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North Eastern Europe and Swedish great power policy: Reflections on historical consciousness

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Summary, in English

The article discusses the usefulness of the concept of North Eastern Europe. It was developed as a cognitive instrument in order for historical analysis to focus on social structures and processes rather than on states. Swedish historical consciousness is linked to the history of the seventeenth century, not least thanks to the historical novels by Peter Englund, Sweden of those times was a multinational Baltic empire, Thus the use of the concept North Eastern Europe makes the active Swedish policy vis-A-vis the Baltic states and North West Russia acquire a certain legitimacy in the eyes of the Swedish public.

Department/s

Publishing year

2002

Language

English

Pages

398-411

Publication/Series

Journal of Baltic Studies

Volume

33

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

ASSN ADVANCEMENT BALTIC STUDIES INC,

Topic

  • History

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0162-9778