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Arvet efter den svenska backhoppningens tidiga monumentalisering
Nyckelord:
hoppbackar, Sverige, backhoppning, monument, arkeologiAbstract
During the first half of the twentieth century, many ski jumping towers were raised in all parts of Sweden. Despite the fact that Swedish ski jumping never reached any international success in major sporting events, ski jumping was a popular public event all over the country, attended by hundreds, sometimes thousands of people. At present, ski jumping is marginalized as a sport in Sweden, but the heritage of ski jumping towers remains in the landscape in the form of hidden remnants. The heritage of ski jumping has the potential of shedding light on the history of modern, industrialist Sweden in an alternative manner. By studying the remains at sites used for ski jumping, this paper examines how the monumental arenas functioned as a materialization of ideals connected to progress, modernity and constructed local and regional collective identities.
