This book presents a history of Swedish sport, highlighting in particular the relationship between sport politics and people's changing attitudes towards sport from the eighteenth century until today. It scrutinizes the interaction between sport politics and people's different approaches to sport in everyday life. By investigating how different ways of pursuing and conceptualizing sport have progressed and interacted, and how they have influenced as well been influenced by sport politics, this book discerns the role of both governmental and municipal politics in the development of sport in Sweden.

About the Author

Jens Ljunggren is Professor of History at Stockholm University, Sweden.

Reviews

"This book which does justice to Ljunggren's impressive research. Worthy of attention ... . This is an admirable study and one that could serve as a template for political histories of other countries. Finally, Palgrave Macmillan deserve praise for publishing a series of Studies in Sport and Politics. It is to Ljunggren's credit, however, that his book is alone in the series in having the word 'political' ... in its title." (Alan Bairner, idrottsforum.org, September 4, 2024)

Book Information
ISBN 9783031461842
Author Jens Ljunggren
Format Hardback
Page Count 235
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Springer International Publishing AG