I demokratins namn - In the Name of Democracy

In September 1921, the first parliamentary elections in Sweden were held where both women and men could vote and were eligible. The decision on women's suffrage had been preceded by a long political struggle in which the leading organization was called the National Association for Women's Suffrage (LKPR) which brought together local suffrage associations throughout the country.

In 1913, the LKPR took the initiative to collect the names of Swedish women to demand the right to vote. Through extensive work, roughly 351,000 signatures could be submitted to the Riksdag in 1914. The names make up about 18 percent of Sweden's women over 18 at the time.

Now we invite you to participate and transcribe information in the name collection so that it becomes searchable in free text. Join us and highlight the women who demanded the right to vote - in the name of democracy! The information will then be freely available via the National Archives website.

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In September 1921, the first parliamentary elections in Sweden were held where both women and men could vote and were eligible. The decision on women's suffrage had been preceded by a long political struggle in which the leading organization was called the National Association for Women's Suffrage (LKPR) which brought together local suffrage associations throughout the country.

To make the collection of names searchable by name and useful for analysis, statistics and other quantitative analysis. The transcribed data will be made available as open data for download and free reuse.

A further aim of the project is to provide the Swedish National Archives with a basis for a possible decision to continuously work with citizen research in its line operations.

How to participate

You register on the site and choose a material to work on transcribing. The project site has help information and also a manual.

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A computer and internet. You will need to be able to read and write Swedish.

Active from 28/03/2022 until 31/05/2024

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