Pacifismo femminile ed energie rinnovabili su piccola scala. La mobilitazione anti-nucleare nella Svezia degli anni Settanta

Abstract

Women were, for a long time, not welcome in the energy debate or in the energy sector in Sweden. However, during the 1970s feminist actors influenced and made important changes in Swedish energy politics. In the beginning of the decade, Member of Parliament Birgitta Hambraeus brought nuclear resistance into the Swedish Parliament. On September 26, 1979, the Women’s March against nuclear power took place in more than 100 locations around Sweden. This was one of the more visible signs of how influential feminists presented the anti-nuclear struggle as a crucial women’s issue. In this article, we analyze the rise and mobilization of feminist engagement in energy politics in Sweden during the 1970s. The purpose is to focus on women’s engagement, the feminist arguments and strategies based on their commitment to a society based on renewable energy and against nuclear power. We do this by using archive material, political documents and qualitative interviews.