Overview
- Presents a history of Swedish sport from the eighteenth century until today
- Explores the role of both governmental and municipal politics in the development of sport in Sweden
- Investigates how different ways of pursuing and conceptualizing sport have progressed and interacted
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics (PASSP)
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Keywords
- Swedish sport
- Swedish politics
- Scandinavia
- sport politics
- civil society
About this book
This book presents a history of Swedish sport, highlighting in particular the relationship between sport politics and people’s changing attitudes towards sport from the eighteenth century until today. It scrutinizes the interaction between sport politics and people’s different approaches to sport in everyday life. By investigating how different ways of pursuing and conceptualizing sport have progressed and interacted, and how they have influenced as well been influenced by sport politics, this book discerns the role of both governmental and municipal politics in the development of sport in Sweden.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Jens Ljunggren is Professor of History at Stockholm University, Sweden.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Political History of Sport in Sweden
Authors: Jens Ljunggren
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-46184-2Due: 31 May 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-46187-3Due: 31 May 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-46185-9Due: 31 May 2024
Series ISSN: 2365-998X
Series E-ISSN: 2365-9998
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 235