Sino-Swedish Expedition
The Sino-Swedish Expedition was a bilateral Chinese-English expedition, led by Sven Hedin, which carried out scientific research in north and northwest China, 1927-1935.
About the Expedition
The Expedition looked in particular at the meteorology, topography and prehistory in Mongolia, the Gobi Desert and Xinjiang. Chiang Kai-shek was a patron of the Expedition.
- 1927-32 - from Beijing - via Baotou, Mongolia, the Gobi Desert, Xinjiang - to Urumqi
- 1933-34 - from Beijing to Kashgar, with a view to constructing two roads suitable for cars
Members of the Expedition (by nationality)
- Sven Hedin (Swedish)
- Nils Ambolt (Swedish, 1928-33)
- T. J. Arne (Swedish, 1929, 1932-33)
- Folke Bergman (Swedish, 1927-28, 1928-33, 1933-34)
- Gerhard Bexell (Swedish, 1929-33)
- Birger Bohlin (Swedish, 1928-29)
- Aron Carlson [Swedish, 1928-29)
- Efraim Hill (1933-35)
- Nils Hörner (Swedish, 1928-33)
- David Hummel (Swedish, 1927-28, 1928-31, 1933-34)
- Frans August Larson (Swedish, 1927-28, 1928-30]
- Gösta Montell (Swedish, 1928-32)
- Erik Norin (Swedish, 1927-28, 1928-33)
- Josef Söderblom [Swedish, 1930)
- Georg Söderblom [Swedish, 1927-28, 1928-32)
- Manfred Bökenkamp (German, 1930-33)
- Hans Dettman (German, 1927-28, 1928)
- Waldemar Haude (German, 1927-28, 1928-30)
- Claus Hempel (German, 1927-28, 1928)
- Walter Heyder (German, 1927-28)
- Bodo Kaul (German, 1927-28)
- Paul Liebrenz (German, 1927-28)
- Wilhelm Marschall v. Bieberstein (German, 1927-28)
- Fritz Mühlenweg (German, 1927-28, 1931-32)
- Franz Walz (German, 1927-28, 1928)
- Eduard Zimmerman (German, 1927-28, 1928-29)
- Bent Friis-Johansen (Danish, 1929-31)
- Henning Haslund-Christensen (Danish, 1928-30)
- Paul Vorotnikov (Russian, 1928-33)
- Walter Beick (Estonian, 1932-33)
- Chan Fan-Hsün (Chinese, 1927-28, 1928)
- Chen Parker C. (Chinese, 1929-33, 1933-35)
- Hao Chang-Shen (Chinese, 1930-31)
- Hsü Chin-Tse (Chinese, 1931-32)
- Hu Chen-Tao (Chinese, 1931-32)
- Huang Wen-Pi 黃文弼 (Chinese, 1927-28 + 1928-30)
- Kung Yuang-Chung (Chinese, 1927-28, 1928-30)
- Kung C.C. (Chinese, 1933-35)
- Li Hsieh-Chih (Chinese, 1927-28, 1928-30)
- Liu Yen-Huai (Chinese, 1927-28, 1928-30)
- Ma Hsieh-Ch’ien (Chinese, 1927-28, 1928-29)
- Siu Ping Ch’ang (Chinese, 1927-28, 1928-29)
- Ting Tai-Heng (Chinese, 1927-28, 1928-30)
- Ts’ui He Feng (Chinese, 1927-28)
- Yew, Irving C. (Chinese, 1933-35)
- Yuan Fu Li (Chinese, 1927-28, 1928-32)
Publications resulting from the Expedition
- 1943-44 Hedin, Sven Anders: History of the Expedition in Asia, 1927-1935 Reports from the Scientific Expedition to the North-Western Provinces of China under the Leadership of Dr. Sven Hedin: The Sino-Swedish Expedition (NII “Digital Silk Road” / Toyo Bunko. doi:10.20676/00000210)
- 1961 Sino-Swedish Expedition (1927-1935), Etnografiska Museet, 1961
See also
References
- ↑ The Sven Hedin Foundation website. http://svenhedinfoundation.org/hedins-co-workers/ - retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ↑ "History of the Expedition in Asia, 1927-1935 : vol.2 / Page 17 (Color Image)". dsr.nii.ac.jp.
Further reading
- Jan Romgard, Embracing Science: Sino-Swedish Collaborations in the Field Sciences, 1902–1935 (Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Oriental Languages, 2013 - in English)
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