Skolplanschens svenska historia, exhibitionpart, utställningsdel, The history of school wallcharts in Sweden

The history of school wallcharts
Throughout the first half of the 19th century, school wallcharts were simple and focused on reading and counting. Christianity was an important subject. At the end of the century, charts relating to natural sciences, history and geography began to circulate. The majority were initially imported from Germany, before the first Swedish charts entered into production in the 1890s. “Buy Swedish!” was the call that came from the General School Teacher’s Association of Sweden, which also wanted to see more realistic scenes.
The first educational charts were made of wood, before rolling charts made from linen began to be manufactured. From the beginning of the 20th century, wallcharts were made entirely from pasteboard, which was a more durable material. In 1842, a law on compulsory school attendance was introduced in Sweden. The collection of wallcharts here at the Museum of Gothenburg is comprised of between 3000 and 3500 school wallcharts. The oldest date back to the 1840s and the most recent are from the 1950s. The majority have been acquired from the Gothenburg School Museum which was founded in 1909 and became part of the Museum of Gothenburg in 1993. All subjects are represented and the scenes show us how society has changed over this stretch of 100 years.
The last Swedish school wallchart was printed in 1962.

Under första hälften av 1800-talet var skolplanscherna enkla, med fokus på läsning och räkning. Kristendom var ett viktigt ämne. I slutet av århundradet tillkom naturkunnighet, historia och geografi. De flesta planscher importerades från Tyskland innan de första svenska trycktes under 1890-talet. Kravet ”Köp svenskt!” drevs av Sveriges Allmänna Folkskollärares förening som också ville se mer realistiska motiv.
De första undervisningstavlorna var av trä, men senare gjordes rullplanscher av papper på linneväv. Från 1900-talets början tillverkades planscherna helt i papp, en mer tålig form. 1842 kom lagen om allmän skolplikt i Sverige. I Stadsmuseets skolsamlingar finns cirka 3000 till 3500 skolplanscher. De äldsta är från 1840-talet och de senaste från slutet av 1950-talet. De flesta kommer från Göteborgs Skolmuseum, som grundades 1909 och 1993 blev en del av det nya Göteborgs stadsmuseum. Alla läroämnen är representerade och i motiven syns även hur samhället förändrats under dessa hundra år.
Den sista svenska skolplanschen trycktes 1962.