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The 1853 Stockholm cholera outbreak was a severe outbreak of cholera which occurred in Stockholm, Sweden in 1853 as part of the third cholera pandemic. It killed about 3,000 people. It was the second cholera epidemic in Stockholm, and the first one since the 1834 Stockholm cholera outbreak, which had been the first in the city. The epidemics of ...
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[16] [21] Cholera reached the Pacific coast of North America by 1834, reaching into the center of the country by steamboat and other river traffic. [22] The third cholera pandemic began in 1846 and lasted until 1860. It hit Russia hardest, with over one million deaths. In 1846, cholera struck Mecca, killing over 15,000. [23]
The death penalty was abolished for certain crimes during the reign of Gustav III, and pardons were more frequently issued. During the 19th century, the use of pardons increased even more, and starting in the middle of the 1800s, courts were officially permitted to pick between the death penalty or lifetime in prison. [38]
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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. (1995). 457 pp. Kent, Neil. A Concise History of Sweden (2008), 314 pp. excerpt and text search; Magnusson, Lars. An Economic History of Sweden (2000) online edition
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 ...