Vårt dagliga bröd giv oss idag. Hungersnöd, krishantering och resiliens i Stockholm 1650–1750

• Main Author: Wikland, Linda
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Historiska institutionen 2020
• Subjects: famine; crisis management; resilience; institutional adaptations; early modern time; social order; Stockholm; History; Historia
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-190846

Famines were recurring events in the early-modern world. This thesis aims to identify and analyse institutional, social, and political parameters that improved or reduced the society’s capacity for crisis management and institutional adaptations in Stockholm in times of foodshortages during the period 1650–1750. The study consists of four case studies. The study shows that the government effectiveness improved during the investigated period, which increased the possibilities to mitigate the consequences of famine. Furthermore, the ambition to protect the social order seems to have been the most important driving force to take measures to ease and prevent famines in Stockholm. I conclude that very few institutional adaptations to prevent future famines were made during the period. Most likely because the elite lacked political incentives to act. The study provides knowledge on societal resilience in the early-modern era