Scandinavian History, 7.5 credits
Skandinavisk historia, 7,5 hp
Course code: HI2010
School of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences
Level: First cycle
Select course syllabus
Finalized by: Forsknings- och utbildningsnämnden, 2024-09-16 and is valid for students admitted for spring semester 2025.
Main field of study with advanced study
First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements. (G1N)Entry requirements
General entry requirements (with the exemption of the requirement in Swedish) + English 6.
Placement in the Academic System
Independent Course.
Objectives
After completing the course, the students are expected to understand the political, social, economic and cultural processes and events that has characterized Scandinavian societies from 1500 to the present. The main aim is to further understanding by highlighting and problematizing processes and events that illuminates societal and cultural continuity and change in order to distinguish between different national paths of development.
Following successful completion of the course the student should be able to:
Knowledge and understanding
- summary give an account of Scandinavian history and societal development from 1500 to the present
- summary give an account of homogeneous and divergent political, social, economic and cultural processes and events that characterized the Scandinavian societies from 1500 to the present
Skills and ability
- summary discuss and explain relations between political, social, economic and cultural processes and events that characterized the Scandinavian societies
Judgement and approach
- summary compare, discuss and reflect on similarities and differences between the development of important political, social, economic and cultural processes, patterns and events in the Nordic countries
- summary relate to and reflect on Scandinavian history, cultural and societal development in relationship to the social and cultural frame of reference of the student
Content
The course focus societal development and the rise of Nation states in Scandinavia from 1500 to the present. Important social, economic and cultural modes of continuation and change, such as the role of language, emigration to America, the consequences of the industrialization process, the rise of the modern welfare state, changing gender relations and the multi-cultural society of today, are noticed as well as the formation of nations and empires and inter-Scandinavian relations from an allembracing European perspective.
Language of Instruction
Teaching Formats
The course consists of lectures, seminars and excursions.
Grading scale
Examination formats
There are three written assignments that together form the examination.
2501: Written Examination Part I, 2.5 credits
Six-grade scale, letters (FA): Insufficient (F), Sufficient (E), Satisfactory (D), Good (C), Very Good (B), Excellent (A)
2502: Written Examination Part II, 2.5 credits
Six-grade scale, letters (FA): Insufficient (F), Sufficient (E), Satisfactory (D), Good (C), Very Good (B), Excellent (A)
2503: Written Examination Part III, 2.5 credits
Six-grade scale, letters (FA): Insufficient (F), Sufficient (E), Satisfactory (D), Good (C), Very Good (B), Excellent (A)
Exceptions from the specified examination format
If there are special reasons, the examiner may make exceptions from the specified examination format and allow a student to be examined in another way. Special reasons can e.g. be study support for students with disabilities.
Course evaluation
Course evaluation is part of the course. This evaluation offers guidance in the future development and planning of the course. Course evaluation is documented and made available to the students.
Course literature and other materials
Literature list 2025-01-20 – Until further notice
Barton, Arnold. H. “Finland and Norway, 1808-1917. A comparative perspective”, in Scandinavian Journal of History Vol. 31, No. 3/4 (2006), pp. 221-236
Halén, Widar & Wickman, Kerstin (eds.), Scandinavian Design Beyond the Myth. Stockholm 2003.
Hallenberg, Mats., Holm, Johan & Johansson, Dan: “Organization, Legitimation, Participation. State formation as a dynamic process - the Swedish example, c. 1523-1680”, in Scandinavian Journal of History 3 (2008): 3-4, pp. 247-268
Hilson, Mary, The Nordic Model – Scandinavia since 1945. London 2008
Hylland Eriksen, Thomas, “Images of the Neighbor. Reciprocal national stereotypes in Scandinavia” (1997)
Nordstrom, Byron J.: Scandinavia since 1500. Minneapolis 2000
Stråth, Bo, “Introduction”, in The Cultural Construction of Norden, Sörensen, Ö. & Stråth, B. (eds.). Stockholm 1997. pp 26-41 (Part of Chapter)
Tägil, Sven, “Ethnic and national minorities in the Nordic nation-building process: theoretical and conceptual premises”, in Ethnicity and Nation Building in the Nordic World, Tägil, S (ed.). London 1995
Additional literature will be provided by the department
