Svensk Numismatisk Tidskrift

Svensk Numismatisk Tidskrift is a Swedish scholarly journal devoted to numismatic research, coinage studies, medallic art, and monetary history, published by Svenska Myntföreningen. The journal has featured contributions by scholars associated with institutions such as Uppsala University, Lund University, Stockholm University, the Royal Coin Cabinet (Kungliga Myntkabinettet), the Swedish History Museum, the British Museum, and the American Numismatic Society, and has engaged with topics related to European monetary unions, Scandinavian monarchies, and Baltic trade networks.

History

The journal was founded in the late 19th century during an era marked by the activities of collectors and scholars connected to institutions like the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Royal Court, and the Nordic Numismatic Congress, while contemporaneous publications included the Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society, Numismatic Chronicle, and Revue Numismatique. Early contributors drew on collections from the Nationalmuseum, the Vasa Museum, and the Skokloster Castle holdings, and corresponded with curators at the British Museum, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. During the interwar period authors referenced archives at the Riksarkivet, the University of Copenhagen, and the Archaeological Museum of Catalonia, and after World War II contributors worked with curators at the Smithsonian Institution, the Deutsches Historisches Museum, and the Nederlandsche Bank. The journal’s editorial board has included members linked to Uppsala University, Lund University, Stockholm University, the University of Gothenburg, the Royal Institute of Technology, and the University of Oslo, and it has documented coin finds from sites such as Birka, Hedeby, Ribe, Gotland, and Visby.

Scope and Content

The journal publishes research on Scandinavian coinages, medieval coin hoards, proto-currency artifacts, and medallic production, engaging with numismatic evidence from contexts including Viking Age trade, Hanseatic League commerce, Kalmar Union administration, Thirty Years’ War logistics, and Napoleonic-era reforms. Articles often analyze specimens curated at institutions like the British Museum, the Swedish History Museum, the Royal Coin Cabinet, the National Museum of Denmark, the Finnish National Gallery, the Hermitage Museum, and the Musée du Louvre, and discuss technical analyses performed at facilities such as Uppsala University’s Archaeometry Laboratory, Stockholm University’s Department of Archaeology, Lund University’s Numismatic Collection, and the Conservation Center at the Rijksmuseum. The journal addresses coin iconography connected to monarchs like Gustav Vasa, Charles XII, Gustav III, Christian IV, Harald Bluetooth, and Eric IX, and considers monetary legislation such as the Coinage Act of 1776, constitutional reforms affecting minting, and European treaties impacting bullion flows including the Treaty of Kiel and the Treaty of Stockholm.

Publication and Editorial Information

Published by Svenska Myntföreningen with editorial oversight from scholars associated with institutions like Uppsala University, Lund University, Stockholm University, the Royal Coin Cabinet, the Swedish Academy, and the Nationalmuseum, the journal has appeared annually and sometimes in special thematic issues devoted to topics such as Viking hoards, medieval mints, modern banknotes, and medallic anniversaries. Editors and contributors have included curators and academics who have worked with the British Museum, the American Numismatic Society, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, the Musée de Cluny, the Rijksmuseum, the Finnish Antiquarian Society, and the Norwegian Numismatic Society. Distribution networks have linked the journal to university libraries at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Sorbonne, Humboldt University, and the University of Tokyo, and to professional organizations such as the Royal Numismatic Society, the International Numismatic Council, the Société Française de Numismatique, the Deutscher Numismatischer Gesellschaft, and the American Numismatic Association.

Notable Articles and Contributions

Significant articles have treated hoards and finds from Birka, Hedeby, Gotland, Ribe, Novgorod, Staraya Ladoga, Lund, Skara, and Sigtuna, and have involved analyses tied to methodologies developed at Uppsala University, Lund University, Stockholm University, the British Museum, the American Numismatic Society, the Musée du Louvre, the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Ashmolean Museum, the National Museum of Scotland, the National Museum of Ireland, the Royal Ontario Museum, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, and the Hermitage Museum. Contributions have influenced studies of coin circulation in contexts related to the Hanseatic League, the Kalmar Union, the Teutonic Order, the Pomeranian dukes, the Swedish Empire, the Bourbon monarchy, the Habsburgs, the Ottoman Empire, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Authors associated with the journal have engaged in collaborative projects with the British Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Nationalmuseum, the Rijksmuseum, the Finnish National Museum, the Norwegian Historical Museum, the University of Copenhagen, and the University of Oslo, and have been cited alongside works published by Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Brill, Routledge, and De Gruyter.

Indexing and Accessibility

The journal is catalogued in national bibliographies and held by libraries including the National Library of Sweden, the British Library, the Library of Congress, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, the University of Oxford Bodleian Libraries, the Cambridge University Library, Harvard Library, and the National Diet Library, and is referenced in databases used by researchers at institutions such as Uppsala University, Lund University, Stockholm University, the University of Copenhagen, the University of Oslo, the University of Helsinki, and the University of Tartu. Digital access and archival preservation have involved partnerships with library systems and digitization projects connected to the Royal Library, the National Library of Sweden, the HathiTrust, JSTOR, WorldCat, Europeana, and institutional repositories at Stockholm University, Uppsala University, Lund University, the University of Gothenburg, and the Swedish National Heritage Board.

Category:Numismatic journals Category:Swedish-language journals Category:Academic journals established in the 19th century