What is Folkhemmet?
[[File:Per Albin Hansson, statsminister, porträttbild 1935.jpg|thumb|right|240px|[[Per Albin Hansson]].]] '''Folkhemmet''' (literally, '''People's Home''') is a political term in [[Swedish language|Swedish]]. It was first used by [[Rudolf Kjellén]] in the early 20th century. It was adopted by the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party]] in the 1920s. On 18 January 1928, Swedish social democrat [[Per Albin Hansson]] delivered a speech including the word.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/kronikorer/olle-lonnaeus/i-valkampen-blir-alla-folkhemskramare/|title=I valkampen blir alla folkhemskramare|publisher=Sydsvenskan|language=Swedish|author=Olle Lönnaeus|date=21 September 2009|accessdate=1 August 2015|archive-date=6 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306064926/http://www.sydsvenskan.se/kronikorer/olle-lonnaeus/i-valkampen-blir-alla-folkhemskramare/|url-status=dead}}</ref> His meaning referred to equality and cooperation. The speech made the term popular. Nowadays the term may not only refer to Per Albin Hansson's visions but also works as a poetic name for the Swedish [[welfare state]]. ==Popular culture== *[[Magnus Uggla]] recorded the album ''[[Välkommen till folkhemmet]]'' in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001889162|title=Välkommen till folkhemmet|publisher=Svensk mediedatabas|language=Swedish|date=1983|accessdate=24 August 2011}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Folkhemmet}} [[Category:20th century in Sweden]] [[Category:Politics of Sweden]] {{politics-stub}}