Sweden GDR project

At a glance

Project duration
12/2006  – 11/2008

Project description

This research project examines the relations of Sweden and the German Democratic Republic, basically during 1972 to 1989, from a linguistic perspective. The aim of the project is to reflect the image of GDR in the Swedish public discourse and to show the linguistic concepts of the GDR public diplomacy towards Sweden.

Principal investigator

  • Person

    Prof. Dr. phil. Bernd Henningsen

    • Department of Northern European Studies