There have been debates on the big differences in mathematics knowledge concerning pupils in Sweden and Finland. Especially, one common issue in the discussions of education is the Pisa test results, which take up in the media. In the Pisa research the Finnish pupils get through well year after year. Because of the discussions about the distinct school systems in Sweden and Finland, I found it interesting to investigate the divergence of the curriculums in these two countries. The main research questions asked were, what are the main differences and similarities in the Swedish and Finnish curriculums in primary school? Such as, is the assignment of primary school similar in Sweden and Finland?In my study I analyzed and compared by means of the curriculum especially mathe-matics teaching in primary schools in grade three in Sweden and in grade two Fin-land.

The aim of this study is to make a comparative study between the grievances during the Dacke Warand the German Peasant´s War. These two conflicts may have occurred separately, regarding bothgeographical and chronological distances but also share common issues for this comparative study.Less than two decades separates these two conflicts and they were all by their own serious insurrectionsduring their time. While the German Peasant´s War was the greatest uprising in Europe up tothe French Revolution, the Dacke War was the biggest Peasant Rebellion in Scandinavian history.While the German Peasant War has been studied and researched by historians for a relative longtime, the Dacke War has been neglected in research history. If it were not for the Swedish professorLars-Olof Larsson?s studies during foremost in the 1960s, the Dacke War would have been a historicallyuncharted territory of research indeed.

Sverige och Finland har tillsammans med övriga nordiska länder en gemensam värdegemenskap. Detta innebär att vi delar och värnar om gemensamma värden, exempelvis demokrati och mänskliga rättigheter. Att vi även delar en liknande historia, språk och kultur gör att det funnits goda förutsättningar för samarbete. Även om de nordiska länderna är lika ur många aspekter, så finns det ändå vissa skillnader. Denna studie syftar till att påvisa likheter och skillnader mellan svensk och finsk försvars- och säkerhetspolitik med avstamp ur deras senaste försvarspropositioner som för svensk del utgavs 2009 och för Finland 2012.

During the twenty-first century the price of forest land in Sweden has increased heavily. Buying forest land has become more common and the stakeholders have grown in number. The countries around Sweden have through the globalization become connected in the market of round wood and wood products. The price of forest land and round wood are also close connected. The goal with this report is to make a comparison of forest land prices between Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Estonia and Latvia and to see how the prices have developed in the period 2000-2011. The prime factor in the comparison, except the direct price difference between the countries, is the round wood prices. The round wood prices give information about the economic situation in the countries and play an important role in the return on the forest land. The prices of forest land shifts heavily between the countries.

Syftet med arbetet var att jämföra den svenska och den finländska musikskolan i fråga om elevurval och progression, och att beskriva musikskolelärares attityder till dessa frågor. Detta gjordes genom enkäter till två musikskolor i Sverige och tre i Finland, och genom intervjuer av två musiklärare från vardera land. Resultatet visade på skillnader i styrramarna för musikskolan, och att de svenska musiklärarna i högre grad lade tyngdpunkten på elevens personliga utveckling, medan de finländska betonade musikkunskaper mer. Intervjuerna visade trots allt liknande åsikter i de två länderna, det är mer de yttre förutsättningarna som skiljer dem åt..

Intresset av att studera Finland har sin grund i det senaste decenniets PISAresultat. Finland har nått toppresultat i samtliga tre kunskapsområdenmatematik, naturkunskap och läsförståelse hos 15-°©??åriga elever. Jag villeundersöka hur lärare i Sverige och Sverige uppfattar sin undervisning,eftersom barns första kontakter med skriftspråket och den inledandeläsinlärningen spelar stor roll för hur barnens läsning kommer att utvecklasunder skoltiden. Jag använde mig av två enkäter när jag undersökte hur femsvenska och fem finlandssvenska lärare uppfattar att de arbetat med läs-??? ochskrivutveckling under elevernas första skolår.

Uppstatsens huvudsyfte är att försöka finna tänkbara förklaringar till varför grundskoleelever i Finland presterar bättre i internationella kunskapsmätningar än svenska elever. Genom en jämförande fallstudie, av typen mest lika design, där alternativa förklaringar utesluts genom att de förekommer i båda utbildningssystemen isoleras effekten av den avsedda förklaringsvariabeln. Förutsättningarna för ledarskapet på olika nivåer inom utbildningssystemen utgör variabeln som avser förklara resultatskillnaden mellan Sverige och Finland i internationella kunskapsmätningar. Ledarskapet delas upp i kategorierna förvaltningsmodell, utvärdering, decentralisering och professionen. Varje kategori operationaliseras och undersöks separat inom båda utbildningssystemen.

Declining union memberships are a fact in both Sweden and Finland. At the same time, the autonomous labour market parties and the high membership rates are the most significant factors for the two countries compared to Europe and the rest of the world. These two factors have in turn been developed and strengthened since the beginning of the twentieth century. By autonomous labour market parties I refer to the fact that the labour market parties themselves through collective bargaining are agreeing on the labour market conditions, without interference from the government.This paper is therefore taking it's stance in the question of what happens with the autonomous labour market parties when the membership rates are in decline. With this in mind, this paper describes the judicial development, the collective agreement and labour market structures, the legal consequences of collective agreements and the opportunities of industrial and sympathy action in both Sweden and Finland. The two countries' systems of labour law have caught some negative attention, hence two of the most discussed cases of recent years are given some attention as well. The collective judicial conditions are very similar in both Sweden and Finland regarding the labour market main actors' collaboration, the collective agreement structures and legal consequences and the opportunities of industrial and sympathy action.

I uppsatsen analyseras svenska översättningar av amerikanska rocktexter. Studien belyser hur texterna förändras i översättningarna gällande bildspråk, tematik och struktur. Uppsatsen undersöker också utbyten av kulturella koder och diskuterar hur stor tolkningsfrihet översättare av rocklyrik har..

This paper is written as an examination paper at the University of Jönköping. The subject is chosen by Peab Sweden in Jönköping with whom further cooperation has been hold. The aim is to compare building methods and building materials in Sweden, Finland and Germany for further inspiration for Peab?s own market.BackgroundThe development of the construction industry develops new materials and methods to the market which has been forced by shorter construction times and the environment aspect. To pursue the development, further knowledge exchange should exist between the countries.

This essay in economic geography describes what intra-firm trade as a concept is and different ways to determine in which cases trade is to be labeled as intra-firm trade (IFT) or not. The method used by the author is most easily described as descriptive. This method was chosen in order to test if existing theories; classic and neoclassic economics, new trade theory and international business studies, are capable to explain the phenomena of IFT. The theories are tested trough primary and secondary literature but also trough reasoning by the author.The conclusion is that the most reasonable way to determine whether trade occurs intra-firm or not, is to decide upon a 5-% rule where it when one part owns 5-% of the voting strength in the other company is to be considered intra-firm trade. This is a conclusion based on several reasons; the strongest one being that a common view on IFT could boost comparative studies as the U.S already collects data based on the 5-% rule.Classic and neoclassic economics are incapable of explaining IFT as aprerequisite for these theories is that markets are perfect.

The aim of this paper is to perform a comparative study between the photography?s of Leila Khaled and Shirin Neshat in order to observe if the woman are able to recede from an conventional formation to become the bearer of the veil and not only reduced to that whichneeds to be concealed. From a feministic perspective I have observed how the symbolic of the veil moulds the woman and how the woman in her context moulds the veil.In the description of the news photography of Khaled and the art photography produced by Neshat the mechanisms that lies as a foundation for the modelling of the portraits becomesthe essays primary entrance. Mechanisms that evolve around the creation of the woman as aconcept, a subject shaped for being looked at and the woman?s self-image through others.The textual discourse is visually enhanced through a comparative picture material visually enhanced and explained through photographs by the contemporary artist photographers Cindy Sherman, Catherine Opie, Laurie Simmons, Robert Mapplethorpe and Elin Berge.

The purpose of this Bachelor?s thesis is to explore the useability of bibliometric analysis on scientists of the humanities. This is accomplished by doing a case study on philosopher Slavoj ?i?ek. The work process and the results the case study is able to produce and the limits of these results are then analysed and discussed.In the case study all scientific articles in English published 1987-2010 citing ?i?ek were analysed.

Den 1 januari 2012 sänktes den svenska mervärdesskatten på restaurang- och cateringtjänster med 13 procentenheter. Liknande åtgärder genomfördes i Frankrike 2009 samt i Belgien och Finland 2010. Det främsta politiska syftet med momssänkningarna har uppgetts vara den positiva effekten på sysselsättningen. Denna uppsats utvärderar styrkan i detta påstående för Frankrike, Belgien och Finland. Med hjälp av data från Eurostat analyseras sysselsättningsutvecklingen i restaurangbranschen med hjälp av hotellbranschen som referenspunkt.

Existing studies concerning private labels are unclear as to whether private label manufacturers carry out product development themselves. Furthermore, there is a lack of studies comparing product development processes in private label companies and national brand manufacturers. This study highlights a set of critical product development factors and assesses their prevalence in four different companies in the Swedish retail business. The study is based on a number of qualitative interviews with key personnel responsible for various table fats. Findings indicate two levels of involvement in the product development process on the private label side.