# Carl Grimberg

Carl Gustaf Grimberg (22 September 1875 in Gothenburg, Sweden – 11 June 1941 in Djursholm) was a Swedish historian.
His parents were Joel Grimberg and Charlotta (née Andersson); in 1919, he married Eva Carlsdotter Sparre (1895–1982).
Grimberg completed his PhD in 1903 and then took a teaching job. In 1905 he began to write a school textbook, focussing on the history of Sweden and its diplomatic relations with Prussia, Denmark and other countries. In 1908 he left his teaching job to concentrate fully on his writing.
Grimberg's most famous work is his history of Sweden, Svenska folkets underbara öden [sv] (1913-1924); in 1926 Grimberg began to publish his history of the world, Världshistoria, but he did not finish it before his death.

## Publications in Norway

The first Norwegian edition of Grimberg's world history was entitled Menneskenes Liv og Historie, and was published in the years 1955–1962. The publication consisted of 22 volumes. After the mention of the Neanderthals, the history of the world is reproduced from ancient Egypt until the end of the Second World War.
| # | Title | Contents | Year |
| 1 | Egypt-Near East | The morning of culture The Egyptians Babylonians and Assyrians | 1958 |
| 2 | Near East-Hellas | Assyrian and Babylonian culture Hittites and Syrian people Medes and Persians The Aegean culture The legendary age of the Hellenes. The patriarchal kingship | 1959 |
| 3 | Greece | Economic and social upheavals in Greece Ionian culture, poetry and philosophy The first great test of power between East and West Pericles' Happy Age War between brothers The first heyday of science The ancient Attic comedy | 1959 |
| 4 | Greece-Rome | Greece's political decline Macedonian hegemony Hellenism Italy before the Romans Rome's saga time Rome's era of heroes and glory | 1959 |
| 5 | Rome | Rome's era of heroes and glory The oldest Roman literature The time of revolution | 1959 |
| 6 | Rome | The Imperial Age The world empire is beginning to unravel at the seams | 1959 |
| 7 | The migrations | The great Germanic migrations Luminous figures in dark centuries The Arab migration Carolingian era Viking trains | 1959 |
| 8 | The Crusades | The German Empire is resurrected and experiences a new era of glory The Crusades From the world of thought of the time of the Crusades to religious emotional life | 1960 |
| 9 | War of the Hanseatic League | The role of the Empire in the Middle Ages has been played out A period of decline for the papacy as well Italy's literary heyday The Anglo-French Hundred Years' War The Wars of the Roses | 1960 |
| 10 | The Renaissance | The cross and the crescent moon The Spanish unitary state emerges From late medieval thinking Italian Renaissance Renaissance art in Italy | 1960 |
| 11 | Discoveries-Reformation | Renaissance and humanism north of the Alps Emperor Charles V's time. The great reformers | 1960 |
| 12 | Charles V.–Philip II. | Emperor Charles V's time. The Turk father and Henry VIII's England The great naturalists of the Reformation era A shining century for South European fiction The heyday of Spanish painting Philip II and his time The heyday of Dutch, Flemish and Dutch art | 1960 |
| 13 | The Wars of Religion | The Huguenot Wars England at the end of the 16th century The last great religious war England at the beginning of the 17th century | 1960 |
| 14 | The age of Louis XIV | When the great thinkers were natural scientists and mathematicians The age of Louis XIV | 1960 |
| 15 | The War of the Spanish Succession, Russia and Poland, England in the 18th century | The age of Louis XIV. The War of the Spanish Succession Russia's oldest history Peter 1. and the Nordic War Poland's oldest history England take the lead | 1961 |
| 16 | English and French intellectual life in the 18th century, America–India | A great time in English cultural history North America India L´ancien régime in France | 1961 |
| 17 | Turkey, Austria and Prussia, the French Revolution | Turkey, Austria and Prussia Storm over the empire Liberty, Equality and Fraternity | 1961 |
| 18 | Napoleon–Victoria | Napoleon's eagles Iron, coal, cotton and machinery Reaction and revolution | 1961 |
| 19 | Liberalism–nationalism | The Communist Manifesto "To wake up among the stars" "Only soldiers help against democrats" Victorians Louis Napoleon Storm over Crimea The Second Empire Excursion to Italy The turning point Fatherland in danger The North American Civil War | 1961 |
| 20 | Imperialism–democracy | The dollar princes The White Man's Burden The long peace "Now the lights go out" | 1961 |
| 21 | Our own time | The period 1914-1945 "Beautiful New World" | 1961 |
| 22 | Historical atlas. Main register | Ancient times The Middle Ages Recent times Our own century | 1962 |
| I | China, Japan, Korea | China Japan Korea | 1969 |
| II | India and Southeast Asia | India Ceylon Back India Indonesia | 1969 |
| III | Africa | The first people and the settlement of Africa Civilization and the spread of culture Foreign rule and Berber travel in North Africa The Negro kingdoms south of the Sahara Trade and colonization in East Africa The kingdoms south of the rainforest The slave trade in West Africa Colonization of tropical Africa Resistance and conquest in North Africa European rule in southern Africa Colonial times in tropical Africa Decolonization Independent Africa | 1970 |
| IV | Latin America ISBN 82-02-03234-2 | | 1974 |
| V | North America ISBN 82-02-03646-1 | | 1977 |
| 23 | The duel without end. International politics after 1945. ISBN 82-02-02728-4 | The Atomic Age From cooperation to cold war Strength test in Europe Test of strength in the East Uneasy coexistence Towards the edge of the abyss Unstable balance The Second Vietnam War The Middle East between East and West "The Middle Kingdom" and "The Kingdom in the Middle" | 1973 |
| 24 | The rich societies. The Western countries and Japan after 1945. ISBN 82-02-02731-4 | The world of the ship USA - The new world power Canada - America's Northerners Great Britain - A world power on food councils The renewed France The dwarf midget West Germany Year 0 The Nordic countries - Democracy's laboratories The sunny side The Pacific World The new industrial society | 1974 |
| 25 | The world of revolution and hunger. International politics after 1945. ISBN 82-02-02734-9 | The Second World Power - the Soviet Union The Other Europe - Eastern Bloc China - A third superpower? The Third World The world of Allah and oil East of Suez East of the Sahara The Other America - Latin America North and South | 1974 |