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Karl Adolf

1798–1798

Born
3 Jul 1798, Stockholm
Country of birth
Sweden
Died
10 Jul 1798, Stockholm
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A life in time

  1. Born · Stockholm

    Birth, Stockholm

  2. Died · Stockholm

    Death, Stockholm

What was it like?

The world around Stockholm, 1798: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

Karl was born around the same time as Millard Fillmore, France Prešeren, and Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay.

Known for

In their life

  • infant death
Born around the same time

  • Millard Fillmore

    1800 · president of the United States from 1850 to 1853

  • France Prešeren

    1800 · Slovene national poet, a Carniolan Romantic poet of Slovene descent (1800–1849)

  • Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay

    1800 · British historian and politician (1800–1859)

  • Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

    1800 · German Field Marshal (1800–1891)

  • Friedrich Wöhler

    1800 · German chemist (1800-1882)

  • John Brown

    1800 · American abolitionist

Fashion
Around 1800–1824

Aprons were essential for women

Until the mid-19th century, it was considered immoral for a woman to appear outside her farm without an apron, which served both as protection during work and as decoration on festive occasions.

Around 1800–1824

Layered skirts indicated status

Women often wore several skirts layered on top of each other to mark their social status and provide extra warmth, with thicker underskirts sometimes reaching the thickness of a blanket.

Music
Around 1800–1824

The long-distance vocal technique kulning

Women working at mountain pastures used a distinctive high-pitched vocal technique called kulning to communicate with animals and people over distances of up to 5 kilometers.

Around 1800–1850

The dominance of the polska dance

By the mid-19th century, the polska had evolved as the primary dance and tune style for the fiddle in Sweden's provinces.

Getting around
Around 1800–1824

Bringing private carriages for comfort

To avoid being shaken painfully in simple farmers' carts, travelers were advised to bring their own carriages, as spring-equipped vehicles were rarely available for hire. Carriage rates were set at 1 skilling banco per mile for a cart and 2 skilling banco for a carriage.

Around 1800–1824

Stagecoach travel duration and luggage limits

A stagecoach journey between Stockholm and Gothenburg covered 50 Swedish miles and took 4 days. Passengers were allowed to carry baggage weighing up to 60 pounds.

Daily life
Around 1800–1824

Diet and coffee restrictions

Coffee was a rare luxury that children and servants often did not taste; one boy was even paid two riksdaler banko annually by his father to abstain from it and sugar. Meals were commonly prepared and eaten by the hearth using simple tools, often consisting of potatoes, herring, and bread.

Around 1800–1824

Early nineteenth-century schooling

Formal schooling was limited, as the primary education system relied mostly on informal domestic instruction focused on reading and religious knowledge. While parish schools began to appear in the early 19th century, writing and arithmetic were often reserved for the upper strata of rural society.

Food
Around 1800–1824

Everyday drinks were fermented to avoid contamination

People drank "blanda," a mixture of skimmed sour milk and water, and fermented malt-based "small beer" to avoid drinking contaminated well water.

Around 1800–1824

Home-distilled brandy was consumed daily

Brandy was widely consumed, with a still often found on every farm until the practice was banned in 1855.

Prices and wages
Around 1800–1824

Budgeting for food and housing

From the 17th century through the early 19th century, ordinary wage earners typically spent approximately 80 to 85 percent of their income on food and housing. The remaining small portion had to cover essential costs for clothing and footwear.

Work
Around 1800–1824

Child labor in agricultural settings

Children participated in the labor force, as evidenced by records of nine-year-olds assisting with clearing grain seeds at the Strömsholm stud farm.

Around 1800–1824

Long working days in 19th-century Sweden

In the early 19th century, a typical workday for an agricultural worker lasted about 10.5 hours, often starting between 6:00 and 7:00 AM and ending around 7:00 or 8:00 PM, including breaks for meals.

Family

Parents

Ancestors and children

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Four generations back to the right, the children to the left. The number beside a child counts the generations of descendants known after them.