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The forgotten years of weakness - the 1830s bad years in Västerbotten

Most people have heard of the Storsvag year of 1867, when the ice remained in Kvarken until midsummer and the population starved after several frozen harvests.
Far fewer people know that Västerbotten had already experienced a similar crisis 30 years earlier.
Elisabeth Engberg talks about the crisis years of the 1830s, when the population in northern Sweden suffered from recurring crop failures for almost 10 consecutive years, and about what was done to deal with the consequences of the crisis.

Organizer: Church of Sweden Skellefteå and Skellefteå kyrkstads kammarägarförening.

Date and time: 2025-10-13 18:30 - 19:30
Place: Brandellsalen at Stiftsgården
Place: Skellefteå
Ticket price: Free entrance

Participants: Elisabeth Engberg

  1. Brandellsalen at Stiftsgården