A comprehensive history of Sweden covering events from the Stone Age onwards.

A history of Sweden, showing how a monarchical state transformed itself into an egalitarian, democratic system.

This book represents the first recent attempt to provide a comprehensive treatment of Sweden's economic development since the middle of the 18th century. It traces the rapid industrialisation, the political currents and the social ambitions, that transformed Sweden from a backward agrarian economy into what is now regarded by many as a model welfar

Translated by the American teacher C.W. Foss