MedborgarskapskursenGlossary · Chapter 10: Sweden's modern history
informationssamhälle
Swedish word. In English: information society
A society where knowledge, information and technology matter most to the economy.
Facts about the word
- From the mid-1970s the industrial society changed into an information and knowledge society. The change was first felt as an economic crisis. Sverige i fokus s. 37
- In the information society people needed more education. Universities and colleges were expanded and more people studied for longer than before. Sverige i fokus s. 37
- Sweden has today developed into a high-tech information society, where digital technology and contacts with the whole world are part of everyday life. Sverige i fokus s. 38
Page references are to UHR's study material Sverige i fokus.
Try the word in a sentence
Only one of the sentences uses the word correctly. Which one?
The information society emerged from the mid-1970s and is built on knowledge and technology. The agricultural society came much earlier.
The word belongs to Chapter 10: Sweden's modern history in Sverige i fokus, with the full context and practice questions.