Download Syllabus 2016 History of Sweden

History of Sweden
Day
Topic
Time and place
Week 1:
Monday
Course introduction and
also a short lecture on
Swedish history in
general and some
unique aspects for
Sweden and
Scandinavia such as folk
lore, the Fourth Estate
etc.
13:45 Vuxenskolan,
Historical city walk
Tuesday
From Ice Age to Vikings. 13:45 Vuxenskolan
Scandinavia during the
Ice Age, the Stone,
Bronze and Iron Age
including establishing of
agriculture and early
advancements in
civilization. Lesson also
includes the beginning of
the Viking period.
p. 6-15
Wednesday
Sweden United. Full field 13:45 Stora torget. Bus
trip lesson focusing on
to Gamla Uppsala.
society and religion
during the Viking and
early Medieval period.
p. 17-18
Thursday
Faith and Law, The
Middle Ages. The
establishment of the
unified Sweden, the
Church’s position,
Estates and Guilds and
the Kalmar Union.
People in focus are
Queen Margaret, the
Birgersson brothers and
Saint Bridget.
p.19-28
Week 2:
Monday
Vasa & sons. building the 13:45 Domkyrkan
nation state. Beginning
of the modern period
from the end of the
Kalmar union to the last
civil war between King
Sigismund and Duke
Charles; also ending civil
strife and Catholicism.
13:45 Vuxenskolan
To read in advance
p. 29-33
Day
Topic
Time and place
Tuesday
Sweden rules the north. 13:45 Vuxenskolan
The Empire: It’s rise and
fall, it’s organization and
administration including
in depth studies of for
example famous battles
and the military allotment
system.
Wednesday
Queen Kristina. Special
focus on Queen Kristina,
but also a lesson about
the science and culture
of the Swedish Empire.
13:45 Vuxenskolan
Thursday
Bickering and
bureaucracy, the age of
freedom. The
abolishment of the
absolute monarchy and
establishment of
parliamentary rule. Also
covers the Age of
Enlightenment and
focuses especially on
Carl von Linné.
13:45 Vuxenskolan, visit
Linnés Hammarby
p. 58-70
Week 3:
Monday
Coups d’état. The
Gustavian Era and
Sweden during the
Napoleonic wars: the
Loss of Finland.
13:45 Vuxenskolan
p. 71-76
Tuesday
A French king, a broken 13:45 Vuxenskolan, visit
realm and a new order.
Gustavianum
Sweden entering into the
industrialized world.
p. 78-98
Wednesday
Union and union. The
1800’s and how the
society shaped during
that century is still the
one we live in today.
Special focus on the
great movements, such
as the labour union
movement, the civil
rights movement, the
sobriety movement and
so on.
p. 98-123
Thursday
Neutrality and the
13:45 Vuxenskolan
Welfare State. Sweden
during the Second World
War and it’s aftermath:
The Record Years and
the final establishment of
the “People’s home”.
13:45 Vuxenskolan
To read in advance
p. 34-56.
p. 123-157
Day
Friday
Topic
Time and place
Stockholm visit:
Livrustkammaren (the
Royal Armory). More info
on the UISS board.
To read in advance