Scandinavian History

Education facts

Code: HI2010

If you want to better understand Swedes, their history, cultural mindset and relations to their Scandinavian neighbors, you should take the course Scandinavian history. The course deals with the time period 1500 until today, and focus on nation- and empire building processes and social, economic and cultural developments from a comparative inter-Scandinavian perspective. Important continuities and changes, like the question of national languages, emigration to America, the impact of Industrialization, the emergence of the modern Welfare State, changing gender relations and the multi-culturalism of today, will be taught, discussed, exemplified and analyzed. The aim of the course is to identify and problematize processes and events that have characterized Sweden and the other Scandinavian societies from 1500 until today in order to create an understanding of Scandinavian sameness and divergence. The course consists of lectures, seminars and excursions (to Varberg, Gothenburg and Helsingor in Denmark).

Entry requirements

General entry requirements (with the exemption of the requirement in Swedish) + English 6.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Scandinavian History

  Halmstad University

  Start date: 30 March 2026

  End date: 7 June 2026

  Pace of study: 50 %