The folkhem and the Swedish model
20 questions · Intermediate
Based on UHR’s study material about Sweden (Sverige i fokus). The material may contain value judgments and is not necessarily entirely neutral.
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How to answer
Choose the right answer about Sweden in the 1920s and 1930s.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did more people get access to in the 1920s and 1930s? | Electricity |
| What did many apartments get in the 1930s that made life easier for families with children? | Modern kitchens and bathrooms |
| Between whom were the big conflicts after the breakthrough of democracy? | Employers and workers |
| Where did the military shoot at demonstrating workers in 1931? | Ådalen |
| In which year did the military shoot at demonstrating workers in Ådalen? | 1931 |
| In which year was the Saltsjöbaden Agreement signed? | 1938 |
| Who made the Saltsjöbaden Agreement? | Employers and trade unions |
| What is the 1938 agreement that laid the basis for cooperation in the labor market called? | The Saltsjöbaden Agreement |
| Which city is Saltsjöbaden near? | Stockholm |
| What did the Saltsjöbaden Agreement lay the foundation for? | The Swedish model |
| What are the agreements called in which employers and unions settle wages and terms? | Collective agreements |
| Under the Swedish model, who does not set the terms in the labor market? | The politicians |
| Who put forward the idea of the folkhem, the people's home? | Per Albin Hansson |
| In which year was the idea of the folkhem put forward? | 1928 |
| What was everyone meant to feel in the folkhem, whatever their background? | Security and belonging |
| What was the research into so-called human races called, which harmed Sami, Tornedalians, Jews and Roma? | Race biology |
| For which groups did special laws make it harder to immigrate to Sweden in the 1930s? | Roma and Jews |
| Who in particular were placed in institutions, sometimes for the rest of their lives? | The mentally ill and disabled |
| What was common during the conflicts between workers and employers in the 1920s and 1930s? | Strikes |
| Which party was Per Albin Hansson the leader of? | The Social Democrats |
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