Older Sources
Based on the origins of the name for the kingdom (Kingdom of the Suiones) and a reading of the Roman historian Tacitus, who described the early social system with several tribes, some historians argue that Sweden was unified when the Swedes (Suiones) first inhabited the region. However, since the rigor of the historical method in 20th century Sweden, historians such as Curt Weibull maintain that these perspectives have become obsolete. The historians note that a millennium had passed between Tacitus and more reliable documented accounts of Swedish history. The work of Birger Nerman (1925), which argues that Sweden held a senior rank among the existing European states at the time, is a nationalist reaction to the academic historiography that is critical of the older sources of history.
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