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THE SWEDISH NATIONALTYPE
EXHIBITION 1919
BY
EMANUEL BERGMAN
UPPSALA
IN THE SPRING OF 1918 A NUMBER OF UNIVERSITY ASSOCIA*
tions in Uppsala, welbknown as the seat of Sweden’s oldest and greatest Uni*
versity, sent out an appeal to those interested in the matter, begging them to
collect material for a Swedish Nationabtype Exhibition, which it was hoped to ar*
range in the near future. The real originator of the idea of such an exhibition
was the race*biologist Professor Herman Lundborg. This scientist, who during
a number of years has carried on, under difficult outward circumstances, devoted
and especially successful investigations in race*biology in this country, has also
been warmly interested and taken a leading position when it has been a case of
bringing enlightenment to the Swedish people in questions of race*biology and
eugenics. He has unusual ability both in speaking and writing, of sharing his
knowledge with others and of imparting to the general public something of the
interest and enthusiasm for questions of eugenics, which inspire him to such a
high degree. This work of enlightenment, judging by results, has begun to bear
good fruit. For great interest was shown for the Nationabtype Exhibition. Con*
tributions poured in profusely from students, scientists, artists, photographers and
others, and the material was so extensive, that it was not possible to get it all
arranged before some months had passed of the following year. When in March
1919 the Exhibition was opened in Stockholm, it became at once a veritable pub*
lic success. The people visited it in masses, and the newspapers, no matter what
their political stand*point might be, paid it great attention. One can say that the
Exhibition on this occasion brought about a real national assembly. At the be*
ginning the intention-was only to hold the Exhibition in Stockholm and Uppsala,
but very soon the proposal to make it of an ambulatory character, became more
and more decided, so as to give the inhabitants of the larger towns an
opportu-nity of seeing it. In this way the Nationabtype Exhibition came to be held, not
only in the two above*mentioned cities, but also in Gothenburg, Gävle and Visby.
The interest shown by the people in general was magnificant the whole time. In
Stockholm about 10 per cent of the grown*up inhabitants visited the Exhibition
and in Uppsala the percentage was no less than 40. One could therefore rejoice
over the faet, that the support had broken the record, for perhaps no previous
exhibition had received so mueh patronage in our country.
What was the meaning of this Exhibition? As Mr. Lundborg has specially
pointed out, upon different occasions, scientific investigation has, up to the pres*
ent, chiefly devoted itself to the most minute examination of nature — organic
as well as inorganic — but when it has been a question of studying mankind,
the highest of all nature’s productions, one has, as a rule, confined oneself to giv*
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