Folklore and landscape are deeply connected. Physical landscapes encompass stories, rituals, materialities and historical events through a variety of cultural practices and forms that contribute to place-making, shape community identities and influence heritage and conservation processes. How do memory and belief play out in placelore and in concrete and narrated landscape? What is the role of folklore in processes of climate related landscape change? The contributions in the themed issue of Arv 2025 discuss and present case studies and analysis of the complex interplay between culture and natural environments, using material from the Nordic and Baltic regions. The volume also include independent research articles and book reviews.
About the Journal
ARV means heritage. ARV. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore presents our mental heritage, folklore, as the foundation of our culture, our patterns of interaction and our world view. Folklore, i.e. popular poetry, belief and custom, is an important identity factor for every nation in historical as well as recent times. The journal’s target readership is academics, teachers and local historians.
Arv is published by The Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy for Swedish Folk Culture.
ARV. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore | ISSN (Online) 2002-4185 | ISSN (Print) 0066-8176
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