Merethe Roos, Ph.D. (2010), University of South-Eastern Norway, is Professor of History at that university. She has published monographs, anthologies and a number of articles on 18th and 19th century, including Enlightened Preaching. Balthasar Münter's authorship 1772–1793 (Brill, 2013).Kjell Lars Berge, Dr.Art. (1995), University of Oslo, is Professor of Textual Studies at the Department of Linguistic and Scandinavian Studies. He has published monographs, and many articles in fields as text linguistics, literacy and writing research, rhetoric, and text historical studies.Henrik Edgren, Ph.D. (2005), Uppsala University, is Associate Professor in the History education at the Department of Education. Edgren’ s main research area is patriotism and nationalism in 19th century Nordic textbooks.Pirjo Hiidenmaa, Ph.D. (1959), University of Helsinki, is Professor of Non-Fiction Literature. She has published articles and books on Finnish language, especially text and discourse analysis and literacy education.Christina Matthiesen, Ph.D. (2013), University of Copenhagen, is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric. She has published work on education and rhetoric in Scandinavia and internationally, and contributed to journals such as Advances in the History of Rhetoric.

• List of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroductionMerethe Roos and Kjell Lars BergePART 1: The Reformation and Its AftermathIntroduction to Part 1: The Reformation and Its AftermathHenrik Edgren1 Teaching and Educational Reforms in Denmark and Norway c. 1500–1750Morten Fink-Jensen2 Latin, Protestantism and Moral Conduct: Textbooks in Sweden in the Era of ReformationAxel Hörstedt3 Literacy, Schooling and the Role of Common People in the Educational Field in Finland in the Eighteenth CenturyTuija LainePART 2: The EnlightenmentIntroduction to Part 2: The EnlightenmentHenrik Edgren4 Anticipating Reforms and Changes: Control, Representation and Participation in Textbooks in Denmark-Norway in the Late 18th Century: Balthasar Münter and Johann Andreas CramerMerethe Roos5 Using Textbooks to Constitute a Nation: On Ove Høegh-Guldberg’s Textbook Reforms in 18th Century Denmark-NorwayKjell Lars Berge6 Arguing for a Modern Subject: The Debate about Science Teaching in Swedish Grammar Schools in the Early 19th CenturyPeter BernhardssonPART 3: The Growth of Nationalism and the Formation of DemocracyIntroduction to Part 3: The Growth of Nationalism and the Formation of DemocracyHenrik Edgren7 Writing in the Sand: The Impact of the Monitorial System on the Spread of Literacy in Sweden Prior to the School Act of 1842Esbjörn Larsson8 Politics, Catechisms and Democracy: Political Strife, Popular Power and Enlightenment in Norway 1814–1840Marthe Hommerstad9 Patriotism and Civic Identity in Swedish and Finnish School Readersafter 1860Henrik Edgren10 Here Be Vikings: Ethno-National Narratives in Late Nineteenth Century Norwegian TextbooksKarl Christian Alvestad11 Patriotism, Discipline and Joy in Early Nordic School SongbooksRagnhild Elisabeth Lund and Johan Laurits Tønnesson12 Nation, Nature and Industry: Civic Ideals and National Consciousness in Nordahl Rolfsen’s Lesebok for folkeskolenTuva Skjelbred NodelandPART 4: The Formation of the Welfare StateIntroduction to Part 4: The Formation of the Welfare StateHenrik Edgren13 Democratising Aristocracy: Rhetorics and Politics in Norwegian Literary Histories through the 20th CenturyMads B. Claudi14 Controlling Masses, Unfolding Individual Potentials, and Enabling Cooperative Participation: Physical Education in Germany and the Nordic CountriesKerstin Bornholdt15 From Fresh Air and Sunbathing to Wildlife and Snow Caves: ‘Friluftsliv’ in Norwegian Primary Schools, 1939–1980Kari Anne Jørgensen-Vittersø16 Sex Education in the 1950s: Reproduction, Family and the StateKari Hernæs Nordberg17 The Rise of the Finnish Comprehensive School in the 1960 and 1970s: The Same School for AllJanne VarjoPART 5: Globalisation and DigitalisationIntroduction to Part 5: Globalisation and DigitalisationHenrik Edgren18 Learning Materials between Didactic Potential and Control: The Danish Teacher as Inscribed in and Mediator of the Learning MaterialStig Toke Gissel and Thomas Illum Hansen19 Textbooks: Paving the Way from Church Schools to PISA Success in FinlandPirjo Hiidenmaa20 Gold to Salto: Critical Literacy in a BELMA-Awarded Textbook in Norwegian Language ArtsHenriette Siljan and Eva Maagerø21 The Question of Dialogue in Danish: Representations of Argumentation in Curricula and Textbooks from the Perspectives of Isocrates, Grundtvigand KierkegaardChristina Matthiesen22 Representations of the Alta-Kautokeino Conflict in Nordic TextbooksNorunn AskelandIndex

Merethe Roos, Ph.D. (2010), University of South-Eastern Norway, is Professor of History at that university. She has published monographs, anthologies and a number of articles on 18th and 19th century, including Enlightened Preaching. Balthasar Münter's authorship 1772–1793 (Brill, 2013).Kjell Lars Berge, Dr.Art. (1995), University of Oslo, is Professor of Textual Studies at the Department of Linguistic and Scandinavian Studies. He has published monographs, and many articles in fields as text linguistics, literacy and writing research, rhetoric, and text historical studies.Henrik Edgren, Ph.D. (2005), Uppsala University, is Associate Professor in the History education at the Department of Education. Edgren’ s main research area is patriotism and nationalism in 19th century Nordic textbooks.Pirjo Hiidenmaa, Ph.D. (1959), University of Helsinki, is Professor of Non-Fiction Literature. She has published articles and books on Finnish language, especially text and discourse analysis and literacy education.Christina Matthiesen, Ph.D. (2013), University of Copenhagen, is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric. She has published work on education and rhetoric in Scandinavia and internationally, and contributed to journals such as Advances in the History of Rhetoric.

• List of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroductionMerethe Roos and Kjell Lars BergePART 1: The Reformation and Its AftermathIntroduction to Part 1: The Reformation and Its AftermathHenrik Edgren1 Teaching and Educational Reforms in Denmark and Norway c. 1500–1750Morten Fink-Jensen2 Latin, Protestantism and Moral Conduct: Textbooks in Sweden in the Era of ReformationAxel Hörstedt3 Literacy, Schooling and the Role of Common People in the Educational Field in Finland in the Eighteenth CenturyTuija LainePART 2: The EnlightenmentIntroduction to Part 2: The EnlightenmentHenrik Edgren4 Anticipating Reforms and Changes: Control, Representation and Participation in Textbooks in Denmark-Norway in the Late 18th Century: Balthasar Münter and Johann Andreas CramerMerethe Roos5 Using Textbooks to Constitute a Nation: On Ove Høegh-Guldberg’s Textbook Reforms in 18th Century Denmark-NorwayKjell Lars Berge6 Arguing for a Modern Subject: The Debate about Science Teaching in Swedish Grammar Schools in the Early 19th CenturyPeter BernhardssonPART 3: The Growth of Nationalism and the Formation of DemocracyIntroduction to Part 3: The Growth of Nationalism and the Formation of DemocracyHenrik Edgren7 Writing in the Sand: The Impact of the Monitorial System on the Spread of Literacy in Sweden Prior to the School Act of 1842Esbjörn Larsson8 Politics, Catechisms and Democracy: Political Strife, Popular Power and Enlightenment in Norway 1814–1840Marthe Hommerstad9 Patriotism and Civic Identity in Swedish and Finnish School Readersafter 1860Henrik Edgren10 Here Be Vikings: Ethno-National Narratives in Late Nineteenth Century Norwegian TextbooksKarl Christian Alvestad11 Patriotism, Discipline and Joy in Early Nordic School SongbooksRagnhild Elisabeth Lund and Johan Laurits Tønnesson12 Nation, Nature and Industry: Civic Ideals and National Consciousness in Nordahl Rolfsen’s Lesebok for folkeskolenTuva Skjelbred NodelandPART 4: The Formation of the Welfare StateIntroduction to Part 4: The Formation of the Welfare StateHenrik Edgren13 Democratising Aristocracy: Rhetorics and Politics in Norwegian Literary Histories through the 20th CenturyMads B. Claudi14 Controlling Masses, Unfolding Individual Potentials, and Enabling Cooperative Participation: Physical Education in Germany and the Nordic CountriesKerstin Bornholdt15 From Fresh Air and Sunbathing to Wildlife and Snow Caves: ‘Friluftsliv’ in Norwegian Primary Schools, 1939–1980Kari Anne Jørgensen-Vittersø16 Sex Education in the 1950s: Reproduction, Family and the StateKari Hernæs Nordberg17 The Rise of the Finnish Comprehensive School in the 1960 and 1970s: The Same School for AllJanne VarjoPART 5: Globalisation and DigitalisationIntroduction to Part 5: Globalisation and DigitalisationHenrik Edgren18 Learning Materials between Didactic Potential and Control: The Danish Teacher as Inscribed in and Mediator of the Learning MaterialStig Toke Gissel and Thomas Illum Hansen19 Textbooks: Paving the Way from Church Schools to PISA Success in FinlandPirjo Hiidenmaa20 Gold to Salto: Critical Literacy in a BELMA-Awarded Textbook in Norwegian Language ArtsHenriette Siljan and Eva Maagerø21 The Question of Dialogue in Danish: Representations of Argumentation in Curricula and Textbooks from the Perspectives of Isocrates, Grundtvigand KierkegaardChristina Matthiesen22 Representations of the Alta-Kautokeino Conflict in Nordic TextbooksNorunn AskelandIndex

Merethe Roos, Ph.D. (2010), University of South-Eastern Norway, is Professor of History at that university. She has published monographs, anthologies and a number of articles on 18th and 19th century, including Enlightened Preaching. Balthasar Münter's authorship 1772–1793 (Brill, 2013).Kjell Lars Berge, Dr.Art. (1995), University of Oslo, is Professor of Textual Studies at the Department of Linguistic and Scandinavian Studies. He has published monographs, and many articles in fields as text linguistics, literacy and writing research, rhetoric, and text historical studies.Henrik Edgren, Ph.D. (2005), Uppsala University, is Associate Professor in the History education at the Department of Education. Edgren’ s main research area is patriotism and nationalism in 19th century Nordic textbooks.Pirjo Hiidenmaa, Ph.D. (1959), University of Helsinki, is Professor of Non-Fiction Literature. She has published articles and books on Finnish language, especially text and discourse analysis and literacy education.Christina Matthiesen, Ph.D. (2013), University of Copenhagen, is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric. She has published work on education and rhetoric in Scandinavia and internationally, and contributed to journals such as Advances in the History of Rhetoric.

• List of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroductionMerethe Roos and Kjell Lars BergePART 1: The Reformation and Its AftermathIntroduction to Part 1: The Reformation and Its AftermathHenrik Edgren1 Teaching and Educational Reforms in Denmark and Norway c. 1500–1750Morten Fink-Jensen2 Latin, Protestantism and Moral Conduct: Textbooks in Sweden in the Era of ReformationAxel Hörstedt3 Literacy, Schooling and the Role of Common People in the Educational Field in Finland in the Eighteenth CenturyTuija LainePART 2: The EnlightenmentIntroduction to Part 2: The EnlightenmentHenrik Edgren4 Anticipating Reforms and Changes: Control, Representation and Participation in Textbooks in Denmark-Norway in the Late 18th Century: Balthasar Münter and Johann Andreas CramerMerethe Roos5 Using Textbooks to Constitute a Nation: On Ove Høegh-Guldberg’s Textbook Reforms in 18th Century Denmark-NorwayKjell Lars Berge6 Arguing for a Modern Subject: The Debate about Science Teaching in Swedish Grammar Schools in the Early 19th CenturyPeter BernhardssonPART 3: The Growth of Nationalism and the Formation of DemocracyIntroduction to Part 3: The Growth of Nationalism and the Formation of DemocracyHenrik Edgren7 Writing in the Sand: The Impact of the Monitorial System on the Spread of Literacy in Sweden Prior to the School Act of 1842Esbjörn Larsson8 Politics, Catechisms and Democracy: Political Strife, Popular Power and Enlightenment in Norway 1814–1840Marthe Hommerstad9 Patriotism and Civic Identity in Swedish and Finnish School Readersafter 1860Henrik Edgren10 Here Be Vikings: Ethno-National Narratives in Late Nineteenth Century Norwegian TextbooksKarl Christian Alvestad11 Patriotism, Discipline and Joy in Early Nordic School SongbooksRagnhild Elisabeth Lund and Johan Laurits Tønnesson12 Nation, Nature and Industry: Civic Ideals and National Consciousness in Nordahl Rolfsen’s Lesebok for folkeskolenTuva Skjelbred NodelandPART 4: The Formation of the Welfare StateIntroduction to Part 4: The Formation of the Welfare StateHenrik Edgren13 Democratising Aristocracy: Rhetorics and Politics in Norwegian Literary Histories through the 20th CenturyMads B. Claudi14 Controlling Masses, Unfolding Individual Potentials, and Enabling Cooperative Participation: Physical Education in Germany and the Nordic CountriesKerstin Bornholdt15 From Fresh Air and Sunbathing to Wildlife and Snow Caves: ‘Friluftsliv’ in Norwegian Primary Schools, 1939–1980Kari Anne Jørgensen-Vittersø16 Sex Education in the 1950s: Reproduction, Family and the StateKari Hernæs Nordberg17 The Rise of the Finnish Comprehensive School in the 1960 and 1970s: The Same School for AllJanne VarjoPART 5: Globalisation and DigitalisationIntroduction to Part 5: Globalisation and DigitalisationHenrik Edgren18 Learning Materials between Didactic Potential and Control: The Danish Teacher as Inscribed in and Mediator of the Learning MaterialStig Toke Gissel and Thomas Illum Hansen19 Textbooks: Paving the Way from Church Schools to PISA Success in FinlandPirjo Hiidenmaa20 Gold to Salto: Critical Literacy in a BELMA-Awarded Textbook in Norwegian Language ArtsHenriette Siljan and Eva Maagerø21 The Question of Dialogue in Danish: Representations of Argumentation in Curricula and Textbooks from the Perspectives of Isocrates, Grundtvigand KierkegaardChristina Matthiesen22 Representations of the Alta-Kautokeino Conflict in Nordic TextbooksNorunn AskelandIndex