Popular movement archive 1881-1950
SND-ID: snd0209-1. Version: 1.0. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/002531
Associated documentation
Citation
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Sven Lundkvist - Uppsala University, Department of History
Carl-Göran Andrae - Uppsala University, Department of History
Research principal
Uppsala University
- Department of History
Description
In 1965 a research project on the history of Swedish popular movements was initiated at the Department of History, Uppsala University. The history of the people's movements was described based on the local associations and their functions. A main question was whether there is a particular type of society or environment where popular movements develop more easily.
It became necessary to draw up a special code for the administrative division of Sweden. Before 1952 there were more than 2,500 municipalities, and over time several of them had changed their borders, new municipalities had come into existence, and old municipalities had been incorporated into the rapidly growing urban municipalities. A code system, GEOKOD, was created to take account of all such changes.
It wasn't just the municipalities that changed. The organizations also changed, this applied to a particularly high degree to the trade unions. It had to become a research task to systematize the entire flora of associations in Sweden, mainly all the trade unions that arose, dissolved, or merged into one another.
To map the spread o
It became necessary to draw up a special code for the administrative division of Sweden. Before 1952 there were more than 2,500 municipalities, and over time several of them had changed their borders, new municipalities had come into existence, and old municipalities had been incorporated into the rapidly growing urban municipalities. A code system, GEOKOD, was created to take account of all such changes.
It wasn't just the municipalities that changed. The organizations also changed, this applied to a particularly high degree to the trade unions. It had to become a research task to systematize the entire flora of associations in Sweden, mainly all the trade unions that arose, dissolved, or merged into one another.
To map the spread of the major popular movements, information was collected on the number of members in each local association as of December 31 each year. The free church movement, the temperance movement, the trade union movement, and the social democratic party was included. The database contains data from over 4,000 trade union departments. Show less..
Data contains personal data
No
Language
Unit of analysis
Population
Local organizations within the popular movement 1881-1950
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
1881 – 1950
Variables
98
Number of individuals/objects
41315
Data format / data structure
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit
Municipality
Highest geographic unit
Country
Responsible department/unit
Department of History
Research area
History (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Government, political systems and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Political science (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
History (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Andrae, C. G., & Lundkvist, S. (1984) Arbetarhistoria, meddelanden från arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek; No. 31-32 1984.
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