Filippa Mannerheim wrote that the removal of literature history from the Swedish subject in elementary school had caused generations of young people to lack a clear image of the old peasant society and to lose contact with their own history. She said that she herself had gained that knowledge through Vilhelm, Moa, Harry, Ivar-Lo, and Selma. #litteratur #svenskhistoria #utbildning (translated)
The Swedes have taken the land, allowed mines and wind power where the reindeer should roam, sent the children to boarding schools, and said that we should become like everyone else. What have they really done for us?! ... – The healthcare. – Oh. The healthcare. – The schools. And that the children actually learn to read, even if it was initially in the wrong language. – The roads. And that one can get around even when it’s thirty below and dark for five months. – The power grid. The internet. That one can sit in a tent and send emails to the County Administrative Board. – Child benefits. The pension. That one doesn't have to choose between starving or completely giving up the reindeer. – The Sámi Parliament. – The right to complain loudly without being shot. That’s something. ... – Okay. But apart from the healthcare, the schools, the roads, the electricity, the internet, the child benefits, the pension, the Sámi Parliament, and freedom of speech... what have the Swedes ever done for us? – The helicopters? – And the coffee. – Yes. They should get credit for the coffee. #SvenskHistoria #SamiskKultur #Yttrandefrihet (translated)
Idag är årsdagen för utrikesminister Anna Lindhs död efter det fruktansvärda knivdådet på NK. Anna och jag tillhörde olika partier, men vi hade alltid lätt att prata med varandra och vi delade ett engagemang för vårt öppna och fria samhälle. Hennes alltför tidiga bortgång var förstås främst en förlust för hennes familj, vänner och kollegor – men den drabbade också ett helt land. Idag är vi många som minns henne med värme. Foto: Paul Hansen/TT #AnnaLindh #SvenskHistoria #Minnen
Begriper att vi inte kan ha öppna gränser, men sättet på vilket högern beskriver människor som söker sig en bättre framtid visar att de glömt att det handlar om människor och glömt svensk historia. 1,3 miljoner svenskar, 1/5 av befolkningen, emigrerade vid förförra sekelskiftet. #Migration #SvenskHistoria #MänskligaRättigheter #SE
