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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: Mikael Edberg skrivet 2000-08-03, 13:33
Ishbel: Another great source for swedish currency is the book, Vad kostade det?(How much did it cost?) by Lars O Lagerqvist and Ernst Nathorst-Böös. Written in swedish though. I tried to transform the cost of your ancestors farm to todays currency. In 1873 a riksdaler(rdr) specie was exhanged into 4 kronor, So 777 rdr specie would be 3108 kronor. Taking into account the inflation from 1787 to 1997, 6910 %, your part of the farm would cost 215 000 kronor or around 24 kUSD. This is of course an uncertain figure, which should be treated as curiosity. As Agneta already pointed out a better way of dealing with this problem is to compare price and salary in different ages. From the book mentioned above You can find out that a deputy judge(Hovrättsassesor) earned 400 rdr per year in 1785. And a Steersman, mate(Styrman) 6 rdr per month plus food. In 1730, a carpenter earned 324 daler kopparmynt( km) per year. In 1740, a farm-hand earned 50 daler km per year plus clothing while a maid only earned 24 daler km.