Contested Streets. Demonstrations in Stockholm, 1887–1920
Olofsson, Magnus LU
(2025)
In Moving the Social: Journal of Social History and the History of Social Movements
75(1).
p.61-84
- Abstract
- This article examines changes in the repertoire of contention in Sweden during the crucial years of democratisation. Based on a dataset of applications to organise public marches in Stockholm 1887-1920, the study looks at the overall trends in the political use of demonstrations: which organisations applied to stage demonstrations and which organisations obtained permission from the authorities. There are three main findings. (1) Demonstrations were part of the repertoire of contention in Stockholm as early as 1887, and after a decline in the 1890s, activity increased steadily in the 1900s and again during the 1910s. (2) The labour movement, the revivalist movement and the temperance movement arranged almost all political marches. (3)... (More)
- This article examines changes in the repertoire of contention in Sweden during the crucial years of democratisation. Based on a dataset of applications to organise public marches in Stockholm 1887-1920, the study looks at the overall trends in the political use of demonstrations: which organisations applied to stage demonstrations and which organisations obtained permission from the authorities. There are three main findings. (1) Demonstrations were part of the repertoire of contention in Stockholm as early as 1887, and after a decline in the 1890s, activity increased steadily in the 1900s and again during the 1910s. (2) The labour movement, the revivalist movement and the temperance movement arranged almost all political marches. (3) Right up to 1920, the Stockholm authorities sometimes denied applications to march, particularly from the labour movement and the Salvation Army. (Less)
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- 2025-09-10
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- Moving the Social: Journal of Social History and the History of Social Movements
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- 10.7788/mots.2025.75.61
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- De stridbara svenskarna. Konfliktrepertoarer och demokratisering i Sverige, 1820–1939
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