideas, Uppsala University is advertising two fully funded PhD positions, starting on September 1, 2025. Apply before April 7. One position in the history of science: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/... One position in the history of ideas: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 01/02/2024

KARTORNA FORMADE VÅR VÄRLDSBILD I senaste avsnittet av Vetenskapsradion Historia tittar Tobias Svanelid på gamla kartor tillsammans med mig och Staffan Bergwik. Först handlar det om Staffans nya bok (som är underbar). Sedan handlar det om Afrikas vita fläckar. sverigesradio.se/.../kartorna...

Afrika enligt Jean-Baptiste d'Anville (1749)

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

This is how pious Swedes brought Christianity to Finland. According to a 20th century school poster.

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 24/09/2023

Nordenskiöld enjoying a cold beer.

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