Föreliggande studie söker utröna vad som konstituerade den laestadianska ungdomsväckelsen i Sverige 1970-1978. Studien tar ett perspektiv inifrån väckelsen, och bygger på i första hand på ett antal kvalitativa intervjuer med centrala personer i väckelsen. Dessa intervjuer har utförts enligt en intervjuguide, där frågorna kretsat runt ett antal centrala kriterier för hur väckelsens konstituerande element ska upptäckas. Kriterierna vilar i sin tur på teorier runt väckelsebegreppet. Studien finner att väckelsen kan sägas ha varit en inom-laestadiansk akademisk väckelse med vissa karismatiska drag.

Research regarding the maintenance of the Sami language shows that the Swedish society has a big influence on the development of the Sami identity and also the maintenance of the Sami language. The assimilation of the Sami language and the traditional Sami religion was forced mainly by the Swedish education form and the Swedish church. In modern times many different forms of Sami identities have been developed due to the scattering of the Sami people, and also because of the urbanization of the Swedish society. The Sami nature religion is still alive in the Sami group, thanks to the mythological stories told and preserved by their oral  tradition. The purpose of this assignment was to make research of how the Sami identity is being presented in three current Swedish books.