‘The Catholic danger’ : Anti-Catholicism and the formation of Scandinavian national identity
In this paper, I discuss the significance of anti-Catholicism in the construction of Scandinavian identity in the first part of the 20th century, which expressions it took and how it changed over time. Crucial here is the relationship between the existence of a common body of European ideas and developments specific to the Nordic countries. I will show that anti-Catholicism played an important rol