Reflection from Sweden

Here is a reflection from one of our students about their work with the project

More then 200 years of peace

Sweden has a world record in peace, last time we were belligerent was in 1814. Although we have been close to war at a few occasions. We have studied three of these problems and have discussed why they didn’t lead to war or revolutions.  Our conclusions are that with democracy, equality and compromising we’ve been able to solve these complications. The belligerent parties have been able to agree of an essential goal, to avoid any problems. Once you have agreed on those terms it becomes easier to find a solution on the problem you’ve faced. Another thing we’ve learned is to be critical and that you must remember that while Sweden created a more equal society, there were groups who wasn’t under a long time allowed to take part of the same rights, for example our native people, the Sami. While we were atpeace we were still selling weapons to belligerent countries. It feels like we’ve found good principles for making peace, even though these principles haven’t included everyone in both Sweden and people in other countries.