Chalmers Publication Library “Festive Customs” and “Everyday Beauty” This document has been downloaded from Chalmers Publication Library (CPL). It is the author´s version of a work that was accepted for publication in: Arts Citation for the published paper: Seelow, A. (2018) "“Festive Customs” and “Everyday Beauty”". Arts, vol. 7(1), pp. 1-17. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/arts7010002 Downloaded from: http://publications.lib.chalmers.se/publication/254312 Notice: Changes introduced as a result of publishing processes such as copy-editing and formatting may not be reflected in this document. For a definitive version of this work, please refer to the published source. Please note that access to the published version might require a subscription. Chalmers Publication Library (CPL) offers the possibility of retrieving research publications produced at Chalmers University of Technology. It covers all types of publications: articles, dissertations, licentiate theses, masters theses, conference papers, reports etc. Since 2006 it is the official tool for Chalmers official publication statistics. To ensure that Chalmers research results are disseminated as widely as possible, an Open Access Policy has been adopted. The CPL service is administrated and maintained by Chalmers Library. (article starts on next page) arts Article “Festive Customs” and “Everyday Beauty”. The Agenda and Self-Conception of the Nordic Life Reform Movement Atli Magnus Seelow ID Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Sven Hultins Gata 6, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden;
[email protected]; Tel.: +46-72-968-8885 Received: 27 November 2017; Accepted: 2 January 2018; Published: 5 January 2018 Abstract: In the second half of the 19th century, a wave of modernization, industrialization and urbanization swept the Nordic countries, catapulting what had until then been lagging and primarily rural countries into modernity.