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Biography
PhD Kaj Ahlsved is a music researcher affiliated with Åbo Akademi University in Turku. His article dissertation (2017) focused on the ubiquitous music of everyday life, explicitly on practices related to the use of recorded music during team sporting events in Finland. Ahlsved is a founding member of research association Suoni and currently a part of the association’s research project “Music researchers in society: Advancing social justice through activist music research”. His ongoing post doc research focuses on musical practices of the sports movement (1875–1939). Ahlsved is also a teacher in classical guitar and has had many different roles as teacher and administrator in both basic arts and vocational education in Finland. He is also a freelance music critic and columnist for Swedish language press in Finland. In the spring of 2021, he received the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy’s Bernadotte Scholarship and served as a visiting researcher at Umeå University (ethnology) 2021-2023.
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External positions
Guest researcher, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper
1 Sept 2022 → 30 Jun 2023
Guest researcher, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper
1 Aug 2021 → 31 Jul 2022
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Music researchers in society: Activist music research as a promoter of social justice
Ahlsved, K. (Project staff), Torvinen, J. (Principal Investigator), Välimäki, S. (Co-Principal Investigator), Mononen, S. (Project staff), Ramstedt, K. (Project staff), Ramstedt, A. (Project staff), Rantanen, S. (Project staff) & Rantakallio, I. (Project staff)
01/01/20 → 31/10/26
Project: Research
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Musikerskap, mobilitet och (finlands)svenskhet – en intervjustudie
Ahlsved, K. (Principal Investigator)
01/07/24 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Musik och sport. En analys av musikanvändning, ljudlandskap, identitet och dramaturgi i samband med lagsportevenemang
Ahlsved, K., 2017Research output: Types of Thesis › Doctoral Thesis › Collection of Articles
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Music, Ice Hockey Lions, and the Construction of a National Community
Ahlsved, K., 26 Oct 2020, Made in Finland: Studies in Popular Music. Karjalainen, T.-M. & Kärki, K. (eds.). New York: Routledge, p. 173-186 13 p. (Global Popular Music Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Sångpraktiker inom den svenska idrottsrörelsen (ca 1872–1939)
Ahlsved, K., 7 Feb 2025, In: Idrott, historia och samhälle: Svenska idrottshistoriska föreningens årsskrift. 2024, p. 8-28 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Bland velocipedmarscher och pingpongpolkor: Utgivning av idrottsrelaterad mellanmusik i Sverige fram till ca 1939
Ahlsved, K., 19 Jun 2024, In: Svensk Tidskrift for Musikforskning. 106, 1, p. 31-64 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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The cultural practice of localising mediated sports music
Ahlsved, K., 2016, In: Etnomusikologian vuosikirja. 28, p. 1–33Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Prizes
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Kungl. Gustav Adolfs Akademiens Bernadottestipendium
Ahlsved, K. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Other distinction
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Activities
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Kungl. Gustav Adolfs Akademien för svensk folkkultur (External organisation)
Ahlsved, K. (Member)
8 Jun 2024 → …Activity: Membership › Position of trust in an academic community
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Among bicycle marches and ping pong-polkas: The publication of sports-related music in Sweden (1867-1939)
Ahlsved, K. (Speaker)
6 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference presentation
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Från gymnastiksånger till ’De anti-fascistiska idrottsmännens marsch’: Sångpraktiker inom den svenska idrottsrörelsen innan läktarsångens etablering (ca 1872–1939)
Ahlsved, K. (Speaker)
26 Mar 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference presentation
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Panelist vid ”Selling Finland” -konsertens konsertintro
Ahlsved, K. (Speaker)
23 Nov 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för musik och bild
Ahlsved, K. (Visiting researcher)
19 Apr 2023 → 20 Apr 2023Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
Impacts
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Radiodokumentären Så skapades "Den glider in" hockeylåten som stals av Finland.
Ahlsved, K. (Participant)
Impact: Cultural impacts
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Sporttispesiaali: Ny rillataan viimeiseen asti (feat. Kaj Ahlsved)
Ahlsved, K. (Participant)
Impact: Cultural impacts