“…Compared to other Western countries (such as the USA), Sweden is characterized as a society within which class effects are exercised primarily through work – that is, a work-experience-centred view of class (as opposed to a consumption-centred view; Wright, 2007). The impact on class on (working-) class identity has been explained by a history of a strong labour movement, manual workers’ trade unions, vital class politics, and other strong working-class institutions in Sweden (Ahrne et al, 1995; Cigéhn, 1990). Further, the Swedish context is characterized by strong unions, which greatly reflects the class structure (Kjellberg, 1983).…”