Sweden And The Swedes

Author : Peter Berlin
Publisher : Xenophobe's Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781906042493
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Xenophobe's Guide to the Swedes written by Peter Berlin and published by Xenophobe's Guides. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights the unique character and behavior of the nation. Frank, irreverent, funny--almost guaranteed to cure Xenophobia.

Author : Elisabeth Åsbrink
Publisher : Scribe Publications
ISBN 13 : 1925693708
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Made in Sweden written by Elisabeth Åsbrink and published by Scribe Publications. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the real Swedish Values? Who is the real Swedish Model? In recent times, we have come to favour all things Scandi — their food, furnishings, fiction, fashion, and general way of life. We seem to regard the Swedes and their Scandinavian neighbours as altogether more sophisticated, admirable, and evolved than us. We have all aspired to be Swedish, to live in their perfectly designed society from the future. But what if we have invested all our faith in a fantasy? What if Sweden has in fact never been as moderate, egalitarian, dignified, or tolerant as it would like to (have us) think? The recent rise to political prominence of an openly neo-Nazi party has begun to crack the illusion, and here now is Swede Elisabeth Åsbrink, who loves her country ‘but not blindly’, presenting twenty-five of her nation’s key words and icons afresh, in order to give the world a clearer-eyed understanding of this fascinating country …

Author : Jan Öjvind Swahn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789174690408
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swedish Traditions written by Jan Öjvind Swahn and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ernst Wilhelm Olson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1634 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Swedes of Illinois ... written by Ernst Wilhelm Olson and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Widgery Thomas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sweden and the Swedes written by William Widgery Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Amandus Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware written by Amandus Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ernst Wilhelm Olson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 708 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Swedes of Illinois ... written by Ernst Wilhelm Olson and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Amandus Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Swedes on the Delaware, 1638-1664 written by Amandus Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kajsa Norman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 178738182X
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sweden's Dark Soul written by Kajsa Norman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-01 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reporter Chang Frick grew up dark-haired in a nation of blonds. Ostracized as a child, in adulthood he set out to expose the hypocrisy of Swedish society. When he revealed the cover-up of mass sexual assaults on teen girls at a 2015 music festival, he provoked a chain reaction that rattled the nation. Sweden's elites shirked responsibility and rushed to discredit him. Although Sweden boasts the world's oldest free press, its history of homogeneity and social engineering has created a culture where few dare dissent from consensus, those who do are driven to extremes, and there is no place for outsiders--even those who conform. In this groundbreaking book, investigative journalist Kajsa Norman turns her fearless gaze on the oppressive forces at the heart of Sweden's 'model democracy'. Weaving the history of its social politics with the stories of Frick and other outcasts, Norman exposes the darkness in the Swedish soul.

Author : Åke Daun
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271071915
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swedish Mentality written by Åke Daun and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 1996-01-12 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there a distinctly Swedish national character? Are Swedes truly shy, unemotional, conflict-avoiding, melancholy, and dour? Swedish Mentality, the English translation of the hugely successful book published in Sweden in 1989, considers the reality behind the myth. The author, Åke Daun, is a respected ethnologist who is sometimes referred to as the "guru" of Swedish character. In recent years, it has become popular to discuss Swedishness and Swedish identity. The advent of the European Union and the increasing presence of immigrant refugees in Sweden have fueled public debate on the distinctiveness of Swedish culture. Daun, however, goes beyond stereotype, drawing upon statistics gathered over more than a decade of research. The result is an entertaining and engagingly written book. Throughout, Daun quotes from interviews with native Swedes and immigrants as well as from travel accounts, folklore, and proverbs. We learn why some Swedes might prefer to walk up a flight of stairs rather than share an elevator with a neighbor and why some gain satisfaction from walking alone in the woods or going fishing. Daun describes a range of factors influencing Swedish character, including population composition, rural background, and even climate. He recognizes behavioral variations related to gender, age, class, and region, and he considers subtleties of individual character as well. Swedish Mentality should interest a wide array of readers, whether of Swedish descent or not.