Sweden's Storskifte: The Enclosure That Remade the Land

In the 18th and 19th centuries, Sweden underwent a radical agricultural transformation known as the Storskifte, or 'Great Partition.' This episode explores how the enclosure movement, led by reformers like Jacob Faggot and later Rutger Macklean, redrew the map of rural Sweden, consolidating fragmented strip fields into efficient farms. We trace the impact on peasant life, the rise of a landowning class, and the social upheaval that pushed many into emigration. Drawing on the 1757 Storskifte ordinance and the later enskifte reforms of 1803–1807, we reveal how this quiet revolution laid the groundwork for Sweden's modern economy—and its global diaspora.

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