Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive
Description
When this study began in the 1940s the researchers set out with the view that a formerly more or less universal Swedish unitary ecclesiastic culture was in the process of dissolving. The socio-economic changes of the early 19th century were believed to have led to religious conceptions differentiating and customs not being taken for granted any more. The scientists held that only small parts remained of an earlier natural and unitary ecclesiastic culture.
Based on this view the researchers conducted an extensive project to gather information about those remains of this earlier church life that were still to be found, in the same way that general ethnography conducted research on customs in other areas of life. The researchers were of the opinion that earlier research had ignored the spiritual side of folk life and that this was problematic since it missed an important part of the daily life and ways of thinking of the population that were deeply rooted in Christianity.
Purpose:
To document those ecclesiastic customs and practices which at the time when the study was conducted were consider
Language
Swedish
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Lund University, Lund University Church History ArchiveData contains personal data
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Unit of analysis
Population
Persons born between 1820 and 1935 from all parts of Sweden
Time period(s) investigated
1942–1984
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Geographic description: The study covers Sweden's 13 dioceses.
Lowest geographic unit
Parish
Highest geographic unit
Country
Subject area
Higher and further education, Religion and values, HISTORY
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
History, Religious Studies, History of Religions, Music, Ethnology
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
religion, ethics, church, religious practice, history, ethnography, folk cultures, folklore, religious behaviour, pastoral work, religious ceremonies, religious doctrines, cultural history, religious institutions, religious buildings, social history, funerals, modern history, 19th century, 20th century
Larsson, A. (2009). "Gå i frid och synda icke härefter". En undersökning om gifta och ogifta kvinnors barnafödande under 1800-talet. Bachelor Thesis. Högskolan i Kristianstad, Enheten för lärarutbildning.
DiVa
Fredriksson, U. (2010). Att kultivera ett folk ; att leda det i rätt riktning; att stå emot. 2-year Master Thesis. Malmö: Malmö högskola/Lärarutbildningen.
Malmö University Electronic Publishing
Bringéus, N.-A. (2004). Frågelistorna och den kyrkliga seden. I,: Arkiv, fakultet, kyrka: festskrift till Ingmar Brohed, p. 413-422.
Libris
Gustavsson, A. (1975). En källkritisk granskning av folklivsuppteckningar. Lund: Gleerupska univ.-bokh.
Libris
ISBN:
91-7060-004-X
Pleijel, H. (1942). Kyrklig folklivsforskning : frågelista, 1. Meddelanden från Kyrkohistoriska arkivet i Lund. Lund.
Libris
Gustavsson, A. (1972). Kyrktagningsseden i Sverige. Diss. Lund: Lund University.
Libris
Bringéus, N-A. (1995). Hilding Pleijels frågelista "Kyrklig folklivsforskning". In: Hilding Pleijel symposium (1995). Hilding Pleijel symposium: 19 oktober 1893-19 oktober 1993 : ett hundraårsjubileum. Lund: Lund Univ. Press, p. 13-28.
Libris
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Associated documentation
Description
About 5.600 text files containing free-text answers to the questions of the study from respondents from all parts of Sweden. The files are sorted according to diocese and parish. Also included is an accessions register in spreadsheet format. NOTE! The text files are encoded as UTF-8. If the Swedish characters å, ä and ö are not displayed properly you need to change the program's settings to UTF-8.Version 1.0
https://doi.org/10.5878/001677
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive
Time period(s) investigated
1942–1984