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Date startStart date of the disease. 1360 +
Date endEnd date of the disease. +
SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter)
Date otherOther mentioned dates.
PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease.
RegionHistorical region(s)
CountryCurrent country Sweden
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PersonMentioned persons(s)
GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned
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AnimalMentioned animal(s)
DiseaseMentioned disease(s) Plague
Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave Pestis secunda
Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease
LanguageLanguage of the original text Latin
KeywordFurther keyword(s) Mortality
last edited 19. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot.

Note by Nils Birgersson, dean in Uppsala c. 1390–1420 on the black death in Sweden in 1360. Due to the high mortality among children, it was called barnadöden (= children’s death)

Text originalOriginal text

Iterum pestilencia fuit magna que vocabatur barnadødh.

Text translationEnglish translation of the text

Again there was a great pestilence which was called children's death.

References

  1. ^ Göte Paulsson: ''Annales Suecici Medii Aevi: Svensk Medeltidsannalistik''. Lund 
  2. ^ Translation by Carina Damm 

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