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Sweden

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:

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Account by Ulf Brandell of contact between the Swedish Secret Intelligence Service and the British Government, 1944

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DENM 9
Scope and Contents

Concerning a possible exchange of information about Britain's plans for a landing in German occupied Norway and German development of rocket weapons.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Account of the expulsion of the Swedish Naval Attaché from London, 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DENM 4
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Papers comprising a memoir, correspondence and official papers about his work as Naval Attaché in Stockholm, 1940-5

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Baltic cruise, 1938-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DIAC 2/1/2
Scope and Contents

Account of a cruise aboard the Admiralty yacht Enchantress, to Danzig [later Gdansk, Poland], Finland, Sweden and Denmark.

Dates: 1938-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Copy extracts from the diary of the German Naval Attaché in Stockholm, 1940 and 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DENM 6
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Papers comprising a memoir, correspondence and official papers about his work as Naval Attaché in Stockholm, 1940-5

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Copy of an unpublished memoir, 1919-46

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MALT 1
Scope and Contents

Comprises an account of his work and travels in Persia [now Iran], 1919-22, 1933-5 and 1964-5; the United States, 1936-9; Sweden, 1940-5; and Spain, 1945-6.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence on foreign observatories, 1961 - 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/443
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding foreign observatories, including observatories in Turkey, Italy, Poland, Argentina, Belgium, Sweden and India.

Dates: 1961 - 1963
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence on foreign observatories, 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/449
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding foreign observatories, including observatories in Turkey, Sweden, Egypt and Pakistan.

Dates: 1963
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence on Scandinavian observatories, 1945 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/474
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding Swedish and Finnish observatories, including correspondence with Professor B. Lindblad of the Stockholm Observatory and Gustaf Järnefelt, Director of the Astronomical Observatory, Helsinki.

Dates: 1945 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence on time balls and signals, 1875 - 1878

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/618
Scope and Contents Correspondence and related papers on the time signal and time ball service, including the failures of the Greenwich time signal; notes and a report on the time signals at Portsmouth Dockyard; questions and answers on the Edinburgh time signals; a list of British time signal stations; enquiries from various individuals and the Norwegian and Swedish governments on time signals; time balls proposed for Calcutta and the West Indies; errors and corrections in the Westminster and Post Office...
Dates: 1875 - 1878
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence with foreign observatories, 1953 - 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/431
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with foreign observatories, including those in Finland, Belgium, Mexico, South Africa (the Union Observatory), Italy, Sweden, Japan, Switzerland, Rome, Argentina and Brazil.

Dates: 1953 - 1958
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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General papers relating to Europe, April 1975-July 1977, 1975-04 - 1977-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/1/108
Scope and Contents Includes correspondence with Baroness (Diana) Elles, Lord (Michael) Fraser of Kilmorack, Eldon Griffiths MP, Douglas Hurd MP, Sir Peter Kirk MP, Sir Anthony Royle MP and Sir Christopher Soames Also includes briefing note from Nigel Forman (Conservative Research Department), 27 June 1975, in advance of MT's meeting with Mr [Leo] Tindemans [Prime Minister of Belgium], 1 July 1975; with CRD record of the meeting Also includes briefings from Michael Young (Consolidated Goldfields)...
Dates: 1975-04 - 1977-07
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in November 2003 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Letter from Emil Boldt-Christmas about Stockholm during the war, 1972-04-27

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DENM 7
Scope and Contents

Emil Boldt-Christmas was Swedish Naval Attaché in London, 1936-9.

Dates: 1972-04-27
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Letters of complaint from Henry Denham about the release of documents relating to his time as Naval Attaché in Stockholm, 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DENM 2
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Papers comprising a memoir, correspondence and official papers about his work as Naval Attaché in Stockholm, 1940-5

Dates: 1974
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Meeting with Swedish Cabinet and Swedish Social Democrat Party, 1989-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 8/39
Scope and Contents

Papers on NK’s visit to Sweden, including: programme and briefing; draft new party programme for the Swedish Social Democrats; booklet on the Swedish Labour Movement; notes of NK’s meeting with the Cabinet.

Dates: 1989-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Meeting with Swedish newspaper editors, 1988-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 8/24
Scope and Contents

Briefings for the meeting on subjects including health, housing and Poll Tax.

Dates: 1988-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Memoir of time as Naval Attaché in Stockholm, 1940-5

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DENM 1
Scope and Contents

Written up by Henry Denham for the Admiralty shortly after the war had ended.
With a graph; press cuttings; a sketch map and two aerial photographs of Kaafjord, Norway, after a British midget submarine attack on the Tirpitz, 28 September 1943; and a photograph of Legation staff.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Item

NS II Means of distribution-53 Note, 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.2: 53
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Papers on the BBC European Publicity Service in Sweden, 1940 - 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/FICA 1/1/15
Scope and Contents

Includes report on Swedish public opinion of the war.

Dates: 1940 - 1946
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Fonds

Philip Noel-Baker Associated

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/NBKR AS
Dates: 1912 - 2022
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Photograph album, 1934 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PCHL 8/3
Scope and Contents

Includes: Blenheim Palace [Oxfordshire]; Kew Gardens [London]; Liverpool docks, particularly the construction of Bidston Dock and a dredger on the Mersey; visit to Sweden; holiday photographs from Dorset; Cliffe cement works, Kent; family photographs, particularly of Lady Gwendeline Churchill ("Goonie") and Clarissa Churchill [later Clarissa Eden then Clarissa, Lady Avon], and also of Peregrine as a naval reserve officer.

Dates: 1934 - 1937
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Press cuttings, October 1959-July 1960, 1959 - 1960

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 7/5
Scope and Contents

Includes cuttings relating to Sandys' visits to South America, January-February 1960, and Sweden, June 1960

Dates: 1959 - 1960
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open to researchers. Information about closures can be obtained from Churchill Archives Centre.
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Ralph Bulmer: Scandinavian field notes

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7947-7948
Scope and Contents

Typescript transcripts of field notes from Northern Norway and Swedish Lapland. At the front of both volumes is a photocopy of a covering letter from R.N.H. Bulmer to the Cambridge University Librarian, 6 August 1973, regarding the collection's terms of use.

Dates: 1950-1951
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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