Lars Ericson

Professor in History at the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm, Lars Ericson Wolke is the author of some 35 books, and a specialist in the military history of Sweden ́s Era of Greatness (1561-1721). He is also a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Military Sciences and sat on the Board of the Commission International d ́Histoire Militaire 2005-2015. He is regarded as one of Sweden ́s foremost scholars of the Great Northern War. With his background as Senior Archivist at the Military Archives, Stockholm, Ericson Wolke has a deep knowledge of the archival sources of the period.