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The Religious Nationalisms of Queen Victoria of Sweden (1862−1930)

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Author

Editor

  • Antti Laine
  • Aappo Laitinen

Summary, in English

As children of 1871, Queen Victoria's generation was a victorious one that also knew the cruelties of war. The prime concept of Victoria's religious nationalisms was the religiously motivated monarchical principle, in the tradition of German Gottesgnadentum. As the matron of the Swedish nation, she saw her divine calling, understood according to Lutheran principles, as both a soldier and a nurse. During the Great War, her nationalism was closely tied to Germany, but after the fall of the German Empire, and especially after her mother's death in 1923, she began to identiy incereasingly with Sweden. It is fruitless to ask about her private opinions "behind" the mask. Her religious nationalisms belonged to both the queen and the woman.

Publishing year

2011

Language

English

Pages

47-58

Publication/Series

Yliopisto, kirkko ja yhteiskunta. Aila Lauhan juhlakirja

Volume

SKHS 218

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Suomen kirkkohistoriallinen seura

Topic

  • Religious Studies

Keywords

  • nationalism
  • identification
  • monarchical principle
  • Lutheran

Status

Published

Project

  • Christian Manliness, a Paradox of Modernity: Men and Religion in a Northern-European Context, 1840 to 1940

Research group

  • Christian manliness - a paradox of modernity

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0356-0759
  • ISBN: 978-952-5031-65-2