1) The purpose of the infrastructure and development during the project period, and whether it was an environment or platform that received funds, how it evolved

The Swedish Peace Archives is a part of the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA). The aim of this project has been to collect and digitize archives from veterans and make them available in the Swedish Peace Archives to the extent that they provide a sufficiently comprehensive basis for research in the field. The journals of the international veterans, their letters home and their photographs from the peace missions give the scientist, and the generally interested, the opportunity to explore peace efforts from different perspectives. The authorities' (for example the Swedish Armed Forces) macro perspective on the missions is supplemented by the micro perspective of the peace soldiers. A good response from the veterans has made the time limit for the missions extended from the period 1956-1969 to a longer period, 1934-1979. The extension of the time limit has led to further questions being raised by several research disciplines. In conclusion, it can be seen that the Swedish Peace Archives today is an obvious digital source and perspective rewarding platform for Sweden's efforts abroad for peace and security.

2) The results of the project so far, and a reasoning about these

In the archival material hitherto collected, women, for logical reasons, are very sparsely represented. In cases where they occur in peace efforts, it is primarily as relatives who have written or received letters from the boyfriend, husband, friend or son. The reason for the very low representation of women is that only a handful participated in missions during the current time limit in the project. In some veteran archives there are also material from Swedish relief efforts, such as the white buses and Red Cross efforts in Germany after World War II. In these efforts, many women served many times under extremely dangerous conditions. What are the root causes of women being an obvious part of relief efforts, but not as obvious in peace efforts? If the time limit for the collected material had not been extended, questions like this could not be captured.

During the project's outward work, however, a lot of contacts have taken place with female veterans who participated in missions from the 1980s and later. None of the women we came in contact with would like to see themselves as female veterans, but only as veterans. They look as an obvious part of the group of veterans, without distinction. Faced with the attitude of women in peace efforts that prevailed in the mid-20th century, it raises a number of questions about the role of women in peace efforts, attitudes of government against women and women's own view of her gender role. It also raises questions about group development and group community.

So far, the project has resulted in collection of more than 150 veteran archives and about 120 000 documents (photos, diaries, letters etc.). According to the original research plan about 300 veteran archives were planned to be collected and digitized. The composition and quality of the collected archives have resulted in a focus on quality and depth, rather than just quantity. There are of course exceptions like the archive of Gösta Lundin, director of Kriegsgefangenenhilfe des Weltbundes der Y.M.C.A. in Germany 1944-1947. This particular archive consists of about 10 000 documents.

Further veteran archives are planned for submission to the Swedish Peace Archives. It is gratifying to see that our work now is well known among veterans and that we are seen as an obvious platform for submission, digitization and accessibility. The Swedish Peace Archives is an active part of the recognition of veterans who have served abroad in the service of peace and protection.

3) Briefly on how the infrastructure was used and what research was initiated using the infrastructure

The existing database will be replaced in 2019 with a new, more user-friendly and dynamic database. The Swedish Peace Archives estimate that an improved interface will lead to an increased number of users. In connection with the implementation of the new database, marketing efforts will also be implemented. Currently, Anders Blidberg, historian affiliated with the Swedish Peace Archives, works with a script about Gösta Lundin, director of Kriegsgefangenenhilfe des Weltbundes der Y.M.C.A. in Germany 1944-1947. The research about Gösta Lundin is based on the archival material in the Swedish Peace Archives.

4) Integration of work in the agency / organization, and how the infrastructure is to be maintained in the long term

The project group has participated in a working group at FBA regarding best practices, i.e. good leadership during foreign missions. The purpose of the project's involvement was to find historical examples in the veteran archives.

In 2015, the project group presented a flyer that was presented and distributed at the International Expert Forum (IEF), organized by FBA. The Flyer aimed at communicating Sweden's tradition of peace-promoting efforts with the help of quotes from veterans from different periods of time. In late autumn 2017, a web page about "The Likely UN Soldier - An Exhibition on Masculinity" was launched, based on veteran archives from the digital collections at the Swedish Peace Archives. A pronounced purpose of this exhibition is that it should be used as a perspective supplement in relevant parts of FBA's course activities.

Beginning in December 2018, the Swedish Peace Archives will provide expert knowledge about the relevance of the archives for the rule of law and public transparency in Liberia. The collaboration takes place with the Liberia Institute of Public Administration (LIPA).

The collected and digitized material will be available to researchers and the public in the Swedish Peace Archives database after the completion of the project. The Swedish Peace Archives will be managed and expanded by FBA even after the end of the project. The Swedish Peace Archives and the veteran archives will therefore be an inalienable part of Sweden's experience management.

5) Availability of infrastructure and relation to requirements for Open Access and Open Science

Only authorities, ministries, libraries and educational units can be connected to the Swedish Peace Archives. However, individual users can be accessed to the Swedish Peace Archives via these devices. In the long run, the new database, to be implemented in 2019, will allow the sharing of the database to be partly open and accessible to the public without logging in.