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Skriv ut sidan - Swedish money in 1790 and before
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Titel: Swedish money in 1790 and before
Skrivet av: Agneta Rung skrivet 2000-08-01, 11:57
Hmm! To know what certain things cost might give you an idea of what the money was worth. I found a nice site by Hans Högman about the old monetary system and lots of other interesting things. http://www.algonet.se/~hogman/slaekt.htm. It's partly translated to english! If you choose In English please and then Our old monetary system you will get to a page which unfortunately is in swedish. But if you click down to Förkortningar (=abbreviations), Kurser (=rates) and Priser (=costs) I'm sure you can figure out what it says.
As for the items in the costs table: Ett dagsverke = a days work Ko = cow Gris = pig Huspiga = house maid 1 kanna = 87.9 US oz (also according to this site) Öl = beer Dräng = farm hand Skjorta = shirt 1 tunna = 33.2 US gallons Vete = wheat Råg = rye 1 skålpund = 0.94 pounds Snus = snuff Industriarbetare = industrial worker Emigrantresa = emigration voyage Inom metall = in the metal industry Brännvin = alcohol (like vodka) Torkat fläsk = dried pork Manlig arbetare = male worker Smör = butter Punsch = Swedish punch