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{{Short description|1996 non-fiction book by Jacob Demitz}}
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'''''Throne of a Thousand Years''''' is a [[non-fiction]] book by author Jacob Truedson Demitz,<ref>{{Cite web |title=LIBRIS - sökning: WFRF:(Demitz Jacob Truedson 19... |url=http://libris.kb.se/hitlist?q=WFRF:(Demitz+Jacob+Truedson+1948+) |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=libris.kb.se |language=sv}}</ref> first published in 1996 and again in 2020 as '''''Centuries of Selfies'''''. It was the first [[English-language]] historical account solely about the [[Monarchy of Sweden|monarchs of Sweden]].<ref name="Pettersson">{{ cite news | last = Pettersson | first = Göran | date = June 26, 1996 | title = Han skrev bok om Sveriges kungar&nbsp;– på engelska | publisher = Borlänge Tidning | pages = 12 }}</ref><ref name="Winroth">{{ cite news | last = Winroth | first = Anders | date = February 26, 1997 | title = Ludvikabo skriver bok om Sveriges kungar | publisher = Nya Ludvika Tidning | pages = 13 }}</ref>
'''''Throne of a Thousand Years''''' gave English readers their first<ref>Göran Pettersson; title: “Han skrev bok om Sveriges kungar – på engelska (He wrote book on Sweden’s kings – in English)” in ''[[Borlänge Tidning]]'' 1996-06-26 p. 12: “Demitz ville veta mer men upptäckte att det inte fanns någon heltäckande bok i ämnet på hans eget modermål engelska. (Demitz wanted to know more but discovered that there was no comprehensive book on the subject in his native language English.)”</ref><ref>Anders Winroth; title: “Ludvikabo skriver bok om Sveriges kungar (Ludvika resident writes book on Sweden’s kings)” in ''Nya Ludvika Tidning'' 1997-02-25 p. 13: “Ända till veckan fore jul fanns ingen lätt tillgänglig översikt på engelska av Sveriges kungar. Nu har dock Ludvikabon Jacob Truedson Demitz fyllt den luckan med boken Throne of a Thousand Years. (Up until the week before Christmas no easily accessible account in English existed of Sweden’s kings. Now however Ludvika resident Jacob Truedson Demitz has filled that gap with the book Throne of a Thousand Years.)”</ref> original account of [[Monarchy of Sweden|Swedish kings and queens]] in 1996. It detailed their personal histories, the impact of their reigns on [[Scandinavia]]n history and political implications of disclosed [[dynastic]] ties in Europe.


It details their personal histories, the impact of their reigns on [[Scandinavia]]n history, and the political implications of disclosed [[dynastic]] ties in Europe.
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Sponsored mainly by [[Ericsson]], [[ABB Group|ABB]] and the [[Posten AB|Swedish Postal Service]], the account was authored by [[Jacob Truedson Demitz]] and published by Ristesson Ent<ref>[[:Commons:Category:Ristesson Ent|Ristesson Ent]] at Wikimedia Commons</ref> in [[Ludvika]] and [[Los Angeles]]. A fictional chronicler called ''Erik, Son of Riste'' relates the factual story, which is followed by fact boxes about each of the 66 monarchs covered and a number of ancestry charts. Illustrations (if not otherwise noted in the book) are portrait drawings by the author<ref>”Gustaf Wasa 500 år i dag ([[Gustav I of Sweden|Gustav Wasa]] 500 years today)” in ''Nya Ludvika Tidning'' 1996-05-11 p. 16</ref> made from the 1960s to the 1990s, and 3 differently sorted lists of persons are included as well as an appended text rendition in [[Swedish language|Swedish]].


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Sponsored mainly by [[Ericsson]], [[ABB Group|ABB]] and the [[Posten AB|Swedish Postal Service]], the 1996 account was published by Ristesson Ent in [[Ludvika]] and [[Los Angeles]]. A fictional chronicler called Erik, Son of Riste relates the factual story, followed by fact boxes about each of the 66 monarchs covered and a number of ancestry charts. Illustrations in the 1996 version (if not otherwise noted in the book) are portrait drawings by the author made from the 1960s to the 1990s,<ref>{{ cite news | title = Gustaf Wasa 500 år i dag | publisher = Nya Ludvika Tidning | date = May 11, 1996 | pages = 16 }}</ref> and 3 differently sorted lists of persons were included as well as an appended text rendition in [[Swedish language|Swedish]].
''Throne of a Thousand Years''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&BBID=2582803&v3=1 |title=''Throne of a thousand years'' |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |accessdate=December 18, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | journal = [[Scandinavica (journal)|Scandinavica]] | volume = 36 | page = p.283 | year = 1997 | postscript = . }}</ref> had more than 30 years of research by the author<ref>Göran Pettersson (as above): “Det har tagit over 30 år men nu är boken färdig. (It has taken over 30 years but now the book is finished)”</ref> before it was published, and it was then appreciated by ''[[Dala-Demokraten]]'' particularly for its English-language name forms, [[exonym]]s for pre-20th-century Swedish royalty, and a “refreshing” lack of nationalism,<ref> Kyhle, Lars (May 29, 1997); title: “Blood-Swain och Olaf Scotking, Svenska kungar från Ludvikas och USA:s horisont (Blood-Swain and Olaf Scotking, Swedish kings from the horizons of Ludvika and the U.S.A.)” in ''Dala-Demokraten'', p. 3: "Det roligaste - för rolig är den - är nog kunga- och drottningnamnen i den engelska delen. Dessutom är det uppfriskande och för många nynationalister mycket nyttigt att se vår stolta historia genom främmande ögon. (What's the most fun - because fun it is - is probably the names of kings and queens in the English part. It is also refreshing and for many new nationalists very beneficial to see our proud history through foreign eyes.)"</ref> also by ''[[Nya Ludvika Tidning]]'' for its general interest and for easy access to hard-to-find facts.<ref>Anders Winroth (as above): “Det är också en trevlig bok som vem som helst kan ha nöje av att läsa. Författaren tar tillfället i akt att meddela intressanta fakta som kanske inte är så lätta att ta reda på annars. (It is also a pleasant book that anyone can enjoy reading. The author seizes the occasion to advise us of interesting facts which might not be that easy to get ahold of otherwise.)”</ref>


== Reception ==
When donated to selected institutions, the book fulfilled collection requirements as a [[reference work]] and has been included as such at more than 180 libraries. These include the [[national libraries]] of 73 countries,<ref>q. v. through Internet where each national library's catalogue is available online</ref> regional libraries of all now-external areas once ruled by the Swedish kingdom (such as [[Delaware]] and [[Saint Barthélemy|St. Bart's]]), [[embassy]] and [[consulate|consular]] libraries, as well as personal collections maintained by a number of current sovereigns and by the head of each [[royal house]] still living that has been on the Swedish throne.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ristesson.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=ristesson&view=63&pid=1166&photoindex=6&rand=78928386 |title=Throne of a Thousand Years, All About the 1996 Book |publisher=Ristesson Files |accessdate=2008-12-18 complete list of the libraries}}</ref>


''Throne of a Thousand Years'' was particularly praised by ''[[Dala-Demokraten]]'' for its English-language name forms, [[exonym]]s for pre-20th-century Swedish royalty, and a "refreshing" lack of nationalism,<ref>{{ cite news | last = Kyhle | first = Lars | date = May 29, 1997 | title = Blood-Swain och Olaf Scotking, Svenska kungar från Ludvikas och USA:s horisont | publisher = Dala-Demokraten | pages = 3 }}</ref> and by ''[[Nya Ludvika Tidning]]'' for its general interest and for easy access to hard-to-find facts.<ref name="Winroth" />
Royal name format for ''Throne of a Thousand Years'' was partially altered in 1989 on the advice of Professor [[Emeritus]] [[Sten Carlsson]] of [[Uppsala University]], and before publication the book’s contents were also reviewed without prejudice by Swedish [[historian]]s Professor [[Jan Svanberg]] and Dr. [[Michael Nordberg]]. The edition of only 1,000 copies sold well once bookshops such as [[Nordiska Kompaniet|NK]] and the [[Sven Markelius#Significant Buildings|Sweden House Tourist Centre]] were stocked with small supplies of the book, and it has been out of print since 2001.
==2020 edition==
[[File:Centuries of Selfies front cover 2020.jpg|thumb|left|150px]]
Making extensive use of donations from 2016 on,<ref>[https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/nationalmuseum/pressreleases/nationalmuseum-slaepper-3-000-bilder-fria-paa-wikimedia-commons-1596057 Press release]</ref><ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_the_Nationalmuseum_Stockholm Commons listing]</ref> by the [[National Museum of Sweden]] to [[Wikimedia Commons]], a new full color edition called ''Centuries of Selfies'' was published in 2020 with a preface by [[Ulf Sundberg]].<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/9189179633 Amazon] 2020-08-10</ref><ref>[http://libris.kb.se/bib/n1lfxm9zl0fhrhxs Libris listing]</ref> In the updated version's historical account, Erik, Son of Riste has been excluded, whereas comprehensive new chapters covering the royal dynasties and burials, respectively, have been added to the book.<ref>Book's index and preface</ref>


== External links ==
A 9-page [[bibliography]] (pages 181-189), mostly from the author’s own 500-volume library, reveals the width of his historical and [[etymology|etymological]] reading and research as a [[layman]]. The ''Demitz Collection of Historical-Biographical Literature'' has been accepted in advance for posthumous donation to the [[Folke Bernadotte]] Memorial Library at [[Gustavus Adolphus College]] (named for King [[Gustav II Adolph of Sweden]]), which made the owner-author a member, as of 2005, of that university’s ''Gustavus Heritage Partnership''.<ref>''Gustavus Heritage Partnership Membership 2009 (catalogue)'' Gustavus Adolphus College p. 4</ref><ref> Certificate [[:Commons:Image:Gustavus Partnership JTD.jpg|image at Commons]]</ref>
* [http://libris.kb.se/bib/n1lfxm9zl0fhrhxs LIBRIS listing, National Library of Sweden]
* [https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=LCCN&searchArg=2021381008&searchType=1&permalink=y Library of Congress listing]


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Latest revision as of 10:52, 24 May 2024

Throne of a Thousand Years: Chronicles as Told by Erik, Son of Riste, Commemorating Sweden's Monarchy from 995–96 to 1995–1996
Front of the dust cover of Throne of a Thousand Years from 1996.
AuthorJacob Truedson Demitz
LanguageEnglish
SubjectSwedish history
PublisherRistesson Ent
Publication date
December 19, 1996
Publication placeSweden and United States
Pages332
ISBN978-91-630-5030-5
OCLC36647578
LC ClassDL644.1 .D46 1996

Throne of a Thousand Years is a non-fiction book by author Jacob Truedson Demitz,[1] first published in 1996 and again in 2020 as Centuries of Selfies. It was the first English-language historical account solely about the monarchs of Sweden.[2][3]

It details their personal histories, the impact of their reigns on Scandinavian history, and the political implications of disclosed dynastic ties in Europe.

Sponsored mainly by Ericsson, ABB and the Swedish Postal Service, the 1996 account was published by Ristesson Ent in Ludvika and Los Angeles. A fictional chronicler called Erik, Son of Riste relates the factual story, followed by fact boxes about each of the 66 monarchs covered and a number of ancestry charts. Illustrations in the 1996 version (if not otherwise noted in the book) are portrait drawings by the author made from the 1960s to the 1990s,[4] and 3 differently sorted lists of persons were included as well as an appended text rendition in Swedish.

Reception

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Throne of a Thousand Years was particularly praised by Dala-Demokraten for its English-language name forms, exonyms for pre-20th-century Swedish royalty, and a "refreshing" lack of nationalism,[5] and by Nya Ludvika Tidning for its general interest and for easy access to hard-to-find facts.[3]

2020 edition

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Making extensive use of donations from 2016 on,[6][7] by the National Museum of Sweden to Wikimedia Commons, a new full color edition called Centuries of Selfies was published in 2020 with a preface by Ulf Sundberg.[8][9] In the updated version's historical account, Erik, Son of Riste has been excluded, whereas comprehensive new chapters covering the royal dynasties and burials, respectively, have been added to the book.[10]

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References

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  1. ^ "LIBRIS - sökning: WFRF:(Demitz Jacob Truedson 19..." libris.kb.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  2. ^ Pettersson, Göran (June 26, 1996). "Han skrev bok om Sveriges kungar – på engelska". Borlänge Tidning. p. 12.
  3. ^ a b Winroth, Anders (February 26, 1997). "Ludvikabo skriver bok om Sveriges kungar". Nya Ludvika Tidning. p. 13.
  4. ^ "Gustaf Wasa 500 år i dag". Nya Ludvika Tidning. May 11, 1996. p. 16.
  5. ^ Kyhle, Lars (May 29, 1997). "Blood-Swain och Olaf Scotking, Svenska kungar från Ludvikas och USA:s horisont". Dala-Demokraten. p. 3.
  6. ^ Press release
  7. ^ Commons listing
  8. ^ Amazon 2020-08-10
  9. ^ Libris listing
  10. ^ Book's index and preface
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