Exploring Textbooks and Cultural Change in Nordic Education 1536-2020

Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction • Merethe Roos and Kjell Lars Berge
Part 1: The Reformation and Its Aftermath
	Introduction to Part 1: The Reformation and Its Aftermath • Henrik Edgren
	1 Teaching and Educational Reforms in Denmark and Norway c. 1500–1750 • Morten Fink-Jensen
	2 Latin, Protestantism and Moral Conduct: Textbooks in Sweden in the Era of Reformation • Axel Hörstedt
	3 Literacy, Schooling and the Role of Common People in the Educational Field in Finland in the Eighteenth Century • Tuija Laine
Part 2: The Enlightenment
	Introduction to Part 2: The Enlightenment • Henrik Edgren
	4 Anticipating Reforms and Changes: Control, Representation and Participation in Textbooks in Denmark-Norway in the Late 18th Century: Balthasar Münter and Johann Andreas Cramer • Merethe Roos
	5 Using Textbooks to Constitute a Nation: On Ove Høegh-Guldberg’s Textbook Reforms in 18th Century Denmark-Norway • Kjell Lars Berge
	6 Arguing for a Modern Subject: The Debate about Science Teaching in Swedish Grammar Schools in the Early 19th Century • Peter Bernhardsson
Part 3: The Growth of Nationalism and the Formation of Democracy
	Introduction to Part 3: The Growth of Nationalism and the Formation of Democracy • Henrik Edgren
	7 Writing in the Sand: The Impact of the Monitorial System on the Spread of Literacy in Sweden Prior to the School Act of 1842 • Esbjörn Larsson
	8 Politics, Catechisms and Democracy: Political Strife, Popular Power and Enlightenment in Norway 1814–1840 • Marthe Hommerstad
	9 Patriotism and Civic Identity in Swedish and Finnish School Readers after 1860 • Henrik Edgren
	10 Here Be Vikings: Ethno-National Narratives in Late Nineteenth Century Norwegian Textbooks • Karl Christian Alvestad
	11 Patriotism, Discipline and Joy in Early Nordic School Songbooks • Ragnhild Elisabeth Lund and Johan Laurits Tønnesson
	12 Nation, Nature and Industry: Civic Ideals and National Consciousness in Nordahl Rolfsen’s Lesebok for folkeskolen • Tuva Skjelbred Nodeland
Part 4: The Formation of the Welfare State
	Introduction to Part 4: The Formation of the Welfare State • Henrik Edgren
	13 Democratising Aristocracy: Rhetorics and Politics in Norwegian Literary Histories through the 20th Century • Mads B. Claudi
	14 Controlling Masses, Unfolding Individual Potentials, and Enabling Cooperative Participation: Physical Education in Germany and the Nordic Countries • Kerstin Bornholdt
	15 From Fresh Air and Sunbathing to Wildlife and Snow Caves: ‘Friluftsliv’ in Norwegian Primary Schools, 1939–1980 • Kari Anne Jørgensen-Vittersø
	16 Sex Education in the 1950s: Reproduction, Family and the State • Kari Hernæs Nordberg
	17 The Rise of the Finnish Comprehensive School in the 1960 and 1970s: The Same School for All • Janne Varjo
Part 5: Globalisation and Digitalisation
	Introduction to Part 5: Globalisation and Digitalisation • Henrik Edgren
	18 Learning Materials between Didactic Potential and Control: The Danish Teacher as Inscribed in and Mediator of the Learning Material • Stig Toke Gissel and Thomas Illum Hansen
	19 Textbooks: Paving the Way from Church Schools to PISA Success in Finland • Pirjo Hiidenmaa
	20 Gold to Salto: Critical Literacy in a BELMA-Awarded Textbook in Norwegian Language Arts • Henriette Siljan and Eva Maagerø
	21 The Question of Dialogue in Danish: Representations of Argumentation in Curricula and Textbooks from the Perspectives of Isocrates, Grundtvig and Kierkegaard • Christina Matthiesen
	22 Representations of the Alta-Kautokeino Conflict in Nordic Textbooks • Norunn Askeland
Index