Kristian Gerner (Swedish pronunciation:[krɪˈɧanːɡæːɳɛr];[surname tone?] born 25 May 1942) is a Swedish historian, author, expert on
Eastern Europe and Professor of History at
Lund University (since 2002). From 1994 to 2002, he was Professor of Eastern European History and Culture, also at
Uppsala University. Gerner earned his doctorate at Lund in 1984.[1]
On 4 December 2013, in the Swedish newspaper
Aftonbladet, he commented on a clip sent on Russian state television where a Swedish children's programme was used as an example, saying that he recognized the arguments from Russian propaganda, calling them sexuality hostile and
homophobic, and also saying that they represented a totally heinous atmosphere pursued by the Putin leadership in tight coalition with the
Russian Orthodox church.[2]
Publications
Framtidsinriktad samhällsforskning i Sovjetunionen, with
Ingmar Oldberg, 1972
Konflikten i Teschen 1918-1920, 1974
Planhushållning och miljöproblem. Sovjetisk debatt om natur och samhälle 1960-1976, with Lars Lundgren, Stockholm, Liber 1978
Arvet från det förflutna. Sovjet på tröskeln till 80-talet, Stockholm, Liber 1978
Ideology and Rationality in the Soviet Model. A Legacy for Gorbachev, with
Stefan Hedlund, London, Routledge 1989
Svårt att vara ryss. På väg mot postsovjetismen, Lund, Signum, 1989
Centraleuropas återkomst, Stockholm, Norstedts 1991, 1992
The Baltic States and the End of the Soviet Union, with
Stefan Hedlund, London, Routledge, 1993
Hjärnridån. Det europeiska projektet och det gåtfulla Ryssland, with
Stefan Hedlund and
Niclas Sundström, Stockholm, Fischer 1995
Centraleuropas historia, Stockholm,
Natur och Kultur, 1997, 2004
Nordens medelhav. Östersjön som historia, myt och projekt, with Anders Hammarlund and Klas-Göran Karlsson, Stockholm, Natur och Kultur, 2002
Ryssland: en europeisk civilisationshistoria, Lund, Historiska media, 2011