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This volume strengthens interest and research in the fields of both
Childhood Studies and Nordic Studies by exploring conceptions of
children and childhood in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland,
Iceland, Norway, and Sweden). Although some books have been written
about the history of childhood in these countries, few are
multidisciplinary, focus on this region as a whole, or are
available in English. This volume contains essays by scholars from
the fields of literature, history, theology, religious studies,
intellectual history, cultural studies, Scandinavian studies,
education, music, and art history. Contributors study the history
of childhood in a wide variety of sources, such as folk and fairy
tales, legal codes, religious texts, essays on education, letters,
sermons, speeches, hymns, paintings, novels, and school essays
written by children themselves. They also examine texts intended
specifically for children, including text books, catechisms,
newspapers, songbooks, and children's literature. By bringing
together scholars from multiple disciplines who raise distinctive
questions about childhood and take into account a wide range of
sources, the book offers a fresh and substantive contribution to
the history of childhood in the Nordic countries between 1700 and
1960. The volume also helps readers trace the historical roots of
the internationally recognized practices and policies regarding
child welfare within the Nordic countries today and prompts readers
from any country to reflect on their own conceptions of and
commitments to children.
This book examines Norwegian education throughout the course of the
19th century, and discusses its development in light of broader
transnational impulses. The nineteenth century is regarded as a
period of increasing national consciousness in Norway, pointing
forward to the political independency that the country was granted
in 1905. Education played an important role in this process of
nationalisation: the author posits that transnational - for the
most part Scandinavian - impulses were more decisive for the
development of Norwegian education than has been acknowledged in
previous research. Drawing on the work of educator and school
bureaucrat Hartvig Nissen, who is recognised as the most important
educational strategist in 19th century Norway, this book will be of
interest to scholars of the history of education and Norwegian
education more generally.
This volume strengthens interest and research in the fields of both
Childhood Studies and Nordic Studies by exploring conceptions of
children and childhood in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland,
Iceland, Norway, and Sweden). Although some books have been written
about the history of childhood in these countries, few are
multidisciplinary, focus on this region as a whole, or are
available in English. This volume contains essays by scholars from
the fields of literature, history, theology, religious studies,
intellectual history, cultural studies, Scandinavian studies,
education, music, and art history. Contributors study the history
of childhood in a wide variety of sources, such as folk and fairy
tales, legal codes, religious texts, essays on education, letters,
sermons, speeches, hymns, paintings, novels, and school essays
written by children themselves. They also examine texts intended
specifically for children, including text books, catechisms,
newspapers, songbooks, and children's literature. By bringing
together scholars from multiple disciplines who raise distinctive
questions about childhood and take into account a wide range of
sources, the book offers a fresh and substantive contribution to
the history of childhood in the Nordic countries between 1700 and
1960. The volume also helps readers trace the historical roots of
the internationally recognized practices and policies regarding
child welfare within the Nordic countries today and prompts readers
from any country to reflect on their own conceptions of and
commitments to children.
This book examines Norwegian education throughout the course of the
19th century, and discusses its development in light of broader
transnational impulses. The nineteenth century is regarded as a
period of increasing national consciousness in Norway, pointing
forward to the political independency that the country was granted
in 1905. Education played an important role in this process of
nationalisation: the author posits that transnational - for the
most part Scandinavian - impulses were more decisive for the
development of Norwegian education than has been acknowledged in
previous research. Drawing on the work of educator and school
bureaucrat Hartvig Nissen, who is recognised as the most important
educational strategist in 19th century Norway, this book will be of
interest to scholars of the history of education and Norwegian
education more generally.
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