The purpose of this study is to examine how history is used at memorial sites connected to “snapphanar” in three municipalities in the region of Scania in southern Sweden. The word snapphane is a name used to describe the people in Scania who rebelled against the Swedish crown during the 17th century. Some joined the Danish army, and some were partisans without any connection to Denmark. Ten places were visited, and eight memorials connected to the snapphane story were found and analyzed. The aim is to analyze how they are portrayed and how their history is used. The theoretical framework applied to the analysis is a modified version of Klas-Göran Karlssons typology over different categories of use of history. The results show that the memorials use history in many ways, and most memorials show several different types of history use combined. The use of history to retell what happened at the place of the memorial is prominent, but the snapphane story is also used to bring up how the region was mistreated by Sweden when it became a part of Sweden. Furthermore, there is a history use that points toward a need to highlight the uniqueness of the people and the surroundings, but also highlight the Danish heritage that shapes the region. The result also shows that the snapphanar are portrayed as men only, and they are most often described as farmers forced to revolt against the Swedish king due to the harsh treatment of them. The results also show that snapphanar are used in the marketing of the region.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hj-64992 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Back, Elin |
| Publisher | Jönköping University, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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