Skånes integration Orsaker till framgång

Sammanfattning: This essay is a case study that deals with the integration of Scania into Sweden, which started for over 300 years ago. The purpose is to capture why the integration of Scania succeeded, what were the main reasons or factors and to discuss the effects the scanian identity and culture had on the integration. This has been done with the help of different theories that will help sort out main factors to the successful integration. The result of the study revealed a number of factors, to begin with the scanian identity appeared not to be such a great obstacle for the integration that one could believe. The identity developed because of the ?swedification?, which were the measures the Swedish government took to integrate the new territory. The Swedish institutions such as the church, the military and Lund's University took these measures. The church's main purpose in the process was to spread the Swedish language through education to the children. Together with the military and the university they gave the population of both sides a place to integrate, which would simplify the integration. The economy in Scania and the communication between Sweden and Scania were also