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Glossary · Chapter 10: Sweden's modern history

industrialisering

Swedish word. In English: industrialisation

When a country moves from farming to factories and industry, and many people move from the countryside to the towns.

Facts about the word

  • Sweden industrialised late, at the end of the 19th century, based on forests, iron and hydropower.
  • During the same period more than a million Swedes emigrated, most of them to North America.
  • Industrialisation led to trade unions, popular movements and demands for the right to vote.

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The word belongs to Chapter 10: Sweden's modern history in Sverige i fokus, with the full context and practice questions.

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