This is an outgrowth of my broader project on Nordic identity and regionalism. I have in particular focused on the movements in World War I-period Sweden, Finland and Estonia that advocated a form of Swedish foreign policy activism. They hoped to see Sweden ally itself with Germany and enter the war against Russia with the intention of reconquering Finland and the Baltic Provinces, which once upon a time also had been Swedish. What makes these movements particularly interesting is that the Finns and the Estonians genuinely looked upon neutral Sweden as a possible saviour, forging links with radical conservative (and in some ways proto-radical right wing) movements in Sweden. This project has produced this far a multitude of journal articles, conference papers and a special issue of the Estonian Historical Journal (co-edited with Carl Marklund).

Relevant publications:

• Swedish political attitudes towards Baltic independence in the short 20th century, Ajalooline Ajakiri, 3/4, 2016, pp. 397-430.
  
• Hegemony and liberation in World War I: Plans for new Mare Nostrum Balticum, Ajalooline Ajakiri, 3, 2015, pp. 249-284.
• Estonia Gravitates Towards Sweden: Nordic Identity and Activist Regionalism in World War I. University of Tartu Press, 2014.
• Sweden's Historical Mission and World War I: A Regionalist Theory of Swedish Activism, Scandinavian Journal of History, 1, 2014, pp. 126-146.
• Intriigid, provokatsioonid ja iseseisvuse sünd: Eesti välisdelegatsioon ja Aleksander Kesküla, Ajalooline Ajakiri, 3, 2013, pp. 321-374.
  
• "Grundbesitzer aus Estland": Activist regionalism in the Baltic Sea Area in 1916, Ajalooline Ajakiri (special issue: Baltic regionalism/Balti regionalism), 1/2, 2012, pp. 137-165.
• Siwertz som aktivist: „Elders återsken” och första världskriget. Anna Forssberg, Per-Olof Mattson (eds.). Sigfrid Siwertz. En författares uppgång och fall, Karlstad University Press, 2017, pp. 63-83.