ABSTRACT
The new techniques of social research were adopted everywhere throughout Europe after World War II. In Scandinavian countries, they were adopted without reserve, but usually they were applied only with certain amount of reluctance, because they seemed to go against previously accepted tradition. In fact, sociology, particularly in the Scandinavian countries, was too closely connected with philosophy, and especially with the philosophy of law and the State. Bertil Pfannenstill's book Sociologiens grundforuttsattningar already pointed to the neopositivism of modern sociology which is sweeping the board everywhere today. In addition, social ecological studies are also coming in for good deal of his attention. This development took place mainly after World War II, from 1945 on, and today three of the four Universities in Sweden have a chair of sociology. Swedish sociologists seem to be more interested in small-group research, and less in description of social institutions and mass-society, or in the impact of institutions on individuals in large strata of population.
