Bo Fritzbøger

Bo Fritzbøger

Associate Professor

Primary fields of research

All aspects of the interaction between humans and their physical environment since the early modern period.

Current research

  • The modern breakthrough of Danish forestry, 1873-1926
  • Living Liexu de Mémoire. The cultural and natural history of ancient oaks
  • Growing pains. Danish public debates on economic growth in the 1970's

Teaching

I teach and supervise within the following fields:

  • Early modern Danish microhistory
  • European and North American environmental and climate history since 1500 AD
  • Danish and Scandinavian agrarian and forest history since 1500 AD
  • Danish and Scandinavian landscape and settlement history since 1500 AD
  • The histories of social relations, law and mentality in the Danish society of the 17th and 18th centuries
  • The history of property right

Selected publications

  1. Published

    Sustainable Development of Denmark in the World, 1970–2020: A Critical Introduction

    Fritzbøger, Bo, 2022, Palgrave Macmillan. 408 p. (Sustainable Development Goals Series).

    Research output: Book/ReportBookpeer-review

  2. Published

    “Revolt from the center”: Socio-environmental protest from idea to praxis in Denmark, 1978–1993

    Fritzbøger, Bo, 2020, Histories of Knowledge in Postwar Scandinavia: Actors, Arenas, and Aspirations. Östling, J., Olsen, N. & Larsson Heidenblad, D. (eds.). Routledge, p. 74-90 17 p. (Knowledge Societies in History, Vol. 3).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Nærums naturligheder: Bolle Luxdorph mellem land og by, 1754-1782

    Fritzbøger, Bo, 30 Mar 2020, Land og by på tværs 1000-1800: Festskrift til Bjørn Poulsen i anledning af 65-års dagen. Jespersen, M. L. & Thelle, M. (eds.). Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag, p. 519-546 28 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Global varmeforurening. Historien om en glemt miljørisiko ca. 1960-85

    Fritzbøger, Bo, 2019, In: Historisk Tidsskrift. 119, 1, p. 129-154 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Vildt vejr

    Fritzbøger, Bo, 2019, Aarhus Universitetsforlag. 100 p. (100 danmarkshistorier).

    Research output: Book/ReportBookpeer-review

  6. Published

    State Forestry in Denmark from the Late Eighteenth to the Early Twenty-First Century

    Fritzbøger, Bo, Feb 2018, Managing Northern Europe's Forests: Histories from the Age of Improvement to the Age of Ecology. Oosthoek, K. J. & Hölzl, R. (eds.). Berghahn Books, p. 166-200 35 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

Selected activities

  1. Sustainable Development - Ideas and Imaginaries

    Fritzbøger, Bo (Other)

    20222030

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesLecture and oral contribution

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