Michael Roberts (1908-1997) was a British historian specializing in the early modern period and particularly known for his studies of Swedish history. 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The early modern period is a term used by historians to refer to the period in Western Europe and its first colonies, between the Middle Ages and modern society. ... Pre-historic age 9,000–500 B.C. Sweden, together with Norway, has a high concentration of Petroglyphs, ristningar or hällristningar in Swedish. ...

Roberts was born in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England and educated at Brighton College. He taught at Rhodes University College in Grahamstown, South Africa from 1935, served in the army in East Africa during World War II and headed the British Council in Stockholm 1944-1946. From 1954 until his retirement in 1973 he was professor of modern history at Queen's University in Belfast. He also held guest professorhips in U.S. universities. He was a member of the British Academy and the Royal Irish Academy. Map sources for Lytham St Annes at grid reference SD342278 Lytham St Annes is a town in the Fylde district of Lancashire, England. ... Lancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster) is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... Brighton College is a public school (that is, an independent, fee-paying secondary school) for boys and girls in Brighton, East Sussex in England. ... Rhodes University is one of South Africas oldest and most famous university institutions. ... Grahamstown is a town in the Eastern Cape Province, of the Republic of South Africa and is known in Xhosa as iRhini. ... East Africa is a region generally considered to include: Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Somalia Tanzania Uganda Burundi, Rwanda, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, and Sudan are sometimes considered a part of East Africa. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the... The British Council is a partly UK Government-funded cultural relations organisation and a registered charity in the United Kingdom. ...   Stockholm? is the capital of Sweden, located on the east coast at the entrance of lake Mälaren. ... For other educational establishments called Queens, see Queens College and Queens University (disambiguation) Queens University, Belfast - or officially The Queens University of Belfast (QUB; in Irish, Ollscoil na Banríona, Béal Feirste) - is a university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is the second-largest city in Ireland. ... The British Academy is the United Kingdoms national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. ... The Royal Irish Academy (RIA) is one of Irelands premier learned societies and cultural institutions. ...

Although originally working in the area of British history, Roberts soon gained an interest in the history of Sweden and learned the Swedish language during his stay in Stockholm 1944-1946. He made his most significant contributions on the period from the late 16th to the early 18th century when Sweden was a major player on the European political and military scene, but published several studies on later periods in both Swedish and British history. Some of his works on Swedish history are used as textbooks in Swedish universities and several have also been translated into Swedish. Swedish (   svenska?) is a North Germanic language (also called Scandinavian languages) spoken predominantly in Sweden and in part of Finland, especially along the coast and on the Ã…land islands, by more than nine million people. ...

Michael Roberts had several Swedish honours bestowed upon him; among other things he received an honorary doctorate from Stockholm University, and was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities. Stockholm University Stockholm University, or Stockholms universitet, is a state university in Stockholm, Sweden. ... The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities or or Vitterhetsakademien, founded in 1753, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden. ...

Select bibliography

• The Whig Party, 1807-1812 (1939).
• Gustavus Adolphus, A History of Sweden 1611-1631 (two volumes, 1953-1958).
• Sweden as a great power 1611-1697 (1968).
• The early Vasas : a history of Sweden 1523-1611 (1968).
• Gustavus Adolphus and the Rise of Sweden (1973).
• The Swedish imperial experience, 1560-1718 (1979).
• British Diplomacy and Swedish Politics, 1758-1773 (1980).
• The Age of Liberty : Sweden 1719-1772 (1986).
• From Oxenstierna to Charles XII : four studies (1991).