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Foreign News
November 26, 1806
Norfolk Gazette And Publick Ledger
Norfolk, Virginia
What is this article about?
A 1801 statistical account from Stockholm reports Sweden's population (excluding Pomerania) at 3,113,000, with breakdowns: 12,063 nobles, 16,484 ecclesiastics, 1,275 merchants, 16,233 shopkeepers, 2,605 manufacturers, 87,634 craftsmen, 19,653 sailors, and 188,784 troops. Stockholm had 75,417 inhabitants. Noted as about half the current US population.
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A statistical account published at Stockholm, states the population of Sweden, not including Pomerania, to have amounted in 1801, to three millions, one hundred and thirteen persons. In this enumeration, there were 12,063 persons of noble birth, 16,484 ecclesiastics, 1275 merchants, 16,233 shop-keepers, 2605 manufacturers, 87,634 hand-crafts men, 19,653 sailors, 188,784 naval and military troops of every kind. The population of Stockholm amounted at the same period to 75,417 inhabitants.
(Palladium.)
* About half that of the United States, at the present moment.
(Palladium.)
* About half that of the United States, at the present moment.
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic
What keywords are associated?
Sweden Population
1801 Census
Stockholm Inhabitants
Occupational Breakdown
Demographics
Where did it happen?
Sweden
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Sweden
Event Date
1801
Event Details
Statistical account of Sweden's population excluding Pomerania: 3,113,000 total, including 12,063 nobles, 16,484 ecclesiastics, 1,275 merchants, 16,233 shop-keepers, 2,605 manufacturers, 87,634 hand-craftsmen, 19,653 sailors, 188,784 troops. Stockholm: 75,417 inhabitants.