In the western world, Islam has been interpreted based on stereotypes of muslims. The stereotype image leads to the fact that many Muslims in Sweden today are forced to face Islamophobia and preconceptions about Islam's meaning. To enhance the image of Islam, lived religion as field of research is useful as it opens the opportunity to study people's lived experiences of religious traditions beyond religious institutions and doctrines. The field can show how religious traditions are expressed in people's everyday lives by lifting the voices of individuals which are not otherwise noted. Lived Islam is thus an area that highlights Muslims' living experiences of Islam in their daily lives. In this essay, lived Islam is studied as it may occur among individuals who define themselves as women and Muslims in Karlstad, Sweden. The aim is to enhance the image of Islam and raise female experiences of Islam. This will broaden the already existing research spectra that usually takes an androcentric perspective. The women's experiences are investigated through life stories interviews. Based on a material perspective on religion, the paper examines how Islam is manifested and expressed through material practices, objects, and different phenomena in the women’s everyday life. The result shows that Islam is described as a framework of how life is interpreted and expected to be lived. Islam is expressed in form of material practices like for example regular prayers, but also as an approach to the outside world. Lived Islam in Karlstad, as it can be expressed among individuals who define themselves as women and Muslims can be said to mean a perspective that encompasses all content in life. The Muslim women in the paper are positive about their life’s in Karlstad, but some elements can also complicate everyday life, such as meetings with preconceptions about Islam and the Muslim woman.

The purpuse of my study was to investigate how two preschool teachers creates mening around musik throughout their lives. I wanted to see which experiences thats been meaningful for both their private and professional relationship to music that they have today, if they diverge, and if it´s necessary to have a god relationship to music before their education and their start as a professional preschool teacher. I used life story by interviews as a method which means the participant tells me about their lives, how they experienced, understood and interpreted their world. I have analysed the stories through a whole perspective with focus on the content to understand what experience throughout their lives that´s been especially meaningful in creating the relation that they have to music today. In my study, I have seen that meaningful experiences has been formed by encouraged, stimulated and supported environments and a joyful communion. I have seen that my participants private experiance reflects on their profession, and it also shows that these experiances can come at anytime and anywhere. / Syftet med min studie var att undersöka hur två pedagoger har skapat mening kring musik under hela sitt liv. Jag ville se vilka erfarenheter som varit betydelsefulla för den relation som de har till musiken både privat och i sin yrkesroll som förskollärare idag, om de skiljer sig åt, och om det är nödvändigt att ha bra relation till ämnet innan utbildning och yrkesstart. Jag har använt mig utav livsberättelseintervju som metod vilket innebär att respondenten berättar om sitt liv, hur hen har upplevt, uppfattat och tolkat sin värld. Jag har analyserat berättelsen genom ett helhetsperspektiv med fokus på innehållet för att förstå vilka erfarenheter genom hela livet som varit meningsfulla för respondenterna i skapandet av sin nuvarande relation till musik. I min studie har jag sett att de meningsfulla erfarenheterna som mina respondenter har erfarit har kantats av en uppmuntrande, stimulerande och stöttade miljö, och en glädjefylld samvaro. Jag har sett att respondenternas privata erfarenheter som det skapats mening kring formar yrkesprofessionen, den visar också att respondenten kan få erfara positiva meningsfulla erfarenheter vid olika tider och i olika kontexter.