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Scandinavian Identity in Times of Crises - Swedes and Norwegians in Canada, 1905-1945
Type: Paper
Contributed by: Carina Rönnqvist

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Scand.Identity.doc

In this brief survey, I will discuss the relation between Swedes and Norwegians in Canada, in times of change and crises, from a Swedish-Canadian point of view. How did the dissolving of the Swedish-Norwegian union and the two world wars effect this relation? How did the Swedish-Canadian national and ethnic identity change over time? To what extent, and in which circumstances, did they turn to the broader Scandinavian identification? These are questions to be answered in the following.