Edward Blom


Edward Blom is a Swedish archivist, trade historian, writer and a television personality.

Biography

Blom was born in Ekerö and is the brother of Anna Dunér. He studied humanities at the universities of Trier, Stockholm, Uppsala and Freiburg, where he became a member of Corps Suevia Freiburg. In 1996, he earned a degree in archival studies. He is one of the founders of the Verein Corpsstudenten in Schweden, a board member of the Concordia Catholica and an active member, among other things, of the Sällskapet Emil Hildebrands Vänner and Par Bricole. He was previously vice president of the Katolsk historisk förening i Sverige.
He works as chef, särskilda projekt at the Centrum för Näringslivshistoria in Stockholm. He is the editor of the Centrum för Näringslivshistoria's business magazine Företagsminnen He is very much involved in the history of trade, food and beverages. He performed the song "Livet på en Pinne" at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2018.
Blom has taken part in several programs about the history of the trade, especially for the Swedish TV channel TV8, including the series Fredag med Edward. In 2009, he became known to a wider audience with the series Mellan skål och vägg med Edward Blom, where he travels around Sweden together with economics journalist Peter Andersson, showcasing gastronomy and drinks and telling stories from the places they visited. He appears regularly on radio, especially, on Sveriges Radio P3's programme Morgonpasset.
He has contributed articles to a great number of journals, including Arv och Minne ; Den lille Fascikeln ; Katolskt magasin, and Tema Arkiv.
Blom is a well-known and active member in the Catholic community, and in 2008 was ordained as a Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem by the Catholic Bishop Anders Arborelius.

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