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The great Swedish famine of 1867-1869 spreads from Finland to Sweden, where it lasts until 1868. This is the last famine to take place in Sweden. [2] The scandal of the great bankruptcy of the heiress Louise von Fersen (1816–1879) attracts attention. The great Swedish emigration to the United States begun, in part caused by the great famine. [3]
The Famine of 1867–1869 was the last famine in Sweden, and (together with the Finnish famine of 1866–1868) the last major famine in Northern Europe. [1] [2] In Sweden, the year 1867 was known as Storsvagåret (' Year of Great Weakness ') and, in Tornedalen, as Lavåret (' Lichen Year ') because of the bark bread made of lichen. [3]
The Black Death's first wave in Sweden killed 30-40% to two-thirds of the then Swedish population. [1] Famine: Sweden-wide: 100,000: 1770s: Famine due to crop failure. Pandemic: Sweden-wide: 37,573 (probably more) 1918–1920: In Sweden, 37,573 people died from the Spanish flu pandemic according to official statistics. [2] Pandemic: Sweden-wide ...
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A History of Sweden (1956) online edition; Frängsmyr, Tore, ed. Science in Sweden: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1739–1989. (1989). 291 pp. Gustavson, Carl G. The Small Giant: Sweden Enters the Industrial Era. (1986). 364 pp. Hoppe, Göran and Langton, John. Peasantry to Capitalism: Western Östergötland in the Nineteenth Century.
Forgotten in the 1800s, unearthed decades later, 7 ancestors put to rest by Neville Public Museum ... roughly $4,000 in today's dollars and 50 times the price of a pine box 170 years ago ...
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