Essays about: "Migration history of Sweden"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 essays containing the words Migration history of Sweden.

  1. 1. Coins, glass shards and other means of payment - A comparative study of Scandinavian Charon object burials using R. Dawkins’ meme theory

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Markus Ahlberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Charon’s fee; Obolus; Roman Iron Age; Migration Period; Elite Burial; Mercenary; Meme; Engbjerg; Himlingøje; Högom; Kälder; Hol; Gile; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis’ topic is to investigate the evolutionary dispersal of the Charon’s fee or Obolus rite outside the Roman provinces in Northern Europe, with a specific focus on Roman Iron Age and Migration Period Scandinavia. The aim of this study is therefore to add further understanding to the spread of Roman cultural influences outside the imperial borders and what made Roman material and ideological culture so attractive to the Germanic and Scandinavian Iron Age peoples. READ MORE

  3. 2. “Zviedrija ne ēd pīrāgi”: A case study of heritage Latvian in Sweden : Heritage language exposure and language change in preadolescent heritage speakers

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Baltiska språk

    Author : Signe Rirdance; [2023]
    Keywords : Language change; Latvian in Sweden; diaspora Latvian; heritage Latvian; family language policy; language maintenance; language attrition; heritage language acquisition; divergent attainment; Språkförändring; lettiska i Sverige; lettisk diaspora; lettiska arvsspråket; hemspråkspolicy; språkunderhåll; språkförlust; inlärning av arvsspråk; avvikande språkförmåga; Valodas pārmaiņas; latviešu valoda Zviedrijā; diasporas latviešu valoda; etniskā mantojuma valoda; ģimenes valodas politika; valodas uzturēšana; valodas zaudēšana; mantojuma valodas apguve; atšķirīga valodas apguve;

    Abstract : Heritage languages are increasingly seen as a source of important insight in linguistics. Latvian has a long and under-researched history as a heritage language, with a heterogenous community of heritage speakers from two waves of migration in many countries including Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 3. Wartime paths to and experiences of Swedish education : A study of Ukrainian refugees with school-aged children in Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Helen Pidgorna; [2023]
    Keywords : forced migration; war in Ukraine; refugee children; Swedish school; education strategies; вимушена міграція; війна в Україні; діти біженці; швецька школа; освітні стратегії; påtvingad migration; krig i Ukraina; flyktingbarn; svensk skola; utbildningsstrategier;

    Abstract : Transnational population migration is a multifaceted phenomenon that has been shaping human history and continues to shape the world today. War and conflict are among the major drivers of forced migration. READ MORE

  5. 4. To create multifunctional riverscapes : the example of Älvkarleby in the Nedre Dalälven River, Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Xuan Ye; [2022]
    Keywords : river space; municipal nature reserve; ecological restoration; landscape planning; fish migration passage; human recreation;

    Abstract : The natural environment and ecological services of rivers and the needs and expansion of human activities using rivers causes conflicting interests. Human survival is inseparable from the dependence on the natural environment, but at the same time, the continuous demand for natural resources has also caused an irreversible impact. READ MORE

  6. 5. In-Between Identities and Places – Negotiating Belonging with the Malmö Finns

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Haikku Arosuo; [2021]
    Keywords : Malmö; Sweden Finns; belonging; home; place identity; sense of place; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As a result of globalization and postmodern confusion, simple place-based identities may be becoming obsolete. Malmö Finns, on the other hand, are part of a thousand-year-old tradition of migration from Finland to Sweden and a long history of in-betweenness. READ MORE