5 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Swedish king and military genius who spent his entire reign at war — defeating Denmark, Russia (Narva), and Poland in rapid succession before his catastrophic defeat at Poltava (1709) and eventual death during the siege of Fredriksten — representing the archetype of the warrior-king who wins every battle and loses the war.
Swedish king and military genius who transformed Sweden into a major European power, revolutionized warfare with combined-arms tactics (integrated infantry-cavalry-artillery), and died at the Battle of Lützen fighting for the Protestant cause in the Thirty Years War — called the Lion of the North and the Father of Modern Warfare.
Swedish filmmaker who directed The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Persona, Cries and Whispers, and Fanny and Alexander — the director most associated with cinema as a medium for philosophical and theological inquiry — and whose films explore God's silence, death, and the agonies of intimate relationships.
Swedish power metal band from Falun who write exclusively about military history — battles, wars, and soldiers across history from ancient times to WWII — combining anthemic heavy metal with serious historical research in song topics (Poltava, Primo Victoria, The Last Stand).
Swedish poet who received the Nobel Prize in Literature (2011) — and who worked as a psychologist at a rehabilitation institution — whose spare, imagistic poems are among the most widely translated in world literature and whose imagery has strong affinities with Jungian depth psychology.