Understandings of children, childhood, and the place of death within childhood have changed over time. Contemporary Nordic welfare states - characterized by high living standards, safety, and political stability - are shaped by long life expectancy and medical advances that reduce mortality. In these contexts, death is often positioned as the opposite of childhood. This distancing reflects Western ideals of childhood as a protected space centered on play and learning, free from hardship. However, death is a ubiquitous presence in Nordic childhoods, in multiple ways.
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