The Emergence of the Swedish Horse-Riding School from the Mid-Twentieth Century

Bibliographic Data

ID12217307
AuthorsSusanna Hedenborg (0000-0002-4802-9932, Malmö University, corresponding author), Gabriella Torell Palmquist (Ridskolan Strömsholm AB, Strömsholm, Sweden), Annika Rosén (0000-0003-0546-9089, Malmö University)
Year2021
Volume38
Issue6
Pages607-630
Publication date2021-04-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe International Journal of the History of Sport (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0952-3367 • E-ISSN: 1743-9035
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09523367.2021.1959321
OpenAlexW3197822293
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Up until the end of the nineteenth century, horse-riding in Sweden was primarily practiced by army men and members of the upper class. Today, horse-riding is one of the most popular sports for children and young people. A majority of riders are girls and women, many of whom learn how to ride at horse-riding schools. An explaining factor behind this development, through which a sport practiced by adults in the army became a grassroot sport for girls, is the public support for the emerging new horse-riding schools for leisure riding from the second half of the twentieth century until today. Public support and its consequences distinguish Swedish equestrian sports and the activities of the riding schools from horse-riding activities in many other countries. Childification and feminization are linked to changes in the status of the horses, who was responsible for the activities, ideas on formal and informal education and learning, and what the activities comprised

Feminization (sociology · Horse racing · Horseback riding · Race (biology · Sociology · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Medicine · Physical Education and Pedagogy · Youth Development and Social Support

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