<p>The purpose of this essay is to examinate the statements and verbal attributions of King Carl</p><p>XVI Gustaf of Sweden in the early 2000’s. More exactly I’ve got two question formulations:</p><p>Which statements does king Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden make during the early 2000’s and are these</p><p>statements, in line with the king’s attributions, non-political, party-politically neutral and noncontroversial</p><p>according to different perspectives? Question number two is if there are to find any</p><p>boundaries for where the verbal attributions of Carl XVI Gustaf seem to go when he expresses himself in</p><p>the role as the king of Sweden and the chief of state in the early 2000’s. My procedure is to read the</p><p>Christmas speeches of Carl XVI Gustaf during the 2000’s and use former beheld statements of Carl XVI</p><p>Gustaf to seek answers to the research questions. My conclusions are that the king does make political</p><p>as well as party-political statements according to different perspectives. The king sometimes speaks</p><p>fondly about EU, advocates multiculturalism, praises the family as a social building block and embellishes</p><p>the Swedish monarchy. According to different perspectives these notions cannot be seen as nonpolitical</p><p>nor party-politically neutral because in some questions different opinions are prevailed among</p><p>parliament parties and other bigger parties in Sweden. However, the statements of the king can hardly</p><p>be seen as controversial since his statements often rest upon strong common values and national unity.</p><p>The verbal boundary of Carl XVI Gustaf is floating and cannot be unravelled, but it’s possible to approach</p><p>the truth with three cores: 1. The king can encourage, although not tell how something is to be</p><p>done. 2. The king shall keep within the national unity and common values. 3. It’s not always enough with</p><p>Swedish national unity, nor shall Carl XVI Gustaf butt in discussions that undermines the relations with</p><p>other countries.</p>
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:oru-4940 |
Date | January 2008 |
Creators | Pettersson, Niklas |
Publisher | Örebro University, Department of Social and Political Sciences |
Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
Language | Swedish |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Student thesis, text |
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