Swedish Culture

The primary author of this profile was Chara Scroope (2017).

• AFP. (2015, March 24). Sweden adds gender-neutral pronoun to dictionary. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/24/sweden-adds-gender-neutral-pronoun-to-dictionary
• Aggestam, L., & Hyde-Price, A. (2015). “A Force for Good”? Paradoxes of Swedish Military Activism. In J. Pierre (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Swedish Politics (pp. 479–494). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199665679.013.52
• Agius, C. (2013). The social construction of Swedish neutrality: Challenges to Swedish identity and sovereignty. Manchester University Press.
• Åkerström, L. A. (2013, September 20). Why are Swedes so Quiet? Slate. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/roads/2013/09/sweden_s_lagom_the_single_word_that_sums_up_the_swedish_psyche.html
• André, C., & Bourrousse, H. (2017). Fighting gender inequality in Sweden (Working Paper No. 1395; OECD Economics Department Working Papers). OECD Publishing. https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/content/paper/37b4d789-en
• Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021a). 4-digit level ANCP Ancestry Multi Response by Australia (UR) (2021 Census of Population and Housing) [Data set]. ABS Census TableBuilder.
• Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021b). People in Australia who were born in Sweden [Data set]. 2021 Census Country of Birth QuickStats. https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/2407_AUS
• Australian Trade and Investment Commission. (2024). Doing business in Sweden | Explore markets. https://export.business.gov.au/find-export-markets/market-explorer-tool/market-explorer-results/all/all/tha
• Berggren, H., & Trägårdh, L. (2022). The Swedish Theory of Love: Individualism and Social Trust in Modern Sweden (S. Donovan, Trans.). University of Washington Press.
• Bergqvist, C. (2015). The Welfare State and Gender Equality. In J. Pierre (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Swedish Politics (pp. 55–68). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199665679.013.3
• Central Intelligence Agency. (2024). Sweden. The World Factbook. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/portugal/
• Cerrotti, R. (2017, August 17). Sweden was among the best countries for immigrants. That’s changing. GlobalPost. https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-09-11/sweden-was-among-best-countries-immigrants-thats-changing
• Chandler, A. (2017, March 3). Why Sweden Brought Back the Draft. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/03/sweden-conscription/518571/
• Commisceo Global Consulting. (2016). Guide to Swedish Culture, Etiquette and Business Practices. COMMISCEO Global. http://www.commisceo-global.com/country-guides/sweden-guide
• Culture Crossing. (2014). Sweden. Culture Crossing Guide. http://guide.culturecrossing.net/basics_business_student.php?id=197
• Culture Factor Group. (2024). Country Comparison tool: Sweden. https://www.theculturefactor.com/country-comparison-tool?countries=sweden
• Demker, M., Leffler, Y., & Sigurdson, O. (2014). Culture, Health, and Religion at the Millennium: Sweden Unparadised (1st ed.). Palgrave Macmillan US. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137472236
• Department of Home Affairs. (2018). Sweden-born Community Information Summary (Census of Population and Housing 2016, Country Data Summary). Commonwealth of Australia. https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-sweden.pdf
• Euractiv. (2015, November 10). Poll: Swedish support for refugees falls. Euractiv. http://www.euractiv.com/section/justice-home-affairs/news/poll-swedish-support-for-refugees-falls/
• Furseth, I. (2021). Nordic Europe. In G. Davie & L. N. Leustean (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Europe (pp. 697–712). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198834267.013.39
• Globe Media. (2017). Local culture in Sweden. Expat Arrivals. http://www.expatarrivals.com/sweden/culture-shock-in-sweden
• Hart, A. (2017, January 16). Goodbye Hygge, hello Lagom: The secret of Swedish contentment. The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/mind/goodbye-hygge-hello-lagom-secret-swedish-contentment/
• Heberlein, T. (2017, April 17). I’m an American living in Sweden. Here’s why I came to embrace the higher taxes. Vox. https://www.vox.com/2016/4/8/11380356/swedish-taxes-love
• Helmfrid, S., Norman, L. T., Larson, S. R., Enander, H., Sandvik, G., & Weibull, J. (2017). Sweden. In Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/place/Sweden
• Kinney, C. Jr. (2017). Sweden Ethnic Groups. http://study.com/academy/lesson/sweden-ethnic-groups.html
• Museums Victoria. (2017). Immigration History from Sweden to Victoria. Museums Victoria. https://origins.museumsvictoria.com.au/countries/sweden
• Natalle, E. J. (2012). An American Professor’s Perspective on the Dialectics of Teaching Interpersonal Communication in the Swedish Classroom. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 24(2), 168–179.
• Nordberg, J. (2015, October 23). An attack and an identity crisis in Sweden. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/an-attack-and-an-identity-crisis-in-sweden
• Nordstrom, B. J. (2010). Culture and Customs of Sweden. Bloomsbury Publishing USA.
• OECD. (2023). Sweden (Government at a Glance) [Country Summary]. OECD Publishing.
• Palmer, B. C. W. (2001). Sweden. In M. Ember & C. R. Ember (Eds.), Countries and Their Cultures: Saint Kitts and Nevis to Zimbabwe (Vol. 4, pp. 2126–2137). Macmillan Reference USA; Advameg. http://www.everyculture.com/Sa-Th/Sweden.html
• Pew Research Center. (2018). Being Christian in Western Europe (Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures). Pew Research Center.
• Pierre, J. (Ed.). (2016). The Oxford Handbook of Swedish Politics. Oxford University Press.
• ProQuest. (2017). Kingdom of Sweden. ProQuest & Brigham Young University. https://proquest.libguides.com/culturegrams
• Rothstein, B. (2015). The Moral, Economic, and Political Logic of the Swedish Welfare State. In J. Pierre (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Swedish Politics (pp. 69–84). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199665679.013.41
• Safari the Globe. (2014). Sweden. Safari the Globe: Cultural Information. http://www.safaritheglobe.com/sweden/
• Skog, M. (2010). Sweden. In Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices (2nd ed., Vol. 6, pp. 1127–1132). ABC-CLIO.
• Statistiska centralbyrån. (2017). Foreign-born persons by country of birth and year [Dataset]. Statistiska centralbyrån. http://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/en/ssd/START__BE__BE0101__BE0101E/FodelselandArK/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=f9093eab-8b7d-4156-a8fa-97b55a127b82
• Svensson, C. R. (2009). CultureShock! Sweden: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette. Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd.
• Transparency International. (2024). Corruption Perceptions Index 2023. https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2023
• Traub, J. (2016, February 10). The Death of the Most Generous Nation on Earth. Foreign Policy. http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/02/10/the-death-of-the-most-generous-nation-on-earth-sweden-syria-refugee-europe/
• Wieland, S. M. (2007). Making Sense of Work as a Part of Everyday Life: A Qualitative Study of Swedish Identity Construction [PhD]. University of Colorado.