The project investigates the background of the Swedish enclosure movement, i.e. the run-up to the implementation of the enclosure movement as well as its actual implementation and consequences at village and farm level regarding the reorganization of the lands.
The project investigates the background of the Swedish enclosure movement, i.e. the run-up to the implementation of the enclosure movement as well as its actual implementation and consequences at village and farm level, regarding the reorganization of the lands.
The aim of the project is to carry out a pilot study to test methods for analyzing the spatial reorganization of agriculture from a tenement system to a large allotment system, and the impact of the change on agricultural practice. The study aims to deepen the knowledge of the spatial consequences of the large estate reform and contribute to the understanding of its background.
With a relatively small population, 1.4 million within Sweden's current borders, and a low-productivity agriculture, ideas were raised about how Swedish agriculture could change and develop. It would change radically, and during the 19th century when Sweden went from being a country dependent on grain imports to an exporter and per capita production increased. This transformation is called the Agrarian Revolution, and not only changed agriculture but would also lay the foundation for the Industrial Revolution. The significance of the Swedish enclosure movement and Great Shift for this transformation can and has been questioned, but remarkably little research has been done on its background, implementation and consequences.
Kristofer Jupiter, Researcher, Division of Agrarian History, SLU, +4618672655
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Kristofer Jupiter, Researcher, Division of Agrarian History, SLU, +4618672655 |