During the last ten- fifteen years the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) population in southern Sweden has increased considerably. This area has a high density of both people and roads and have a higher roe deer (main prey of lynx) density than the rest of the country. Movement patterns such as how long animals utilize their kills and how far they travel from their kills between revisits is unknown for lynx in southern Sweden. The aim of this study was to examine how different factors affected the time lynx used their kills and the distances they travelled from the kill between revisits. The data was prepared and calculated using ArcGIS and the study is based on 98 ungulate kills and 12 lynx individuals.

The wild boar (Sus scrofa L.) has expanded across Europe and Sweden in the last decades. It is a generalist species which utilizes a variety of habitats, and its presence has been shown to have both positive and negative effects for people and the landscape they are in. The abundance and increase of wild boar has previously been shown to differ between counties in Sweden, but there have been few explanations as to why. In this study, I investigated correlations between the per capita rate of change (r) among wild boar populations in Sweden and a variety of different habitats on the county level. I also investigated if fragmentation per se or in certain habitats could be associated with the wild boar?s per capita rate of change. My results show that fragmentation/diversity per se was not correlated with wild boar r.

På Åland lever i dag människor från ett tjugotal olika länder. De bär med sig sin kultur, och även om de inte aktivt utövar den, också sin religion. Jag blev nyfiken på huruvida den åländska skolans tillämpning av de normativa texter som grundskolelagen och läroplanen utgör, appellerar till dagens verklighet, som den uttrycks i den offentliga debatten i medier och hos allmänheten.I augusti 2003 fick Finland en ny religionsfrihetslag, den tidigare daterade sig till 1922. Målet med den nya lagen är att alla religiösa samfund i Finland skall vara jämlika och autonoma. Till samfundsstatusen är kopplad en statlig garanti om undervisning i den egna religionen.

Denna uppsats tar sitt avstamp i de nya svenska kursplanerna för religionskunskap som trädde i kraft år 2011. Här fick kristendomen behålla sin särställning gentemot de andra världsreligionerna trots att skolverkets förslag såg annorlunda ut. Blickar man utanför Sveriges gränser kan man se att trots att landet delar en stor del av sin utveckling med Finland och Norge finns det stora skillnader i religionsundervisningen. Uppsatsens syftar således till att jämföra de tre ländernas kursplaner i religionskunskap för grundskolan och gymnasiet med fokus på kristendomens ställning och det pluralistiska samhället. Här blir frågan om ländernas religiösa situationer (i denna uppsats går detta under benämningen religiösa kartor) central.

Studiens syfte är att undersöka kunskaperna i plangeometri hos elever på samhällsvetenskapliga och naturvetenskapliga programmen.  Elevernas kunskaper kartläggs med ett kunskapstest, och detta kunskapstest genomförs även i två gymnasieklasser i Finland. De finska eleverna inkluderas för att bidra med ett internationellt perspektiv på de svenska elevernas resultat. Elevsvaren bedöms med hjälp av van Hieles teori om kunskapsutveckling. Resultaten visar att eleverna klarar av att utföra de beräkningarna som krävs, men att det saknas en djupare förståelse för geometri, speciellt inom området area. Jämförelsen mellan de finska och de svenska eleverna visar att det inte finns någon större skillnad mellan eleverna. .

The purpose of this study was to highlight LGBT asylum-seekers experiences of expressing their sexual identity or gender identity in the country of origin and in the asylum process in Sweden. By interviewing people who got permanent residence in Sweden because of gender or sexual orientation in Utlänningslagen (2005:716) we have been able to explore their own experiences from expressing themselves. This study analyse these experiences from a social psychological perspective, from this analysis we aimed to obtain a deeper understanding of how the experiences from the country of origin affects on the experiences in the asylum process. This study shows that LGBT asylum-seekers often is facing negative reactions from the environment in the country of origin, these reactions can limit their possibilities to express their sexual identity or gender identity in the asylum process in Sweden. The negative reactions they experience in the country of origin have contributed to that many LGBT people internalize feelings of fear to express themselves, feelings that often stays when they come to Sweden to seek asylum.

The brown bear population in Alberta, Canada has been decreasing, while the Swedish has been increasing and all the affecting parameters are not known. This study examined the difference in these populations to see if an explanation could be found in differences between the forest management. The aim of the paper was to see if stand treatments had an influence of brown bears habitat selection in autumn in Sweden and how the results can be used in Alberta. This was done by analyzing bear positions in Sweden with forest data, and comparing forest management data for the study area in Sweden with forest management data for Alberta. The results displayed that mature forests over 60 years that have been commercially thinned are selected by bears rather than forests over 60 years that have not been commercially thinned in.

The main aim of this study is to examine the development policies of Sweden and the European Union from a postcolonial perspective. Sweden and the European Union are increasingly coming to be viewed as normative powers rather than military powers. So how does the colonial past of the western societies affect the policies of today? Are there any signs of the power structures of the past, and if so, how are these power structures manifested in the development policies of today? Since both Sweden and the European Union have come to be viewed as normative powers they are compared with each other to highlight their similarities and differences. The results of the study shows that both Sweden and the European Union can be seen as carriers of western values and interests.

Sammanslagningar över Östersjön har aldrig varit så populära som de har varit under 1990-talet. Sverige och Finland är två grannländer som kan uppfattas lika som bär, om man tittar längre bort från Asien, men ändå så slutar samarbetet oftast med besvikelse. Den största anledningen till att samarbetena inte fungerar brukar vara att deras kulturer skiljer sig åt. Svenskarna är lagspelare som tycker om att diskutera och komma fram till genomtänkta beslut medan deras kallprat är något som frustrerar de finska kusinerna på andra sidan av havet. Där är man gärna effektiv och tar snabba, mer riskfyllda beslut och har ett betydligt mer auktoritärt sätt att styra.

In order to be able to change, to maintain competitiveness as a company in a world where rapid changes is part of the daily life, it is crucial to have knowledge and methods in how to change. One method, originally developed in Finland, is the Change Laboratory. This method is said to be efficient, not only concerning change aspects but also learning, since change and learning in this method is intertwined. This Master Thesis (20p.) tells about the process of conducting a Change Laboratory with a Swedish high-tech company and analyses factors in the process that makes change possible..

The Sweden democrats are a political party that has had a time of success duringthe last year. However many people believe them to be a racist party, in contrastto how they view themselves and their political message. How is it possible thatthe views of the same party differ to this extent, it seems to be a large ambiguityin their message. Rhetoric is a tool that everybody uses in some way or anotherand can be crucial to how a political party is perceived by people. Can thereforethe use of rhetoric be a factor that has contributed to the different perception of theparty and if so, in which way?With the help of theories such as semiotics, classical rhetoric and antiestablishmentstrategy, different texts, such as motions, and pictures published bythe Sweden democrats can be analyzed to find ways they use rhetoric.In the analysis it was obvious that they used rhetoric, even though therhetorical quality differed between the leading persons in the party and the peoplewho represented the Sweden democrats in the local government.

This study sought to explore the juvenile crime prevention in Sweden which for the purpose of this report is seen as efforts towards preventing youth criminality and all forms of anti social behaviour by young people.In the study, interviews with six social workers working directly or indirectly with young offenders were conducted. The interview results were analyzed and subjected to transnational comparison with the practice in Kenya. The report explores existing literature on situational crime prevention, restorative justice, the link between drugs and crime, attachment to parents, peers and involvement in convectional activities, gender differences in criminality, partnerships in crime prevention and the juvenile justice system. It uses control, strain, feminist and social disorganization theories to explain the causes of delinquency, analyzes the perceptions of social workers and discusses what works in juvenile crime prevention. The report identifies the causes of delinquency in Kenya and in Sweden as well as the prevention programs that social workers perceive as effective in addressing youth crime.

The food industry is an important part of the Swedish economy, It is the fourth largest industry in Sweden in terms of number of employees and production value. Due to the increasing globalization, the Swedish food industry faces new conditions and challenges. Through the Swedish membership in the European Union in 1995 a whole new era of competition began for the Swedish agriculture and food industry. Markets that previously were closed now opened. In retrospect, it should be noted that the Swedish food industry managed well.

Bakgrund: Svenska banker och försäkringsbolag spenderar stora summor och resurser på sina IT-system, vilka oftast sköts internt. IT-kostnaderna utgör för banker den näst största kostnadsposten i resultaträkningen och därmed utgör över 20 procent av den totala kostnadsmassan. Marginalerna inom bank och försäkringsbolag minskar i Sverige samtidigt som ITs komplexitet ökar med krav på integrering medgamla bank- och försäkringssystem. IT-outsourcing och joint venture med ett IT-företag är vanliga organiserings former och inget nytt fenomen i Finland inom bank och försäkringsbolag. IT-outsourcing har både för- och nackdelar.

Denna uppsats tar sitt avstamp i de nya svenska kursplanerna för religionskunskap som trädde i kraft år 2011. Här fick kristendomen behålla sin särställning gentemot de andra världsreligionerna trots att skolverkets förslag såg annorlunda ut. Blickar man utanför Sveriges gränser kan man se att trots att landet delar en stor del av sin utveckling med Finland och Norge finns det stora skillnader i religionsundervisningen. Uppsatsens syftar således till att jämföra de tre ländernas kursplaner i religionskunskap för grundskolan och gymnasiet med fokus på kristendomens ställning och det pluralistiska samhället. Här blir frågan om ländernas religiösa situationer (i denna uppsats går detta under benämningen religiösa kartor) central.