This article investigates the formation and use of the notion of the ancient origins of Swedish democracy before the Second World War. A commonplace of the early rhetoric on the ancient origins of Swedish democracy was its reference to an anti-aristocratic tradition, despite the variety of political positions that the rhetoric served. It was the leitmotif of the first sporadic notions of a democratic past in the 18th century, it was the main topic of the romantic idealisation of a coalition between the monarch and the peasants, and it served as an argument in struggles over suffrage reforms and parliamentary government. When parliamentary democracy was institutionally established, the ‘aristocracy’ lost its central place in the rhetoric of a Swedish democratic tradition. At the same time, the notion of a coalition between the people and the monarch was revised to a more non-specific notion of the common interest between the people and the government. In the context of the rise of totalitarianism, a ‘Swedish’ and ‘Nordic’ democratic tradition was employed as a rhetorical means of defending existing political institutions in the country.

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“瑞典民主”的形成：反贵族、保皇、改革和模范

本文调查了二战前瑞典民主的古老起源概念的形成和使用。关于瑞典民主的古老起源的早期修辞的一个普遍现象是它提到了反贵族传统，尽管这种修辞所服务的政治立场多种多样。它是 18 世纪民主历史的第一个零星概念的主旨，它是君主与农民联盟浪漫理想化的主要话题，它是关于选举权改革和议会制斗争的论据。政府。当议会民主在制度上建立起来时，“贵族”在瑞典民主传统的修辞中失去了其中心地位。同时，人民与君主联合的概念被修改为一个更非具体的人民与政府之间共同利益的概念。在极权主义兴起的背景下，“瑞典”和“北欧”民主传统被用作捍卫该国现有政治制度的修辞手段。