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- Edvinsson, Rodney, 1971-
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Harvests and grain prices in Sweden 1665-1870
- 2012
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Ingår i: Agricultural History Review. - 0002-1490. ; 60, s. 1-18
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper investigates the impact of harvests and international markets on Swedish grain prices, 1665-1870. The paper finds that harvests at a national level had a greater impact on domestic grain prices than international grain prices. However, at a regional level, grain prices tended to be affected more by harvests outside the region. Furthermore, in the long term, foreign prices became a more important determinant of national grain prices. The conclusion is that, under certain circumstances, grain prices can be used as an indicator of harvest fluctuations and to construct historical national accounts, at least at a sufficiently aggregated level. Such an endeavour needs to be combined with a careful analysis of the impact of prices in the surrounding area.
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- Hallberg, Erik, 1974, et al.
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Sweden's agricultural revolution reassessed: A reconstruction of arable land and food production in 1810 and 1870
- 2022
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Ingår i: Agricultural History Review. - 0002-1490. ; 70:1, s. 70-95
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article presents the main results from the project Arable Land in Sweden. By examining some 9,400 cadastral maps, the acreages of arable land for the years 1810 and 1870 have been reconstructed. The calculations have thereafter been combined with other data in order to estimate agricultural production these years. As a result of the project, researchers have for the first time accurate data to quantify developments during the agricultural revolution. Surprisingly, Sweden had less arable land in the beginning of the nineteenth century than researchers have come to believe. Also, the acreage of arable land in 1870 must be adjusted downwards, but not as much. Land reclamation was thus faster than expected and firmly exceeded population growth. In addition, the data show that the expansion of the arable went hand-in-hand with increased productivity, surmounting the pitfalls of diminishing returns. In a concluding part, a partially new interpretation of Sweden's agricultural revolution is put forward.
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- Skoglund, Martin
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Farming at the margin: climatic impacts on harvest yields and agricultural practices in central Scandinavia, c.1560-1920*
- 2023
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Ingår i: Agricultural History Review. - 0002-1490. ; 71, s. 203-233
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study estimates the impact of climatic variability on agriculture in central Scandinavia between the sixteenth and early twentieth centuries. Climate indicators are analysed in tandem with time series of harvest size, yield ratios and dates of agricultural activities. Harvests are estimated using c.9,000 parish-level tithe observations. Near continuous series of sowing, harvest, and hay-cutting dates between the late seventeenth and early twentieth centuries are estimated using a variety of sources. Mean growing season temperatures alone explain up to 26, 31, and 53 per cent of the variation in tithes, barley yield ratios, and harvest dates, respectively. Combinations of temperature indicators and the timing of agricultural activities explain up to 34 per cent of variations in tithes and up to 49 and 57 per cent of barley and rye yield ratios, respectively. While climate-agriculture relationships were consistent throughout the study period, the introduction of potato cultivation in the late eighteenth century helped reduce climatic vulnerability.
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