Claiming the People's Home: Competing Uses of Folkhemmet in Sweden's Radical Right and Center Left
2023 Undergraduate Research Symposium
Lane Belden (political science), Bex Watson (public affairs)
Faculty mentor: Kevin Deegan-Krause
Abstract
The term folkhemmet or "the people's home" is a Swedish political term that has enjoyed a wide usage amongst various political parties along with the development of the modern Swedish state over the past century. This project aims to define the term and describe its usage through the analysis of both primary and secondary sources.
The term is explored as a uniquely Swedish cultural phenomenon, with both populism and collectivism being explored as avenues to account for the seemingly contradictory usage of the term by opposing political parties. A timeline of the term is created to demonstrate its shifting associations.
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Lane Belden and Bex Watson: Claiming the People's Home: Competing Uses of Folkhemmet in Sweden's Radical Right and Center Left