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Date startStart date of the disease. 1455 +
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
RiverMentioned river(s)
Natural eventMentioned natural event(s)
PersonMentioned persons(s)
GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned
VictimIndication of victims +
AnimalMentioned animal(s)
DiseaseMentioned disease(s)
Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave
Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease
LanguageLanguage of the original text Latin
KeywordFurther keyword(s) Famine, Pestilence
last edited 19. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot.

Pestilence in Upper Sweden in 1455, concomitant to a severe famine

Text originalOriginal text

Item, fames in tantum invaluit in tota Swecia, quod multi fame moriebantur, et multi ex pestilencia, que tunc erat in superiori Swecia.

Text translationEnglish translation of the text

Furthermore, the famine ravaged the whole of Sweden so violently that many died of starvation, and many of the plague, which was then spreading in Upper Sweden.

References

  1. ^ Claes Gejrot: ''Vadstenadiariet. Latinsk text med översättning och kommentar''. Stockholm 1996 
  2. ^ Translation by Carina Damm 

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