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Hjalmar Brantings jordafärd på film

Author

Editor

  • Erik Hedling
  • Mats Jönsson

Summary, in English

This article is an examination of the short film “The funeral procession of Hjalmar Branting”. Branting was the first Swedish social democratic prime minister. When he died in February 1925 it was perceived as a great national loss in a country still profoundly marked by differences of class and gender. By way of analyzing the film, in the context of contemporary press and of others sources concerning the planning of the occasion, I discuss the film as an early example of a so called media event. In this light the funeral is explained as a complex rite of national formation.

Department/s

Publishing year

2008

Language

Swedish

Pages

74-99

Publication/Series

Välfärdsbilder : svensk film utanför biografen

Volume

Mediehistoriskt arkiv, 1654-6601 ; 5

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Statens Ljud- och Bild Arkiv/Kungliga Biblioteket (The State Archive of Sound and Picture/The Royal Library of Sweden)

Topic

  • History

Keywords

  • historical film analysis
  • history of social democracy
  • Hjalmar Branting
  • funeral
  • Anna Branting
  • media event

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-91-88468-09-3