Desfazendo as Ilusões: o Dr. Lund e a suposta presença escandinava na terra de Santa Cruz

The authors analyze the contacts established between the Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro and the Royal Society of Northern Antiquarians of Denmark in the nineteenth century. The search for vestiges of a Scandanavian presence in Brazil would provide evidence of Nordic grandeur in the period before the establishment of the Kingdom of Denmark. Given the country's defeat during the Napoleonic wars, the Royal Society welcomed such an hypotheses. For the IHGB the establishment of the ethno-cultural "roots"of the nation helped "establish our traditions."The authors analyze the contacts established between the Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro and the Royal Society of Northern Antiquarians of Denmark in the nineteenth century. The search for vestiges of a Scandanavian presence in Brazil would provide evidence of Nordic grandeur in the period before the establishment of the Kingdom of Denmark. Given the country's defeat during the Napoleonic wars, the Royal Society welcomed such an hypotheses. For the IHGB the establishment of the ethno-cultural "roots"of the nation helped "establish our traditions."As autoras analisam os contactos estabelecidos entre o Instituto Histórico Geográfico Brasileiro e a Sociedade Real dos Antiquários do Norte (Dinamarca), no século XIX. A procura por vestígios de ocupação nórdica no Brasil significava para a Sociedade Real o resgate da grandeza interior do reino, perdida com as Guerras Napoleônicas e, para o IHGB, o estabelecimento das “raízes” étnico-culturais da Nação, “inventando nossas tradições”.  &nbsp