Eugenics & the Welfare State
Sterilization Policy in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, & Finland
1996
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The history of sterilization in the Nordic countries shows the interaction between science, political ideology, and the development of social policy.
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Author
Gunnar Broberg
Author · 4 books
Gunnar Broberg (born 1942) is since 1990 Professor in History of Science and Ideas at Lund University, Sweden. Among other writings, Prof. Broberg has written about the compulsory sterilization activities in Sweden and about the scientist Carl Linnaeus. In 2005 he was elected Chair of the Royal Humanistic Scientific Society in Lund (Kungliga Humanistiska Vetenskapssamfundet i Lund). He was the editor of the book Gyllene äpplen (Golden apples), which won the August Prize (Augustpriset) in 1992
