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Link to Södertörn University's websiteThis is a list of all the materials published by academics at Södertörn University in the order they were published with the most recent first.

Sweden: Uncovering Nordic Education and Society with Janne Holmén

Headshot of researcher Janne Holmen
- Janne Holmén

Listen to a podcast on the educational systems of the Nordic countries.

Vanishing Scandinavian "socialism" in the 2020 US election

The front of the New York Times with Biden with a face mask on.
- Byron Zachary Rom-Jensen

Scandinavian “socialism” has been oddly absent from the final stages of the recent US election. It is possible to trace the arguments for and against…

Podcast: The Nordic Model: Heaven or Hell?

Södertörn University just outside Stockholm, where the podcasts were recorded at the Institute of Contemporary History
- Andreas Mørkved Hellenes

Since the interwar years, foreign observers have regularly portrayed the Nordic countries as well functioning states, successful in solving crises,…

Democracy in the shadow of populism - a Nordic way out?

a young boy burning a newspaper
- Monica Quirico

The “Nordic model” is often presented as a solution to the dominance of neoliberalism and the rise of populism. Populist tendencies within the region,…

Folkhem

People walking down stairs at the trainstation, they have luggage with them. Black and white.
- Norbert Götz

Folkhem, literally meaning ‘people’s home’, is a Swedish term for what is otherwise designated as the Swedish welfare state or the Swedish model. It…

United Nations and the Nordic countries

A man posing and sitting in front of a large building with glass windows (UN headquarters)
- Norbert Götz

The principles and aims of the United Nations resonate in the Nordic countries, which are small welfare states with an appreciation of international…

Internationalism and the Nordic countries

An old building during autumn
- Norbert Götz

The internationalism of the Nordic countries is characterised by a general commitment to international institutions and law, agenda-setting and…

Parliamentary culture in the Nordic countries

A big white house during the Winter time
- Norbert Götz

The Nordic countries have a particular parliamentary culture characterised by consensus and working across party lines. Their parliaments remain…

Neutrality and the Nordic countries

Hazy, old picture of a ship being painted with a large white cross.
- Norbert Götz

A tendency towards neutrality during conflicts exists in all the Nordic countries, although Sweden was the only Nordic country that remained (more or…

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