MedborgarskapskursenGlossary · Chapter 10: Sweden's modern history
miljonprogrammet
Swedish word. In English: the Million Programme
The state's plan in the 1960s to build a million homes in ten years.
Facts about the word
- The rapid move to the cities created a housing shortage. To solve the problem, the state started the Million Programme in the 1960s. Sverige i fokus s. 36
- The goal was to build a million homes in ten years. Sverige i fokus s. 36
- New housing areas grew up in the suburbs of the cities. There the flats were larger and more modern than in the city centres, and there were shops, healthcare and schools. Sverige i fokus s. 36
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 Million Programme was the state's plan to build a million homes in ten years. It was not a TV show and had nothing to do with emigration.
The word belongs to Chapter 10: Sweden's modern history in Sverige i fokus, with the full context and practice questions.