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Karen Vallgårda

Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen

Karen Vallgårda is associate professor in modern history at the Saxo Institute of the University of Copenhagen.

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Painting of a woman in a bonnet and shawl looking through a window at a child’s face. She sits on a tilted chair, one hand on the glass.

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Keeping secrets

All families have secrets, from the innocent to the deeply sinister. Are there good reasons to keep them under wraps?

Karen Vallgårda