Hedvig Mårdh

Hedvig Mårdh is a Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at Karlstad University's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. She is affiliated with the Department of Political, Historical, Religious and Cultural Studies. Her research focuses on cultural heritage, museums, exhibitions, and the intersection of art history with silent film and theatre studies. Mårdh has been part of Karlstad University since 2019 and previously held a Researcher position at Uppsala University's Centre for Gender Studies (2019–2023). She serves as Director of Studies at Karlstad and is a member of KuFo (Culture Studies research group). Her work explores topics like the transformation of psychiatric hospitals into residential areas and the cultural memory of the Gustavian era. Mårdh is on the editorial board of Konsthistorisk tidskrift and involved with NORDIK, the Nordic Association for Art Historians.

Education: PhD in Art History (2017, Uppsala University), with a thesis examining the Swedish Gustavian style’s cultural heritage and neoclassical revivals. She holds a strong academic background in art history and cultural studies.

Research interests emphasize cultural heritage management, museum studies, and historical authenticity. Her funded projects include studies on psychiatric hospital transformations (Swedish National Heritage Board 2017–2019; Formas 2020–2023). Key publications include Komplext kulturarv: från psykiatriskt sjukhus till bostadsområde (2021) and recent work on Hedvig von Numers’ play linked to Gustavian cultural memory (2024).

Her articles span interdisciplinary topics from silent film authenticity to scenographic interventions in historic sites. Mårdh’s work bridges academic research with practical cultural heritage preservation, emphasizing public engagement and historical reinterpretation.