@article{98d09175-c75f-4838-8219-5d391cdf4596,
author = {Arnold Kłonczyński},
title = {Polityka władz szwedzkich wobec imigrantów w latach 1945–1994},
journal = {Studia Historica Gedanensia},
volume = {2014},
number = {Tom 5 (2014)},
year = {2014},
issn = {2081-3309},
pages = {233-249},keywords = {},
abstract = {The purpose of this article is to trace the evolution of Swedish policy towards immigrants in the period of 1945 to 1994 – that is, from the end of the War, when a very large wave of refugees came to Sweden, until the country’s accession to the European Union – and the factors that determined the change in the approach of the Swedish authorities to this community. Shortly after the War, the Swedish authorities clearly differentiated their policy towards immigrants, which means they treated differently, e.g. Poles, Scandinavians and representatives of other Baltic nations. While in principle all the people coming from the Baltic countries received a residence permit in Sweden, the others received the right to reside only in individual cases. In the years 1948– 1971, the number of immigrants coming to Sweden was slowly growing. There were both political refugees, as well as economic immigrants. The gradual development of the Swedish economy deepened the demand for cheap labour. The basic document defining a new approach to the problems of immigrants was enacted in 1975. On the basis of the adopted bill, a number of areas of policy towards immigrants in Sweden was reformed. The evolution of policy towards immigrants has consistently sought to implement the concept of folkhemmet (the house of the people), which is the basis for the formation of the Swedish welfare state, and assumed to create conditions for a safe development of the society in general, which meant integration of the immigrants with other people in Sweden on such levels as social, economic, educational etc. The Swedish model of a multicultural society was built, implemented as a result of legal regulations introduced in the years 1964–1975 and it seemed the wisest choice. It assumed to build a multi‑ethnic society, respecting everyone’s roots and traditions, culture and language that the immigrants brought with them and providing the opportunity to cultivate these values in the country of residence. These rules have created the foundations of modern Swedish immigration policy.},
doi = {10.4467/23916001HG.14.012.2677},
url = {https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-historica-gedanensia/artykul/polityka-wladz-szwedzkich-wobec-imigrantow-w-latach-1945-1994}
}