The Emergence and Development of Private

Archives for Popular Movements in Sweden 1901-

1984

Fil dr Lars-Erik Hansen

International Conference on the Society´s Memory Functions in the Digtal World

University of Tampere 24-24/11 2015

What is a popular movement?

A social movement is a mobilising collective actor, which, with some continuity on the basis of a high symbolic cohesion and weak role specification through different forms of action and organisation working for the goal of implementing or preventing fundamental social change, or restoring previous social conditions." (Raschke, 1985).

What is a popular movment archival institution

An archival institution is a wealth of archives from different organisations kept in a place in a certain order.

Antonio Gramsci

The concept of hegemony capitalist society rests on oppression

granted acceptance by those oppressed hegemony is based on power over the so-

called superstructure, which includes culture, attitudes, perspectives, and values

The Swedish Order

City Hall Municipalities (290)– One archive one municipalitie

County Councils (21) – One County Council archive in

The State

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• The Labour Movement Archive• The Labour Movement Archive

21 Regional archival institutions devoted to activism archives

290 Local activism archives

1 Labour Movement Archive

1 White-collar and professional trade union archive

1 Popular Movement Archive Association (FA)

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The history of the Swedish Labour Movement Archives 1901

During this time the capitalist society had total power over the so called superstructure, which includes culture, attitudes, perspectives, and values

The Labour Movement Archives was opposed to this society – they did not want to be a part of it.

The labour movement sympathized with the materialist conception of history

National Archives 1901 In 1901 political views and values were

linked to a capitalist state which was fundamentally undemocratic and the National Archives was a part of this society.

National Archivist was a prominent conservative

conducted research was focused exclusively on events within the state, i.e. within the superstructure.

The Labour Movement in power 1920 Social democracy forms its first

government in 1920 and they become part of the superstructure.

after a few years in the 1940s the Labour archives takes the initiative to further the establishment of regional popular movement archive depots and give this depots financial support.

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Regional Popular Movement Archives Start yearArkiv Västermanland (Västmanland County Archives) 1950ArkivCentrum Örebro län (Örebro County Archives Centre) 1969Bohusläns Föreningsarkiv (Bohuslän Association Archives) 1968Dalarnas Folkrörelsearkiv (Popular Movement Archives in Dalarna) 1959Folkrörelsearkivet för Uppsala (Popular Movement Archives for Uppsala) 1978Föreningsarkivet i Värmland (Association Archives in Värmland) 1949Föreningsarkiven i Stockholms län (Association Archives in Stockholm County) 1967Föreningsarkivet i Jämtlands län (Association Archives in Jämtland County) 1980Föreningsarkivet i Västernorrland (Association Archives in Västernorrland) 1943Hallands Arkivförbund (Halland Archival Federation) 2000Jönköpings läns folkrörelsearkiv (Jönköping County Popular Movement Archives) 1972Kronobergsarkivet (Kronoberg County Archives) 1984Skaraborgs Föreningsarkiv (Skaraborg Association Archives) 1905Skånes Arkivförbund (Skåne Archival Federation) 1993Älvsborgs läns föreningsarkiv (Älvsborg County Association Archives) 1991Östergötlands Arkivförbund (Östergötland Archival Federation) 1984Arbetarrörelsens arkiv i Skåne (Labour Movement Archives in Skåne) 1949Norrbottens föreningsarkiv (Norrbotten Association Archives) 1965Föreningsarkivet i Västerbotten (Association Archives in Västerbotten) 1969Föreningsarkiv Sörmland (Association Archives in Sörmland) 1966Blekinge folkrörelsearkiv (Blekinge Popular Movement Archives) 1982

Interest in alternative and socialist history arose 1960-70 inventory of the popular movement archives Popular Movement Archive Association

(FA) 1968 From 1973 and onwards, the popular

movement archives in Värmland, along with archives in Dalarna and Norrbotten, received government grants.

The Archives and Museum of the White-Collar Movement (TAM)

1940s: The vision of a whitecollar movement archive where discussed within the white collar unions central organisation (TCO).

1964 The issue was raised on a TCO-kongress. 1967 A commission where appointed this year, and a

decision made to sanction the committe proposal to build a whitecollar movement archival institution.

1968 A local on 110 m2 and 1100 shelfmeters (hyllmeter) on the TCO-school Bergendal. One archive-manager where employed.

1972 One administrator where employed. 1983A request came from TCO to constitute a new

archivecommission.

The future of popular movment archival institution

Declining support from the superstructure Digital challenge

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Lars-Erik Hansen

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