Historia​ ​för​ ​Folkskolan ​ ​​ ​​ ​Eller Hur​ ​man​ ​gör​ ​sina​ ​undersåtar​ ​till lojala​ ​lutheraner : En​ ​undersökning​ ​om​ ​religioner​ ​i​ ​Läsebok​ ​för​ ​folkskolan

Sammanfattning: In​ ​the​ ​late​ ​19th​ ​century,​ ​Sweden​ ​went​ ​through​ ​many​ ​social​ ​and​ ​political​ ​changes​ ​which resulted​ ​in​ ​the​ ​establishment​ ​of​ ​an​ ​educational​ ​system​ ​for​ ​the​ ​broader​ ​masses.​ ​The educational​ ​system​ ​was​ ​designed​ ​to​ ​put​ ​Christianity​ ​at​ ​centre,​ ​or​ ​more​ ​specifically​ ​the Lutheran​ ​faith,​ ​which​ ​was​ ​the​ ​state​ ​religion​ ​of​ ​19th​ ​century​ ​Sweden.​ ​This​ ​paper​ ​focuses​ ​on the​ ​other​ ​religions​ ​that​ ​made​ ​its​ ​way​ ​into​ ​the​ ​school​ ​books​ ​during​ ​that​ ​time,​ ​that​ ​were​ ​not typically​ ​a​ ​part​ ​of​ ​the​ ​religious​ ​education.​ ​Was​ ​any​ ​other​ ​religions​ ​mentioned​ ​at​ ​all,​ ​and​ ​if they​ ​were,​ ​then​ ​how​ ​and​ ​if​ ​possible​ ​why? During​ ​this​ ​study​ ​it​ ​was​ ​clear​ ​that​ ​the​ ​best​ ​place​ ​in​ ​the​ ​books​ ​to​ ​find​ ​informations​ ​about other​ ​religions​ ​was​ ​in​ ​the​ ​history​ ​sections,​ ​and​ ​it​ ​was​ ​clear​ ​that​ ​the​ ​ways​ ​they​ ​were mentioned​ ​was​ ​very​ ​different​ ​from​ ​how​ ​they​ ​mentioned​ ​Lutheran​ ​Christianity.​ ​The “heathen”​ ​religion,​ ​as​ ​it​ ​was​ ​called,​ ​was​ ​portrayed​ ​in​ ​a​ ​national​ ​romantic​ ​light,​ ​but​ ​the Catholic​ ​faith​ ​was​ ​seen​ ​as​ ​an​ ​outdated​ ​version​ ​of​ ​Christianity.​ ​The​ ​way​ ​that​ ​it​ ​was​ ​explained in​ ​the​ ​books​ ​makes​ ​it​ ​clear​ ​that​ ​the​ ​ruling​ ​class​ ​wanted​ ​the​ ​ruled​ ​class​ ​to​ ​know​ ​that Lutheranism​ ​was​ ​the​ ​true​ ​and​ ​real​ ​Christian​ ​faith.