Welcome to a Nordic Labour History Network webinar In 1900, Sweden had some of the most unequal voting laws in western Europe, and severe economic inequality. Economic historian Erik Bengtsson lecture on how well-organized popular movements after 1870 lie behind 20th century Swedish egalitarianism. During the 20th century, Sweden became known as a country with […]
Welcome to a Nordic Labour History Network roundtable There is a renewed interest of co-operation to write the shared histories of the Nordic countries but also of the Nordic region as a whole. The shared history of the labour history institutes is one reason for the long-standing tradition of collaboration between labour historians and activists […]
Välkommen till en föreläsning om hyresgästföreningens dramatiska historia Hyresgästföreningen är idag en etablerad organisation med ett stort inflytande på hyresmarknaden och bostadspolitiken. Så har det dock inte alltid varit. De första hyresgästföreningarna i Sverige bildades i slutet av 1800-talet men det skulle dröja till mellankrigstiden innan rörelsen fick ett riktigt genomslag. Hyresgästernas kollektiva mobilisering var […]
Welcome to a Nordic Labour History Network webinar Risto Turunen presents results from his doctoral thesis Shades of Red. In his academic work he scrutinizes the evolution of Finnish socialism from the late 19th century until the Civil War of 1918. While the first wave of quantitative studies of labour history focused on ”hard” numerical […]
Welcome to a Nordic Labour History Network webinar The lecture is based on the newly published and award-winning book Konur sem kjósa (A Century of Women Voters). The book discusses the life and political environment of Icelandic female voters. It tells the story of how women carved out a space for themselves to make, create, […]
Welcome to a panel organized by The Nordic Labour History Network Until today only Norway and Denmark are among the 23 countries which have ratified the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention No 169 of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). While appearing as models for labour relations worldwide, little interest has been paid by scholars to […]
