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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