History of Ideas I: The Swedish History of Ideas

Education facts

Code: KVGH14

The course provides a historical survey of ideas, culture, and science in Sweden in its European context with a focus on the 19th and 20th centuries. There is a special focus on the emergence of modern Sweden, which includes social movements, expansion of education and science systems, democratisation, the welfare state ("folkhemmet"), political and cultural ideologies and debates, equality policy, and Sweden in the globalised world. The module is research-based and reverberates with issues related to historical consciousness and historical culture, historiography, and the use of history. Instruction is in the form of lectures, presenting overviews of essential content, and mandatory seminars on course content in the light of course literature, in which students discuss their understanding orally and in writing.

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General admission requirements

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.

• History of Ideas I: The Swedish History of Ideas

  Karlstad University

  Karlstad

  Start date: 14 December 2026

  End date: 17 January 2027

  Pace of study: 100 %