1. Marriage between Warfare and Religion? State Capacity and Cults of Personality in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Period Northern Europe • Henri Aaltonen, University of Helsinki; Jari Eloranta, University of Helsinki; Jyrki Knuutila, University of Helsinki.

2. The Quest for Bureaucratic Efficiency: Sweden’s Rise and Fall as an Empire • Jari Eloranta, University of Helsinki; Petri Karonen, University of Jyvaskyla; Henric Häggqvist, Uppsala University; Jeremy Land, University of Gothenburg.