Yvonne Svanström


Yvonne Svanström,, is an associate professor and head of the Department of Economic History at Stockholm University.

Career

She earned her PhD in 2000, with a dissertation on prostitution in the 19th century.
An expanded and popularized version of her thesis was published in Swedish as "Offentliga kvinnor. Prostitution I Sverige 1812-1918".
Her subsequent work has examined Swedish prostitution policy through to the contemporary era, and comparisons with other European policy. Svanström's work is the main source of information on the history of prostitution in Sweden.

Research projects