Today, we associate cultures of honour, as well as violence and repression related to conceptions of honour, with immigrant cultures, multi-ethnicity, and influences from foreign religions. From a historical perspective, it is important for commissions to make clear that codes of honour have influenced the conduct of people and their perspectives of the world in the Nordic region as well. This project aims to investigate indigenous conceptions of honour in a longitudinal perspective, from 1500 to 2000. The main objective is to study the conceptions of honour that influenced both the mind and behaviour, and its consequences for men and women. In particular, focus will be placed on the importance of honour for gender relations. This has a high degree of relevance for two reasons: firstly, because we know today that conceptions of honour include gender relations; and, secondly, because Nordic historical research has hitherto focussed primarily on masculine honour. Several aspects of the indigenous culture of honour have been poorly studied in existing research. No study treats the culture of honour from a long-term perspective, which is necessary in order to reveal gradual changes and transitions over time. There is also a lack of Nordic research related to the dissolution of the indigenous culture of honour, which is an important objective of the present study. This project will also try to find an answer to the question as to what roles codes of honour play in modern society on a collective as well as on an individual level.