ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses how the Spanish Socialist Worker’s Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español – PSOE) understood and used the concept ‘the Swedish model’ rhetorically during the Spanish transition to democracy in the mid-1970s. Furthermore, it aims to shed light on the bilateral relations between PSOE and the Swedish Social Democrat Party (Sveriges Socialdemokratiska Arbetareparti – SAP) during these years, providing an account of the exchange of ideas and experiences between SAP and PSOE. Thus, this chapter deals with the circulation and meaning of the Swedish model from a hitherto unexplored perspective – that of Spanish party politics.
