Svea Colonial. Discourses on Swedish Peacekeeping during the Cold War

The project concerns Swedish discourses on peacekeeping after 1945, mainly during the Cold War. Focus is on how the peacekeeping operations were imagined and portrayed regarding issues on colonialism, racism and nationalism, but also modernity and human rights. The research project is part of a interdisciplinary project on Swedish peacekeeping at Peace- and Conflict Studies, LU.