The power of the child Welfare Board over Biological parents in the city of Karlstad- : A study of biological parents' reasons why they ended up with the child welfare board and cases the children were taken care of by force, or with voluntariness, 1904-1908.

The study is about the reasons why parents ended up with the child welfare board in the city of Karlstad in 1904-1908. And about perspective of coercion and volunteering, with the focus on biological parents. The source material that has been used has been analyzed from reproductive resources social economics and ideological resources. Susanna Hedenborg’s reproduction theories have been selected to able to identify the three different resources in my essay. With the help of reproductive theories, it is possible to identify how social relations were important that economics played a role and ideological resources played a major role in terms of coercion and the voluntary aspects. My questions are how did it come about that guardian ended up with the child welfare board at the beginning of the 19th century? How common was it that parents were forced by the child welfare board to leave their children? To get a result I used a quantitative analysis of both my questions. With my empirical research I have conclude that there were various aspects that made biological parents end up in the child welfare board’s register. There were both coercive and voluntary measures to leave the children. The Child Welfare Board’s decision was usually based on the existing laws. Which of course made the video on overnight sensation. It could also be that the parents got a chance to show that they could change.