English in contemporary Sweden : perceptions, policies, and narrated practices by Bolton, Kingsley, Meierkord, Christiane

“…The passing of the Swedish Language Act of 2009 followed debates in academia and the media which not infrequently characterised English as a major threat to the survival of Swedish. …”
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Helsinki or Helsingfors? Jean Sibelius and the stage by Bullock, PR

“…This chapter examines Helsinki’s status as the Finnish capital under the period of Russian rule (1808–1917) and in the first decade of independence, exploring the parallel histories of its Finnish- and Swedish-language institutions. Challenging accounts that have emphasised national Romanticism, a search for self-determination and a rejection of Russian influence as decisive aspects of Finnish nineteenth-century culture, it foregrounds instead cosmopolitanism and linguistic hybridity as key facets of the city’s make-up. …”