Carl Grimberg

Carl Gustaf Grimberg (22 September 1875 in Gothenburg, Sweden – 11 June 1941 in Djursholm) was a Swedish historian.

His parents were Joel Grimberg and Charlotta (née Andersson). In 1919 he married Eva Carlsdotter Sparre (1895–1982).

Grimberg's most famous work is his history of Sweden, Svenska folkets underbara öden (1913-1924). In 1926 Grimberg began to publish his history of the world, Världshistoria, but he did not finish it before his death.

Publications in Norway

The first Norwegian edition of Grimberg's world history was entitled Menneskenes Liv og Historie, and was published in the years 1955–1962. The publication consisted of 22 volumes. After the mention of the Neanderthals, the history of the world is reproduced from ancient Egypt until the end of the Second World War.

#	Title	Contents	Year
1	Egypt–Near East	The morning of culture The Egyptians Babylonians and Assyrians	1958
2	Near East–Hellas	Assyrian and Babylonian culture Hittites and Syrian people Medes and Persians The Aegean culture The legendary age of the Hellenes. The patriarchal kingship	1959
3	Greece	Economic and social upheavals in Greece Ionian culture, poetry and philosophy The first great test of power between East and West Pericles' Happy Age War between brothers The first heyday of science The ancient Attic comedy	1959
4	Greece–Rome	Greece's political decline Macedonian hegemony Hellenism Italy before the Romans Rome's saga time Rome's era of heroes and glory	1959
5	Rome	Rome's era of heroes and glory The oldest Roman literature The time of revolution	1959
6	Rome	The Imperial Age The world empire is beginning to unravel at the seams	1959
7	The migrations	The great Germanic migrations Luminous figures in dark centuries The Arab migration Carolingian era Viking trains	1959
8	The Crusades	The German Empire is resurrected and experiences a new era of glory The Crusades From the world of thought of the time of the Crusades to religious emotional life	1960
9	War of the Hanseatic League	The role of the Empire in the Middle Ages has been played out A period of decline for the papacy as well Italy's literary heyday The Anglo-French Hundred Years' War The Wars of the Roses	1960
10	The Renaissance	The cross and the crescent moon The Spanish unitary state emerges From late medieval thinking Italian Renaissance Renaissance art in Italy	1960
11	Discoveries–Reformation	Renaissance and humanism north of the Alps Emperor Charles V's time. The great reformers	1960
12	Charles V.–Philip II.	Emperor Charles V's time. The Turk father and Henry VIII's England The great naturalists of the Reformation era A shining century for South European fiction The heyday of Spanish painting Philip II and his time The heyday of Dutch, Flemish and Dutch art	1960
13	The Wars of Religion	The Huguenot Wars England at the end of the 16th century The last great religious war England at the beginning of the 17th century	1960
14	The age of Louis XIV	When the great thinkers were natural scientists and mathematicians The age of Louis XIV	1960
15	The War of the Spanish Succession, Russia and Poland, England in the 18th century	The age of Louis XIV. The War of the Spanish Succession Russia's oldest history Peter 1. and the Nordic War Poland's oldest history England take the lead	1961
16	English and French intellectual life in the 18th century, America–India	A great time in English cultural history North America India L´ancien régime in France	1961
17	Turkey, Austria and Prussia, the French Revolution	Turkey, Austria and Prussia Storm over the empire Liberty, Equality and Fraternity	1961
18	Napoleon–Victoria	Napoleon's eagles Iron, coal, cotton and machinery Reaction and revolution	1961
19	Liberalism–nationalism	The Communist Manifesto "To wake up among the stars" "Only soldiers help against democrats" Victorians Louis Napoleon Storm over Crimea The Second Empire Excursion to Italy The turning point Fatherland in danger The North American Civil War	1961
20	Imperialism–democracy	The dollar princes The White Man's Burden The long peace "Now the lights go out"	1961
21	Our own time	The period 1914-1945 "Beautiful New World"	1961
22	Historical atlas. Main register	Ancient times The Middle Ages Recent times Our own century	1962
I	China, Japan, Korea	China Japan Korea	1969
II	India and Southeast Asia	India Ceylon Back India Indonesia	1969
III	Africa	The first people and the settlement of Africa Civilization and the spread of culture Foreign rule and Berber travel in North Africa The Negro kingdoms south of the Sahara Trade and colonization in East Africa The kingdoms south of the rainforest The slave trade in West Africa Colonization of tropical Africa Resistance and conquest in North Africa European rule in southern Africa Colonial times in tropical Africa Decolonization Independent Africa	1970
IV	Latin America ISBN 82-02-03234-2		1974
V	North America ISBN 82-02-03646-1		1977
23	The duel without end. International politics after 1945. ISBN 82-02-02728-4	The Atomic Age From cooperation to cold war Strength test in Europe Test of strength in the East Uneasy coexistence Towards the edge of the abyss Unstable balance The Second Vietnam War The Middle East between East and West "The Middle Kingdom" and "The Kingdom in the Middle"	1973
24	The rich societies. The Western countries and Japan after 1945. ISBN 82-02-02731-4	The world of the ship USA – The new world power Canada - America's Northerners Great Britain - A world power on food councils The renewed France The dwarf midget West Germany Year 0 The Nordic countries - Democracy's laboratories The sunny side The Pacific World The new industrial society	1974
25	The world of revolution and hunger. International politics after 1945. ISBN 82-02-02734-9	The Second World Power – the Soviet Union The Other Europe – Eastern Bloc China – A third superpower? The Third World The world of Allah and oil East of Suez East of the Sahara The Other America – Latin America North and South	1974