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Karlsson Sjögren, Åsa; Larsson, Esbjörn; Rimm, Stefan – History of Education, 2019
This article aims to analyse how the emerging Swedish school system in the early nineteenth century can be understood within the context of a gradual break-up of the estate society and its replacement with a class society in which citizenship was an important foundation. This is done through the discussion of the conceptions of citizenship on two…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Educational History, Foreign Countries, Social Class
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Elmersjö, Henrik Åström – History of Education, 2021
This article explores representations of problems regarding citizenship in changes to the syllabi of social studies and history in Swedish secondary schools between 1970 and 2017. Previous research has shown that the general educational discourse changed from an emphasis on the societal needs of committed citizens to an emphasis on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Studies, History Instruction, Course Descriptions
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Evertsson, Jakob – History of Education, 2015
It was in the late nineteenth century that teaching in Sweden's elementary schools began its transformation from a religious education to a broader, national citizenship education that included history and geography. International research has pointed to a connection between the introduction of school inspections and the reform of public education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Citizenship Education, Elementary Schools