Eleonor Marcussen

Eleonor Marcussen is senior lecturer at Department of Cultural Sciences, Linnaeus University in Sweden

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How an Anglo-Scandinavian contractor turned Indian railway profits into a Swedish dynastySubscriber Only

September 11, 2026 12:25 IST

Joseph Stephens arrived in Bombay at the age of 19 and made his fortune as a railway contractor, using his colonial earnings to buy Huseby Estate in Sweden. His story reveals how India’s railway boom channelled wealth, skills and networks far beyond British India.

Fri, Sep 11, 2026

Gateway to the Danish government house in Serampore (Wikimedia Commons)

How Denmark’s forgotten empire in India led to the story of L&TSubscriber Only

August 27, 2026 12:35 IST

Denmark’s Indian empire was limited in territory, population, military strength and fiscal capacity. It was nevertheless a colonial formation in its own right.

Thu, Aug 27, 2026

How a Swedish match company shaped colonial IndiaSubscriber Only

July 01, 2026 16:13 IST

A Swedish company sold matchboxes bearing Gandhi and Bharat Mata to Swadeshi India. The forgotten story of WIMCO reveals how other foreign actors operated in colonial markets without directly ruling them.

Fri, Aug 28, 2026