Valerio Griffa - Svédország - Új kilátó

Sweden, which only recently joined the European Union, is a country in transition. Albin Hansson started laying the foundations of a society that ensures prosperity for everyone in the 1930s - but a lot has changed since then. The original and probably inimitable 'Swedish model" he tried to adapt to the new conditions, but in the end he was forced to give up the fight. Along with the economy, society was also transformed. If the Swedish industry wants to stay afloat, it needs an extensive market, and it can only find that in Europe. Swedes still believe in the principles of a welfare society, but they are increasingly attracted to global consumption habits, attitudes, myths and fashions. As in the other Scandinavian countries, common, traditional values ​​provide the cohesive force of the increasingly diverse society: respect for the state institutional system, national pride and endless love of nature. Here, the environment is treated above all as a national asset, even as a heritage. The dense forests that serve as the home of moose, the ice and snow-covered lakes in the winter, the sea, on the shores of which alternate romantic fjords and sandy beaches, the calmly trickling or even unrestrained rushing rivers are close to the hearts of all Gusztáv Károly's subjects. Sweden, with its endless forests, sometimes wildly rushing, sometimes calmly trickling rivers, the midnight sun that sweeps across the lonely fjords and snow-white sand beaches, is a synthesis of the natural and cultural values ​​of all of Scandinavia. Its ancient cities, rich in green areas, are inhabited by a diverse population whose unifying force is tolerance and cooperation.

Gabo Publishing
Art history
128 pages
Binding: hardboard, thread bound
ISBN: 9789639421646
Author: Valerio Griffa