Edward Blom

Template:Short description Template:Wikidata image Edward Blom (born 22 October 1970 in Ekerö, Sweden) is a Swedish archivist, trade historian, writer and a television personality.

Biography

Template:Interlanguage link info Blom was born in Ekerö (Sweden) and is the brother of the Swedish author Template:Interlanguage link. 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 (Students' Club Corp in Sweden, a German Student Corps), a board member of the Template:Interlanguage link (the Catholic Union) and an active member, among other things, of the (Society of Emil Hildebrand's Friends) and Par Bricole. He was previously vice president of the Template:Interlanguage link.

He works as a boss at (special projects) at the Template:Interlanguage link in Stockholm. He was the editor of their business magazine Template:Interlanguage link (Corporate Memories). He is very much involved in the history of trade, food and beverages. He performed the song at 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 (Friday with Edward). In 2009, he became known to a wider audience with the series (Between Bowl and Wall with Edward Blom), where he travels around Sweden together with economics journalist Template:Interlanguage link, showcasing gastronomy and drinks and telling stories from the places they visited. He appears regularly on radio, especially, on Sveriges Radio P3's programme Template:Interlanguage link.

He has contributed articles to a great number of journals, including (Heritage and Memory, published by Catholic Historical Association in Sweden); (The Little Fascicles); Template:Interlanguage link (Catholic Magazine), and (Theme Archive).

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.

Discography

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		SWE
"Nu lagar vi julen"	2016	—	Non-album singles
"Livet på en pinne"	2018	51

Featured singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		SWE
"När man festar festar man" (Tonsatt featuring Edward Blom)	2017	32	Non-album single

Bibliography

Books and eBooks

• Deutsche, die das Stockholmer Brauereiwesen industrialisierten (2009) (Germans who industrialized the Stockholm brewery industry)
• Handelsbilder – 125 år med Svensk Handel (2008) (Business Pictures – 125 years with the Swedish Trade)
• Tyskarna som industrialiserade Stockholms bryggerinäring: en studie i till Stockholm invandrade tyska bryggare och bryggeriarbetare under 1800-talets senare hälft, med inriktning på nätverk och personer (2007) (The Germans Who Developed Stockholm's Brewery Industry: a study of the immigrant German brewers and brewery workers during the second half of the 1800s, with a focus on networks and people)
• Den svenska handelns historia (2006) (History of Swedish trade (2006)).
• Familjeföreningen Concordia Catholica 1995-2005 – Jubileumsskrift över föreningens senaste decennium med anledning av dess 110-årsjubileum (2005), tillsammans med James Blom (Concordia Catholic Family Association 1995-2005 – Anniversary of the Society's Last Decade on the Occasion of its 110th Anniversary, with James Blom)
• ICA-historien – i parti och detalj (2003). (ICA history – in the wholesale and retail)
• Jehanders – 125 år i Stockholmarnas tjänst (1999), tillsammans med Lars Lundqvist (Jehanders – 125 Years in the Service of Stockholmers, with Lars Lundqvist)

Articles

• "Agape", novell i: Anna Braw (red) Tillsammansmat (2007) ("Agape", short story in: Anna Braw (red) Tillsammansmat)
• "Säljande gudar och livbojar" i Identitet : om varumärken, tecken och symboler (2002). (Selling gods and lifebuoys in Identity: Brand, Signs and Symbols).
• "Berömda arkivspex och arkivrevyer" i Tjugo år med Arkivrådet AAS (redaktörer Olle Ebbinghaus & Ulrika Grönquist) ("Famous Archive Reports and Archive Revues" for Twentieth Years with the Archives Council AAS (editors Olle Ebbinghaus & Ulrika Grönquist)
• Flera artiklar i cd/DVD:erna Söder i våra hjärtan (1998). (Several articles in the CD / DVDs South of Our Heart)
• The Ericsson Files (2001),
• Gamla Stan under 750 år (2002). (Old Town for 750 Years)

External links

• Edward Blom's blog
• "Edward om baksmälla" (Edward on hangover), clip)
• "Svensk ölhistoria" (swedish beer history
• "Om Gluntarne" (About the Gluntarne"
• "Menytips till Kronprinsessan i DITV"(Menu Tips for Crown Princess in DITV)
• "Smakprov ur Mellan skål och vägg"(Teasers from the Middle bowl and wall)
• "Edward Blom berättar punschens historia i TV8:s Finansnytt" (Edward Blom tells the history of the arrak punch in TV8's Finance news.)