Mediating the Nation: Celebrating 6th June in Sweden

Abstract

In 2005, the 6th of June was celebrated as a national holiday in Sweden for the first time. The previous year the parliament had decided to make it a holiday, so that the Swedes could celebrate it in a supposedly appropriate way. The 6th of June became the National day in 1983; before 1983 it was called the day of the Swedish flag. This day was instituted during World War I in 1916. Prior to that, the 6th of June had been celebrated as an unofficial national day since 1893 (see for example Swahn, 1997: 24).KeywordsNational IdentityMedia FormPublic EventNational MemoryInterwar PeriodThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.