From combating to supporting pop music. The paradox of municipal music education in Sweden 1940 to 2000 : ESA2009 – 9th Conference of European Sociological Associationin the University of Lisbon on Sept. 2nd-5th, 2009
In 1997 Sweden was the third biggest exporter of popular music in the world. This astonishing fact has often been explained as being the result of the large investments in municipal music schools that took place in Sweden from 1940. The explanation holds an interesting paradox. Most municipal music schools began with the aim to teach young people appreciate more valuable music (i.e. classical) tha
