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200 Years of Peace
New Perspectives on Modern Swedish Foreign Policy
Edited by Magnus Petersson, Nevra Biltekin, and Leos Müller
222 pages, bibliog., index
ISBN 978-1-80073-589-7 $135.00/£99.00 / Hb / Not Yet Published (September 2022)
eISBN 978-1-80073-590-3 eBook Not Yet Published
Description
Since 1814 Sweden has avoided involvement in armed conflicts and carried out policies of non-alignment in peacetime and neutrality during war. Even though the Swedish government often describes Sweden as a ‘nation of peace’, in 2004 the 200-year anniversary of that peace passed by with barely any attention. Despite its extraordinary longevity, research about the Swedish experience of enduring peace is underdeveloped. 200 Years of Peace places this long period of peace in broader academic and public discussions surrounding claimed Swedish exceptionality as it is represented in the nation’s social policies, expansive welfare state, eugenics, gender equality programs, and peace.
Magnus Petersson is Professor of International Relations and Head of Department for Economic History and International Relations at Stockholm University. Previously he has been Analyst at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (2020–2021), Professor of Modern History at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (2008–2020), and Lecturer, Director of Studies, and Head of Research and Development at the Swedish Defence University (1998–2008). He has published widely on Swedish, Nordic, and Transatlantic defence and security issues.
Nevra Biltekin has a PhD in history from Stockholm University. She has been affiliated with the Northern European Studies Institute at Humboldt University–Berlin, and the Hans Blix Center for the History of International Relations at Stockholm University. Her research has focused on unofficial diplomacy and gender in transnational relations during the 20th century.
Leos Müller is Professor of History and the Head of the Centre for Maritime Studies at Stockholm University. His research interests include global history, history of early modern and modern neutrality and Swedish maritime history from early modern time to present. His recent publications include Sveriges första globala århundrade: En 1700-tals historia (2018) and Neutrality in World History: Themes in World History (2019).