Multiculturalism and Policymaking : A comparative study of Danish and Swedish cultural policies since 1969

This master’s thesis deals with the cultural diversity policies of Denmark and Sweden within the cultural sector. It attempts at explaining why these two “most-similar” scandinavian countries having in common the same cultural model, “the architect model”, opted for different policies when it came to cultural diversity: Assimilationism for Denmark and multiculturalism for Sweden. I show that though institutional and power-interest factors had an impact, ideas as “programmatic beliefs” (Sheri E. Berman 2001) or “frames” (Erik Bleich 2003) played the ultimate role. I evaluate their relative importance by analyzing the anthropological dimension of the countries cultural policies since 1969. The study confirms that at least in the cultural sector, Danish policies have been assimilationist and Swedish ones multiculturalist and proposes a new classification of terms.By investigating immigrants cultures, it fills a gap left by previous researchers working on a common Nordic cultural model.

Competitive Solar Heating Systems for Residential Buildings (REBUS)

Research on solar combisystems for the Nordic and Baltic countries have been carriedout. The aim was to develop competitive solar combisystems which are attractive tobuyers and to educate experts in the solar heating field.The participants of the projects were the universities: Technical University of Denmark,Dalarna University, University of Oslo, Riga Technical University and Lund Institute ofTechnology, as well as the companies: Metro Therm A/S (Denmark), Velux A/S(Denmark), Solentek AB (Sweden), SolarNor (Norway) and SIA Grandeg (Latvia).The project included education, research, development and demonstration. Theactivities started in 2003 and were finished by the end of 2006. A number of Ph.D.studies in Denmark, Sweden and Latvia, and a post-doc. study in Norway were carriedout. Close cooperation between the researchers and the industry partners ensured thatthe results of the projects can be utilized. The industry partners will soon be able tobring the developed systems into the market.In Denmark and Norway the research and development focused on solarheating/natural gas systems, and in Sweden and Latvia the focus was on solarheating/pellet systems. Additionally, Lund Institute of Technology and University ofOslo studied solar collectors of various types being integrated into the building.

Jämförelse av europeiska fotbollsklubbars logotyper : En visuell innehållsanalys

Sedan fotbollens början 1863 har sporten idag vuxit till en mångmiljardindustri. Detta innebär att klubbarna framställs mer som företag där den visuella identiteten är en viktig faktor när det kommer till marknadsföring. Syftet med denna studie är att jämföra 98 europeiska fotbollsklubbars logotyper från fem olika ligor för att hitta samband och skillnader i utformningen mellan länder och ligor. Resultatet sammanfattades i form av generiska logotyper för respektive liga. De 98 klubbarna hämtades ur de fem europeiska ligor som 2014 hade störst tv-intäkter. Logotyperna samlades in genom bildsökningar via Google. Logotyperna sorterades efter respektive liga och överskådades för att definiera lämpliga kategorier för en visuell innehållsanalys. Den visuella innehållsanalysen visade att ligorna skiljer sig något vad beträffar logotypernas utformning, men att de har vissa gemensamma grundläggande drag.