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The Romance languages are the Indo-European languages developed from Latin. The term "Romance Languages" also refers to the academic discipline, which studies the Romance languages and literature from the areas where the Romance languages are spoken. This discipline has a long tradition in Sweden. Swedish academic education and research in the Romance languages forms the subject of this anthology, whose contributions are written by 22 different researchers active in the field. The anthology examines the historical development of the study of the Romance languages in Sweden, as well as important trends in current education and research. The question of what characterizes the Romance languages as an academic discipline in Sweden today is thoroughly discussed in several of the contributions. The book brings a metadisciplinary perspective in the sense that it is the discipline itself, Romance languages or some aspect of it that constitutes the object of study. It is aimed at anyone with an interest in university and scholarly history and the development and position of academic language subjects in a Swedish university context. In addition, several of the contributions are of relevance for readers with an interest in language didactics and for pedagogical research on language teaching in higher education. The hope is that the reflections and investigations gathered in this anthology will serve as a starting point for the future development of the study of the Romance languages in Sweden. *** De romanska sprken r de indoeuropeiska sprk som utvecklats frn latinet. Beteckningen romanska sprk syftar ven p den akademiska disciplin i vilken de romanska sprken och litteraturen frn de romanska sprkomrdena studeras. Denna disciplin, ocks kallad romanistik, har en lng tradition i Sverige. Den akademiska utbildningen och forskningen i romanska sprk i Sverige bildar mnet fr denna antologi, vars bidrag r skrivna av 22 olika forskare verksamma inom fltet. I antologin undersks den svenska romanistikens historiska utveckling samt brande tendenser i dagens utbildning och forskning. Frgan om vad som idag knnetecknar romanska sprk som akademisk disciplin i Sverige diskuteras grundligt i flera av bidragen. Boken anlgger ett metadisciplinrt perspektiv i den meningen att det r sjlva disciplinen romanska sprk eller ngon aspekt av denna som utgr studieobjektet. Den vnder sig till alla med intresse fr universitets- och lrdomshistoria och fr de akademiska sprkmnenas utveckling och stllning i ett svenskt hgskolesammanhang. Flera av bidragen r drutver av relevans fr lsare med intresse fr sprkdidaktiska sprsml och fr pedagogisk forskning rrande sprkundervisning inom hgre utbildning. Frhoppningen r att de reflexioner och underskningar som samlas i denna antologi ska kunna tjna som en utgngspunkt fr romanistikens utveckling i Sverige i framtiden. Academic co-ordinator is Ingmar Shrman, Emeritus Professor, Romance languages, University of Gothenburg: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9468-9157