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Maja Anna Maria Hagerman (born 3 February 1960) is aSwedish author, journalist and filmmaker. As senior lecturer in arts she teaches historical documentary filmmaking at Dalarna university.
Hagerman has published six books on Swedish history, earlymedieval andprehistoric times as well as modern history and essays on cultural heritage and memory. She has made several historical documentaries forSveriges Television. She is an honorary doctor at the Faculty of History and Philosophy atUppsala University, promoted in 2012.[1][2]
Hagerman made her debut with the bookSpåren av kungens män. Om när Sverige blev ett kristet rike, on the making of the Swedish kingdom and its conversion to Christianity. The book won the August prize for non-fiction in 1996.[3]
In September 2015, Hagerman released the bookKäraste Herman. Rasbiolog Herman Lundborgs gåta, on the physician and professorHerman Lundborg. He headed the world's first state racial biology institute inUppsala, Sweden, from 1922 to 1935, and was internationally known for his research, especially among German-speaking supporters ofracial hygiene. Like many of his German colleagues, Lundborg supported the Nazis. Lundborg was obsessed by the threat of racial mixing betweenSámi,Finns andSwedes. On his travels in Northern Scandinavia, he began a relationship with a woman of Finnish-Sámi descent and eventually had a child with her.[4]
Käraste Herman. Rasbiologen Herman Lundborgs gåta was nominated for the August prize for best non-fiction of the year in Sweden and also awarded by the Swedish Academy.[5][6] It is published in GermanHerman Lundborg. Rätsel eines Rassenbiologen, translated by Krister Hanne.[7]
Together with Claes Gabrielson, Hagerman made a documentary on Lundborg,Hur gör man för att rädda ett folk?, that was broadcast on Sveriges Television in January 2015.[8] There is also an English version of the filmWhat Measures to Save a People? A film about Herman Lundborg, head of the Swedish State Institute for Race Biology.[9]
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