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Andersen, Tanja Thinggaard & Malene Norup Stolpe Kropsbevidsthed på skemaet (180205)
Andersen, Tanja Thinggaard & Malene Norup Stolpe Body Awareness on the School Timetable (180925)
Andreasson, Jesper & Thomas Johansson From exercise to “exertainment”: Body techniques and body philosophies within a differentiated fitness culture (published 150513  in Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum, Vol 6, 2015)
Baumgarten, Louise Gottlob, Maise Johansen & Helle Winther Bevægelsesglæde, legelyst og kærlighedsenergi mellem udsatte børn og forældre: Når familieidræt understøtter livsvigtige tilknytningsprocesser i flygtningefamilier [The Joy of Movement, Delight in Play, and the Energy of Love Between Children at Risk and Their Parents: When family sports support vitally important attachment processes in refugee families] (DAN 200616)
Bennike, Søren, René Andersen, Henriette Folkmann Hansen & Laila Ottesen The management and preparation of ‘street ministers of health’ are essential: An interview with a practitioner on the process of preparing instructors who are about to implement team sport on prescription in a Danish municipally organised prevention centre (180530)
Bredahl, Thomas Gjelstrup & Kirsten Kaya Roessler Prescribed Exercise and Behavioural Change: The Influence of Self-efficacy, Stages of Change, and Social Relations (110126)
Ericsson, Ingegerd & Magnus K. Karlsson Daily Physical Education Improves Motor Skills and School Performance: A Nine-Year Prospective Intervention Study (120509)
Ericsson, Ingegerd & Magnus K. Karlsson  Daglig undervisning i idrott och hälsa förbättrar motorik och skolprestationer: En nioårig interventionsstudie (140123)
Ericsson, Ingegerd Betydelsen av fysisk aktivitet och motorisk kompetens för lärande (180216)
Gerth, Julius, Anders Raustorp & Andreas Fröberg Physical Activity Intensity Distribution during Physical Education among Swedish Upper Secondary School Students. Published in Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum Vol. 10, 2019 (190923)
Graffman-Sahlberg, Marie, Gunilla Brun Sundblad & Suzanne Lundvall Learning health in Swedish physical education: A critical case study of students’ encounters with physical fitness and health as a learning object (published in Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum 191118)
Hemstad, Hanna & Marie Öhman ”Jag har ansträngt mig så himla mycket och mår så himla dåligt och ändå är det ingen som ser” Elever med anorexia nervosa möter skolämnet idrott och hälsa (100512)
Hjelm, Jonny The Aristocratic Taste for Sport among Swedish Sport Researchers (published in Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum Vol 8 2017, 2017-03-02)
Håman, Linn, Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Göran Patriksson & Eva-Carin Lindgren The framing of orthorexia nervosa in Swedish daily newspapers: A longitudinal qualitative content analysis (published in Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum Vol. 7, 2016)
Janzon, Ellis, Hannele Piirainen & Ingrid Bolmsjö Fysiskt aktiva utrikesfödda kvinnor i Sverige: Vad motiverar dem att börja och att fortsätta? (130613)
Janzon, Ellin & Jennie Holgersson Hur medvetna är företrädarna för idrottsorganisationerna om invandrarkvinnors behov och synsätt när det gäller fysisk aktivitet? En kvalitativ intervjustudie med representanter från Malmö stads motions- och idrottsorganisationer (140430)
Jonsson, Linus, Natalia Stambulova, Karin Weman-Josefsson & Athanasios G. Papaioannou Exploring exercise behavior and well-being of Swedish university students: A self-determination perspective (130416)
Mau, Martin, Kirstine Wehner Rasmussen, Mikkel Jacobsen & Kirsten K. Roessler Walking against depression – a brief report (200526)
Ottesen, Claus Løgstrup & Jesper von Seelen Physically Active Lessons in Secondary School: An Intervention Study (190325)
Skille, Eivind Å. & Tor Solbakken The relationship between adolescent sport participation and lifelong participation in physical activity in Norway A Critical Analysis (published in Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum Vol. 5, 2014)
Sørensen, Vibe, Sara Emborg & Helle Winther Krop, sansning og bevidstgørelse – vejen til bæredygtig forandring (140211)
Tjønndal, Anne Offentlig folkehelse­arbeid og idretts- og helseideologien: Folkehelsekoordinatorers erfaringer av samarbeid med frivillige idrettslag [Public health work and the sport-health ideology: The experiences of public health coordinators on collaborating with volunteer sport organizations] (published in Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum, Vol 11, 200608)
Tolvhed, Helena Oregerliga kroppar: Fetma som situation, motstånd och kritik i Roxane Gays kroppsbiografi Hunger ([Unruly Bodies: Obesity as Situation, Resistance and Critique in Roxane Gay’s Body Memoir Hunger], published in Swedish 190603; English abstract here)
Wahlgren, Lina Upplevelser av färdvägsmiljöer vid arbetspendling med cykel (131211)
Winther, Helle, Anne-Merete Kissow & Carsten Sandahl  Når bevægelse bevæger: Hvordan kan inkluderende løbeaktiviteter skabe positive kropsoplevelser og livsforandrende fællesskaber for mennesker med svære bevægelseshandicaps? [When Movement Moves: How can inclusive running activities create positive body experiences and life-changing fellowships for people with serious movement handicaps?] (191203)
Winther, Helle & Susanne Næsgaard Gröntved Dans på sygeplejerske­uddannelserne? Innovative uddannelses- og klinikforløb med fokus på kroppens sprog, egenkontakt, kommunikation og lederskab [Dancing on the nursing degree programs? Innovative educational and clinic courses focusing on body language, self-contact, communication and leadership] (200602)
Wendt, John T. From Top Hats to Helmets: The Accident that Changed Dressage (210719)
Østergaard, Lars Domino, Robert Juul Jønsson, Anders Bern Kronborg & Christian Lund Nørgaard Straszek Fysisk aktivitet inkluderet som en del af esportstræning: Et pilotstudie om hvordan spillere og trænere oplever fysiske aktivitet implementerede i træning (published in Danish 220408)

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Andersson, Karin Finding fun in the fatigue: Exploring healthism among group fitness instructors | A Summary (240513)
Ericsson, Ingegerd Fysisk aktivitet och muskelfunktion bland skolbarn: Om Susanna Stenevi Lundgrens avhandling (110608)
Ericsson, Ingegerd Motorikträning utomhus för vuxna (110921)
Ericsson, Ingegerd, Patrik Grahn & Erik Skärbäck Värna närmiljön för fysisk och psykisk hälsa (100310)
Ericsson, Ingegerd Key issues in childhood physical activity science (feature 121212)
Ericsson, Ingegerd Hälsoekonomiska argument för mer idrottsundervisning i skolan (131114)
Ericsson, Ingegerd MUGI i Sydafrika (141029)
Ericsson, Ingegerd MUGI-modellen för motorisk träning (150220)
Ericsson, Ingegerd Öppet brev till Sveriges utbildningsminister Gustav Fridolin från Ingegerd Ericsson (161116)
Ericsson, Ingegerd Aktuella rekommendationer för fysisk aktivitet (170210)
Ericsson, Ingegerd Motoriklek, fysisk aktivitet och lärande – en forskningsöversikt (170616)
Ericsson, Ingegerd Movement 2017: Brain, Body and Cognition – en sommarkonferens i Oxford om relationer mellan rörelse och kognition (180405)
Ericsson, Ingegerd Aerobic or motor skills exercise? What about their impact on academic achievements? (200313)
Ericsson, Ingegerd et al. Idrott och hälsa i Malmös skolor: Idrottsundervisning varje dag i skolan förbättrar enligt vetenskaplig utvärdering elevers motorik, skelett och skolprestationer (SWE 210816)
Ericsson, Ingegerd & Helene Rafstedt Johnsson Idrottslärare och skolsköterskor kan samverka kring barns motoriska utveckling och lärande (SWE 220218)
Ericsson, Ingegerd Motorik, kognition och lärande:Öppet brev till politiker, skolledare, elever och föräldrar (SWE 230227)
Fröberg, Andreas Physical activity during the Covid-19 pandemic (200922)
Fröberg, Andreas Physical distance, lockdown and… physical activity? A brief summary of reviews investigating physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic (210823)
Hansen, Jørn Fra fritidsidræt til sundhedsaktivitet: Hvorledes idræt (på ny) blev til folkesundhed (120125)
Heffernan, Conor ‘A strong woman’s troubles’: Victorina and the strong woman in Victorian Britain | A summary (210623)
Ladefoged, Mathias Selvorganiserede facebookbaserede idrætsfællesskaber – med SICK Project som case (DAN 171110)
Mau, Martin & Kirsten K. Roessler Det handler ikke om at løbe længst: Et projekt med alkoholpatienter (140320)
Momoh, Danjuma Moudo The importance of physical activity and staying healthy during the Covid-19 pandemic (201209)
Skauge, Mads & Ørnulf Seippel Where do They all Come From? Youth, Fitness Gyms, Sport Clubs and Social Inequality | A Summary (210303)

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Ageing, Physical Activity, Recreation and Wellbeing Barbara Humberstone & Maria Konstantaki (red) Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2016 (Mark Brooke 170609)
AproPOS – Arkitektur, pædagogik og sundhed René Kural, Bjarne Bruun Jensen & Inge Mette Kirkeby (red) København: Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole 2010 (Else Trangbæk 110216)
Barn i rörelse: Om förutsättningar för utveckling i alternativa (?) idrottsaktiviteter Johan Högman Karlstad: Karlstad universitet 2021 (review in Swedish by Johan Norberg, published 220601)
Between exhausting sports and swinging rhythm: An inquiry into medical knowledge production about women’s sports and women’s gymnastics in Norway, Denmark and Germany in the interwar years Kerstin Bornholdt Oslo: University of Oslo, Faculty of Humanities 2011 (Helena Tolvhed 130129)
Bevægelse i rum og rammer Bo Vestergård Madsen, Jens-Ole Jensen & Signe Højbjerre Larsen (red) Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag 2013 (Kolbjørn Rafoss 140606)
Bevægende rammer: Omgivelsernes betydning for fysisk aktivitet og sundhed Jens Troelsen (red) Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag 2010 (Karin Book 110921)
Boldspil for livet: Spil sammen om sundhed og velvære Peter Krustrup & Jens Bangsbo København: Frydenlund 2017 (Torsten Buhre 181107)
Bosöns kokbok Petra Lundström, Emma Lindblom & Katarina Löfgren (foto) Stockholm: SISU Idrottsböcker 2012 (Lotta Wendel 171207)
Children’s Daily Physical Activity: Patterns and the influence of socio-cultural factors Glen Nielsen København: Institut for Idræt 2011 (Kristin Fransson 130823)
The Concussion Crisis in Sport Dominic Malcolm Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2020 (review in English by Tobias Stark, published 210302)
Education in Sport and Physical Activity: Future Directions and Global Perspectives Karen Petry & Johan de Jong (ed.) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2022 (review in English by Joacim Andersson, published 221125)
The Essentials of Teaching Health Education: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Sarah Benes & Holly Alperin Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics 2016 (Erwin Apitzsch 160831)
Equity and Difference in Physical Education, Youth Sport and Health: A Narrative Approach Fiona Dowling, Hayley Fitzgerald & Anne Flintoff (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2014 (review by Mads Skauge, published 190502)
Exercise Pychology: Second Edition Janet Buckworth, Rod K. Dishman, Patrick J. O’Connor & Phillip D. Tomporowski Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics 2013 (Erwin Apitzsch 131214)
Fitness Philanthropy: Sport, Charity and Everyday Giving Catherine Palmer Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2020 (review in English by Aurélien Daudi, published 210610)
Football as Medicine: Prescribing Football for Global Health Promotion Peter Krustrup & Daniel Parnell (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2020 (review in English by Dominic Malcolm, published 200429)
Footnotes: How Running Makes Us Human Vybarr Cregan-Reid London: Ebury Press 2016 (Diane McManus 171109)
Foundations of Exercise and Mental Health: Second Edition Larry M. Leith Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology 2010 (Erwin Apitzsch 100606)
Getting Our Bodies Back: Recovery, Healing and Transformation Through Body-centered Psychotherapy Christine Caldwell Boston: Shambhala 1996 (Helle Winther 140307)
Gym Bodies: Exploring Fitness Cultures James Brighton, Ian Wellard & Amy Clark Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2021 (review in English by Greta Bladh, published 230116)
Health and Elite Sport: Is High Performance Sport a Healthy Pursuit? Joseph Baker, Parissa Safai & Jessica Fraser-Thomas (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2015 (Suzanne Lundvall 160407)
The History of Physical Culture Conor Heffernan Champaign, IL: Common Ground 2022 (review in English by Greta Bladh, published 230608)
The History of Physical Culture in Ireland Conor Heffernan London: Palgrave Macmillan 2020 (review in English by Hans Bolling, published 210504)
Hälsoarbete i rörelse: Ett aktionsforskningsprojekt inom etableringsreformens samhälls- och hälsoinformation Anna Bergenfeldt Fabri Malmö: Malmö universitet 2019 (review in Swedish by Michaela Pörn, published 191106)
Hälsofrämjande arbete för barn och ungdomar Ann-Cathrine Bramhagen & Anna Carlsson (red) Lund: Studentlitteratur 2013 (Mikael Londos 140529)
“I have a pacemaker and hip replacement, but I’m up and running”: Rural Norwegian men’s meanings related to health. body and physical activity Stein Egil Kolderup Hervik Oslo: Norges idrettshøgskole 2017 (Suzanne Lundvall 180315)
Idrottarnas kostbok Anki Sundin Stockholm: SISU Idrottsböcker 2009 (Graciela Pfannenstill 100606)
Indian Club Swinging and the Birth of Global Fitness: Mugdars, Masculinity and Marketing Conor Heffernan London: Bloomsbury 2024 (review in English by Hans Bolling, published 240617)
Jakten på et bedre liv: Fysisk aktivitet i den norske befolkningen 1985–2011 Gunnar Breivik Oslo: Universitetsforlaget 2013 (Maja Pilgaard 140314)
Katt bland hermeliner: Örebrogymnastiken utmanar Linggymnastiken under mellankrigstiden Margaret Damm Malmö: Bokförlaget idrottsforum.org 2023 (review in Swedish by Margareta Ljung, published )
Knäböj: Om kvinnor och styrketräning Sara Martinsson Stockholm: Weylers Förlag 2021 (review in Swedish by Helena Tolvhed, published 211117)
Lifelong Engagement in Sport and Physical Activity: Participation and performance across the lifespanNicholas L. Holt & Margaret Talbot (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2011 (Josefin Eman 120328)
Medicine, Sport and the Body: A Historical Perspective Neil Carter London: Bloomsbury 2012 (Susanna Hedenborg 141105)
Men and the War on Obesity: A Sociological Study Lee F. Monaghan Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2008 (Inge Kryger Pedersen 081126)
Mennesket i bevægelse: Krop, læring, aktivitet og deltagelse Anne-Merete Kissow & Hanne Pallesen København: Munksgaard 2016 (Lars Kristén 180222)
Motivating People to Be Physically Active: Second Edition Bess H. Marcus & LeighAnn H. Forsyth Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics 2009 (Erwin Apitzsch 091216)
Motorik, koncentrationsförmåga och skolprestationer: En interventionsstudie i skolår 1-3 Ingegerd Ericsson Malmö: Malmö högskola 2003 (review in Swedish by Ingemar Wedman, published 031125)
Nationens väl och kroppens fostran: En biografi om idrottsledaren, militären och radiomannen Bertil Uggla Peter Dahlén Malmö: Bokförlaget idrottsforum.org 2016 (Johnny Wijk 160512)
The Nordic Model and Physical Culture Mikkel B. Tin, Frode Telseth, Jan Ove Tangen & Richard Giulianotti (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2020 (review in English by Joe Piggin, published 201016)
Ordination motion: Vägen till bättre hälsa Jon Karlsson, Agneta Ståhle & Eva Jansson (red) Stockholm: Brombergs 2009 (Fredrik Offerlind 110216)
Ortorexi: Fixering vid mat och träning Yvonne Lin & Anatoli Grigorenko Stockholm: SISU Idrottsböcker 2014 (Linn Håman, Eva-Carin Lindgren, Christina Berg & Stefan Pettersson 140910)
The Oxford Handbook of Exercise Psychology Edmund O. Acevedo (red) Oxford: Oxford University Press 2012 (Erwin Apitzsch 130125)
Physical Activity in 6–10 Year Old Children: Variations over time, associations with metabolic risk factors and role in obesity prevention Gisela Nyberg Solna: Karolinska Institutet 2009 (Ingegerd Ericsson 090923)
The Politics of Physical Activity Joe Piggin Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2019 (review in English by Karin Redelius, published 211013)
The Routledge Handbook of Youth Physical Activity Timothy A. Brusseau, Stuart J. Fairclough & David R. Lubans (eds.) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2022 (review in English by Andreas Fröberg, published 240216)
Smak för motion: Fysisk aktivitet som livsstil och social markör Lars-Magnus Engström Stockholm: Stockholms universitets förlag 2010 (Charlotte Østergaard 110608)
The Social Geography of Healthy Aging: The Importance of Place and Space Jasmin Tahmaseb McConatha & Karin Volkwein-Caplan Maidenhead, Berks.: Meyer & Meyer Sport 2012 (Josefin Eman 140522)
Sociocultural Examinations of Sports Concussions Matt Ventresca & Mary G. McDonald (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2020 (review in English by Tobias Stark, published 210302)
Sport, Medicine and Health: The Medicalization of Sport? Dominic Malcolm Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2017 (review by Anne Tjønndal, published 190510)
Sport, Mental Illness, and Sociology Michael Atkinson (red) Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing 2019 (review in English by Frida Wågan, published 210831)
Sport and Exercise Psychology: A Critical Introduction (Second Edition) Aidan P. Moran Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2012 [2004] (Karin Weman-Josefsson 121207)
Sport and Exercise Psychology Joanne Thatcher, Melissa Day & Rachel Rahman London: Sage Publications 2011 (Sofia Bunke 130409)
Sport and Health: Exploring the Current State of Play Daniel Parnell & Peter Krustrup (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2018 (Katarina Sjögren Forss 181018)
Sport and Physical Activity: The Role of Health Promotion Jacqueline Merchant, Barbara L. Griffin & Anne Charnock (red) Basingstoke, Hamps.: Palgrave Macmillan 2007 (Jørn Hansen 081126)
Sport and Physical Activity across the Life Span: Critical Perspectives Rylee A. Dionigi & Michael Gard (red) Basingstoke, Hamps.: Palgrave Macmillan 2018 (Mark Brooke 180607)
Sport og motion i danskernes hverdag Maja Pilgaard København: Idrættens Analyseinstitut 2009 (Mikael Londos 110511)
Sports Charity and Gendered Labour Catherine Palmer Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing 2021 (review in English by Solveig Straume, published 230614)
Strong, Beautiful and Modern: National Fitness in Britain, New Zealand, Australia and Canada, 1935–1960 Charlotte Macdonald Vancouver, BC: UBC Press 2013 (Matthew L. McDowell 140514)
Sundhedsapostlen J.P. Müller: Bind 1: Det kropsligt moderne gennembrud 1864–1904 Hans Bonde Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag 2020 (review in Swedish by Pia Lundquist Wanneberg, published 210218)
”The Body is Made to Move”: Gym and Fitness Culture in Sweden Christina Hedblom Stockholm: Stockholm University 2009 (Kasper Lund Kirkegaard 100310)
Träning som medicin Åsa B. Tornberg & Stephen Garland Lund: Studentlitteratur 2022 (review in Swedish by Tommy Lundberg, published 230619)
Understanding the Sociology of Health: 3rd edition Anne-Marie Barry & Chris Yuill London: Sage Publications 2012 (Inge Kryger Pedersen 130124) 
Walt Whitman’s Guide to Manly Health and Training Walt Whitman Emeryville, CA: Ten Speed Press 2017 (Duncan Jamieson 180308)
Wanderlust: A History of Walking Rebecca Solnit London: Granta Books 2014 (review in English by Jörgen Andersson, published 220210)
Wanderlust: Att gå till fots Rebecca Solnit (Translated by Helena Hansson & Djordje Zarkovic) Göteborg: Bokförlaget Daidalos 2019 (review in Swedish by Jörgen Andersson, published 220210)
Women and Exercise: The Body, Health and Consumerism Eileen Kennedy & Pirkko Markula (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2011 (Suzanne Lundvall 111214)
Young People, Physical Activity and the Everyday Jan Wright & Doune Macdonald (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2010 (Suzanne Lundvall 120418)
Your Dieting Daughter: Antidotes Parents can Provide for Body Dissatisfaction, Excessive Dieting, and Disordered Eating Carolyn Costin Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2013 (Gisela Nyberg 131205)

to-page-topJournals

American Journal of Health Education (Routledge) Homepage
Asia Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education* (Routledge) Homepage
Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity* (De Gruyter) Homepage
Performance Enhancement & Health* (Elsevier) Homepage
Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health* (Routledge) Homepage
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport* (Routledge) Homepage
Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach* (Sage Publications) Homepage
Sport Sciences for Health* (Springer) Homepage
The Global Journal of Health and Physical Education Pedagogy* (Sagamore) Homepage
Sport Science Review* (De Gruyter) Homepage
Therapeutic Recreation Journal* (Sagamore) Homepage