Sweden's 1710 Plague: The Year That Wiped Out a Third of Stockholm

In 1710, as Sweden fought desperately in the Great Northern War, an invisible enemy arrived by ship: bubonic plague. This episode traces the epidemic's path from the Baltic coast into Stockholm, where it killed roughly 100,000 people across the kingdom — a third of the population within a year. We focus on the city's quarantine efforts, the collapse of social order, and the little-known story of how Carolean soldiers returning from the front unwittingly spread the disease. Lucas and Luna discuss the plague pits in Katarina parish, the role of the Stockholm Collegium Medicum, and how the disaster reshaped Sweden's demographic and military future. They also touch on the controversial figure of urban physician Urban Hjärne, who fought both the disease and public panic. A somber but essential chapter in Sweden's stormaktstiden story.

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