Syftet med denna uppsats har varit att studera hur barnavårdsnämnden i Stora Tuna verkställde lagstiftningen om uppfostran åt vanartade och i sedligt avseende försummade barn. För att uppnå syftet med studien har barnavårdsnämndens ledamöter undersökts, lika så de anmälda barnen. Vad anmäldes de för, vilka blev konsekvenserna och vilka var det som stod för anmälningarna? Resultaten jämförs med tidigare forskning från andra platser. Huvudsakligen har protokoll från barnavårdsnämndens sammanträden mellan 1903 och 1917 använts för att besvara frågeställningarna.Resultatet visar att en klar majoritet av nämndens ledamöter representerade medelklassen eller överklassen, endast ett fåtal kom från arbetarklassen. Men de barn som anmäldes kom nästan uteslutande från arbetarklassen. Detta är något som den tidigare forskningen också framhåller. Pojkar anmäldes i betydligt högre utsträckning än flickor, men de flickor som anmäldes dömdes betydligt hårdare än pojkarna. Flickorna anmäldes främst på grund av de bristande hemförhållanden och påföljderna blev oftast att de skiljdes från hemmet till fosterhem eller till barnhem. Pojkarna anmäldes främst för stöld och den vanligaste påföljden blev en allvarlig varning. Polisen var den grupp som anmälde flest barn till nämnden.

The purpose of this BA thesis is to study what the rules for foster children were like in Sweden during the 1920s, with a focus on the 1902 and the 1924 law, respectively. The aim of the analysis is to study the similarities and differences between the two legislations. The purpose is also to study how the rules were subsequently followed and possibly changed in practice in Sweden during the years 1920-1930, with a focus on individual cases of foster children in the city of Uppsala. A further purpose of this essay is to investigate a potential application of the theme of this essay in the history subject in school. A didactic purpose is thus to investigate the extent to which the current curriculum for upper secondary school deals with areas that concern individual history and social history. The aim of the analysis is also to both problematize and see the possibilities with an application of the essay topic in teaching. The didactic perspective aims to open for discussion about how individual history could function as arousing interest for students in history teaching. The result shows that the rules for foster children changed in Sweden during the 1920s, mainly regarding the requirement for the municipalities to introduce a child welfare board. Previously, the boards had the task of checking that the foster care was not inappropriate. With the introduction of child welfare boards also came the task of keeping notes of decisions regarding foster children. In addition, the age limit for foster children increased from seven years to 16 years. The rules were largely followed in practice for foster children. Information about the foster children became more detailed after the year 1926. The point where the legislation broke in practice was regarding notification that a foster child has been received, as the time indication changed during the archive study for most of the foster children. The didactic result shows that there are opportunities in dealing with subjects such as social history and individual history in history teaching in upper secondary school. The syllabus touch on both subjects to a high degree, mainly to draw attention to living conditions.

Denna rapport handlar om fosterbarnsvård under perioden 1926–1935, då många barn bodde i fosterhem i Sverige. Vid studiens startpunkt hade en ny lag om samhällets barnavård införts där det ingick bestämmelser om kontroll över fosterbarnens vård. Vem som helst fick inte ta hand om fosterbarn, därför skulle fosterhems och fosterföräldrars lämplighet utredas och barnens vård i hemmen kontrolleras. I rapporten ges en inblick i hur lämplighetsfrågan och fosterhemstillsynen hanterades i en lokal praktik vid barnavårdsnämnden i Växjö. Ann-Sofie Bergman är socionom och fil. mag. i historia. Detta är hennes licentiatavhandling i socialt arbete. / This study is about foster family care in Sweden during a period at the beginning of the twentieth century, when many children were placed in foster homes. Because of the law regulating society’s children care (lag om samhällets barnavård) which came into force in 1926, children’s welfare boards (barnavårdsnämnder) were raised in the municipalities of Sweden. These boards got the responsibility for the supervising of foster care and for placing children with suitable foster parents. Then what was meant by foster parents being suitable? In this study the children’s welfare boards documented suitability tests of foster parents and foster homes are being analysed in a local context. It’s primarily language and argumentation which are being focused upon in this analysis. The local study has been located to Växjö during the period of 1926 to 1935. The result of the study shows that the foster children often were placed in foster homes in the local surroundings. The children’s welfare board preferred to place children with married couples who were living in the countryside without children of their own. Furthermore it was considered necessary that there was a woman in the foster home who took care of the children and the home. The foster parents’ care of the children was inspected by the board. How the foster parents took care of the children was essential, and the material conditions were important in this context, but also feelings and the relationship between the children and the adults. Problems in the foster homes which drew the attention of the board could be lack of good enough material conditions, illness or unsuitable lodgers. But the opinions about what was proper or improper could differ – children, parents and foster parents sometimes thought differently about this than the board did. When deciding upon this issue there could be negotiations or disputes taking place between the involved. Conclusively, this study has pointed out the significance of economy at the suitability tests carried out on the foster homes. If the foster parents did not receive any economic compensation for the foster child, the demands on the suitability of a foster home could be lower.

<p>Denna rapport handlar om fosterbarnsvård under perioden 1926–1935, då många barn bodde i fosterhem i Sverige. Vid studiens startpunkt hade en ny lag om samhällets barnavård införts där det ingick bestämmelser om kontroll över fosterbarnens vård. Vem som helst fick inte ta hand om fosterbarn, därför skulle fosterhems och fosterföräldrars lämplighet utredas och barnens vård i hemmen kontrolleras. I rapporten ges en inblick i hur lämplighetsfrågan och fosterhemstillsynen hanterades i en lokal praktik vid barnavårdsnämnden i Växjö.</p><p>Ann-Sofie Bergman är socionom och fil. mag. i historia. Detta är hennes licentiatavhandling i socialt arbete.</p> / <p>This study is about foster family care in Sweden during a period at the beginning of the twentieth century, when many children were placed in foster homes. Because of the law regulating society’s children care (lag om samhällets barnavård) which came into force in 1926, children’s welfare boards (barnavårdsnämnder) were raised in the municipalities of Sweden. These boards got the responsibility for the supervising of foster care and for placing children with suitable foster parents. Then what was meant by foster parents being suitable? In this study the children’s welfare boards documented suitability tests of foster parents and foster homes are being analysed in a local context. It’s primarily language and argumentation which are being focused upon in this analysis. The local study has been located to Växjö during the period of 1926 to 1935.</p><p>The result of the study shows that the foster children often were placed in foster homes in the local surroundings. The children’s welfare board preferred to place children with married couples who were living in the countryside without children of their own. Furthermore it was considered necessary that there was a woman in the foster home who took care of the children and the home. The foster parents’ care of the children was inspected by the board. How the foster parents took care of the children was essential, and the material conditions were important in this context, but also feelings and the relationship between the children and the adults. Problems in the foster homes which drew the attention of the board could be lack of good enough material conditions, illness or unsuitable lodgers. But the opinions about what was proper or improper could differ – children, parents and foster parents sometimes thought differently about this than the board did. When deciding upon this issue there could be negotiations or disputes taking place between the involved. Conclusively, this study has pointed out the significance of economy at the suitability tests carried out on the foster homes. If the foster parents did not receive any economic compensation for the foster child, the demands on the suitability of a foster home could be lower.</p>

This study aims to examine aspects related to children who were taken into custody by the Child Welfare Council in the city of Kalmar, as well as the countryside communities of Dörby and Arby, during the years 1926-1931 and 1946-1951. The study highlights the social vulnerability that followed and the circumstances in which the children and parents found themselves in, which influenced their placement. It investigates the work of the Child Welfare Council, as well as the individuals or groups who reported and/or cared for the children. By analysing the board meetings held by the Child Welfare Council, a picture of how the changes in foster care in Kalmar, Dörby and Arby has developed will take place. The study has shown that these locations followed the general development in Sweden during the 20th century.

The purpose of this study is to examine the schoolteachers and parents distribution of the responsibilities of the upbringing of children. To do so my aim is to examine what responsibilities was attributed to the schoolteachers as well as the parents and how the responsibilities could take shape. By utilizing protocols from the Childcare committee 1913-1924 (Barnavårdsnämnden) my aim is to link the questions to the material and examine how this manifested within the committee. I also examined if the committee applied a certain gender construction on the parenting. I have applied a power perspective derived from Foucault aswell as the usage of Durkehims and Marx theories about the schools role in society and a gender perspective developed by Joan Scott and Yvonne Hirdman. The results of the study shows that schoolteachers possessed a position of power where their responsibilities over the social upbringing of the pupils reached beyond the confinements of the schools. The schoolteacher was placed with disciplinary responsibilities and was expected to help raise pupils of high morality. Teachers held a high role of participation in the work of the committee and was expected to hold insights of their pupils home situations. The parents showed to be neglected far more in comparison with the teacher but parenthood was nonetheless expected to hold responsibilities. However, parents was not allowed to interfere with the responsibilities of the teacher whereas the teachers role was not constricted to the interior of the school. Regarding mother- and fatherhood the study shows that the mother was given a clear role of parenting while the fathers function was more of an authoritarian background figure. The father was expected to provide for the family and the mother to care for the upbringing. The study proved that the committee was in a position of power where they could affect the tasks of parenthood. Meanwhile the committee granted schools and teachers positions of power where the teacher’s professional role extended beyond the schools. Within the sphere of parenthood a position of power was showing whereas the mother was attributed a larger responsibilities over the children’s upbringing but with the father acting as the authority of the family.