On 13 May 1921, the decisive decision was made by a broad political majority to establish a state institute of racial biology in Sweden. It was the cutting-edge research of the time that many hoped would create a healthy Swedish people, but whose ideas traditions and practical work are a dark legacy in Swedish history.
Tobias Svanelid wanders around Uppsala’s racial biology with the help of the newly developed digital city walk about the history of racism in the city and also meets the author Maja Hagerman to find out what remains are still left from the days of racial biology.
Source: ICELAND NEWS