I forgot to mention them, but hilariously Denmark had human zoos of people from their overseas territories, but the Icelandic people were unhappy with being displayed not because it was inhuman or degrading, but because they considered themselves more civilized then the people of the Faroe Islands and Greenland lmao
Yes, scandinavian imperialism has its own disgusting flavour of racism. One might call it an aquired taste. Denmark is by far the worst. But Sweden’s history, isn’t exactly nice either. Just to mention one: The hundred years war. And in modern times all the former oppressed are doing nasty stuff in the same image as their oppressors. Finland to Russia. Greenland doing dirty deals with the US and China. Widespread corruption on the Faroe Islands. Norways robbery of the northern tribes. Icelands neo-liberal adventures. And then we haven’t even started to cover, what the upper class is doing to their ethno-aligned working class in any of the nordic countries or their neo-colonialism. Interesting times.
Copenhagen Zoo and the famous Tivoli had racialized and enslaved people on display far into the 20th century. That map is pretty useless. Sources are in danish, sorry: https://danmarkshistorien.dk/vis/materiale/vejleder-gennem-kina-i-tivoli-1902 https://videnskab.dk/kultur-samfund/vi-elskede-de-farvede-i-zoologisk-have/ https://danmarkshistorien.dk/vis/materiale/sorte-boern-i-koebenhavn-1905
I forgot to mention them, but hilariously Denmark had human zoos of people from their overseas territories, but the Icelandic people were unhappy with being displayed not because it was inhuman or degrading, but because they considered themselves more civilized then the people of the Faroe Islands and Greenland lmao
Yes, scandinavian imperialism has its own disgusting flavour of racism. One might call it an aquired taste. Denmark is by far the worst. But Sweden’s history, isn’t exactly nice either. Just to mention one: The hundred years war. And in modern times all the former oppressed are doing nasty stuff in the same image as their oppressors. Finland to Russia. Greenland doing dirty deals with the US and China. Widespread corruption on the Faroe Islands. Norways robbery of the northern tribes. Icelands neo-liberal adventures. And then we haven’t even started to cover, what the upper class is doing to their ethno-aligned working class in any of the nordic countries or their neo-colonialism. Interesting times.