Integrasjonens dilemma? : En komparativ diskursanalyse av religionens posisjon i norsk og svensk grunnskoleundervisning

Sammanfattning: Sweden is one of the most secular countries in the world. This can also be seen in the Swedish education system, where all schools by law are meant to respect and tolerate multiple cultures. Moreover, the neighboring country, Norway, is a lot more conservative, in regard to religion and education. The state still holds strong on the values of Christianity, which also is seen in the Norwegian education system, where approximately 50 percent of the teaching, in the subject of religion, is reserved to Christianity. Since education is a vital platform for integration, it is natural to believe that Norway, in regard to education, is more intolerant than Sweden. Nevertheless, it has been given insufficient attention to the domination of secularism in Sweden, and that this conception of life, can run over other religions of minorities, in the same way that Christianity can do in Norway. On the basis of this, this thesis analyzes public debates in Sweden and Norway, using Karin Borevis theory of that the idea of nationality can turn over to a more exclusionary notion of national identity. Each of the debates´ vision of religion, in relation to education, reveal the debaters´ understanding of integration, and that the phenomena at any time can get illiberal. Yet, the debates present different actions to solve this dilemma.