Published on December 11, 2023 by Leif Jacobsson This year’s Prize in Economic Sciences is the 55th since its inception in 1969. Before Claudia Goldin received this year’s prize, only two women had been awarded the prize hitherto. Goldin works at the prestigious Harvard University in the United States – a university with many Nobel…
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TAM-Arkiv turns 40 years old!
Posted on 22 January 2024 by Leif Jacobsson This year marks the 40th anniversary of TAM’s founding! It’s been a long journey – congratulations! Below we can see the first page of the minutes with the original statutes, from October 1984. From the minutes we can read that it is a proposal for rules of…
French think tank presents Anders Kjellberg’s research
Published on 26 December 2023 by Lars Carlén Anders Kjellberg has been a member of TAM-Arkiv’s research council for many years. He has solid knowledge of how the Swedish trade union movement is organized and makes comparisons with other countries. Among other things, he has often visited France for over 20 years to interview trade…
Elected representative – an honorary position
Posted on October 16, 2023 by Leif Jacobsson What does it mean to work as an elected representative? In a book from 1990 entitled ”Arbeta med förtroende” (Eng. ”Working with Trust”), the first head of TAM-Arkiv, Thord Wallén, interviewed union representatives and ombudsmen. The book was part of TAM’s early ambition to draw attention to…
”I’m a workaholic!”
Translation from Swedish by Andreas Lindahl The voices of the unemployed are rarely heard. But in an interview book published by TAM in 1993, unemployed white-collar workers talk about their everyday lives. Today, when unemployment is rising again, it may be interesting to reflect on the experiences of the unemployed at a time when Sweden…
Swedish industrial history is linked to education, professionalization
Published on September 19, 2023 by Lars-Erik Hansen Translation from Swedish by Andreas Lindahl During this year’s Swedish History Days in Umeå, a couple of lectures were held of great interest to anyone interested in Swedish industrialization in general and its connection to education in particular. Björn Hasselgren, from the Department of Economic History at…
Greater Stockholm Genealogy Society visits TAM-Arkiv
Published on September 13, 2023 by Leif Jacobsson Translation from Swedish by Andreas Lindahl On September 12, 2023, Greater Stockholm Genealogy Society (Sw. Storstockholms Släktforskarförening) came on a study visit to TAM-Arkiv. The initiative had been taken by K G Sture Junér, who is vice chairman of the association. So, rightly, we at TAM did…
Processes of change in preschool
Posted on August 30, 2023 by Anna Lundkvist ”You can’t drive change haphazardly without a compass needle. It requires a consensus, common positions and a plan for why, what and how things should be done.” The quote can be found on the back cover of the newly published book ”Förändringsprocesser i förskolan” (Eng. ”Processes of…
Researching the beloved and hated open-plan office
Published on August 4, 2023 by Lars Carlén Translation from Swedish by Andreas Lindahl Miranda Cox is a doctoral student in History of Science and Ideas at Uppsala University. She is doing research on how it was possible to launch the open-plan office in Sweden. Photo: Lars Carlén Open-plan offices are still of great importance…
Hospital counsellors grasp the entire persona
Published on August 1, 2023 by Leif Jacobsson Translation from Swedish by Andreas Lindahl Today, the health and medical care counsellor is the psychosocial expert in healthcare, but the profession has evolved over time. TAM Archives has published a collection of professional memories in which the health care counsellors themselves have their say. ”To work…