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The summer of 1695 was particularly cold, and grains grew abnormally slowly. Rye was reported to grow as late as August 6, and early frost destroyed the little that had grown. January and February 1696 were exceptionally warm, and the harvest was started as early as mid-February, but the frost that
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Outside of Finland, the northernmost provinces of Sweden were the most severely affected. Desperate famine victims from the countryside left for the cities in search for food, especially to the capital of Stockholm, where in the spring of 1697 the streets were reportedly strewn with corpses and
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came in March destroyed the harvest again. The abundant snow caused massive floods in the Spring, which delayed the harvest again.
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Topelius, Zacharias (1899). ”Stora hungersnöden”. Fältskärns berättelser. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers förlag. P. 388-399
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In Finland, then part of Sweden, the Great Famine of 1695–97 was also referred to as "The Years of Many Deaths" (
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and bad harvests. This culminated in the winter of 1695, which was described as the coldest since 1658 and the
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in 1695 in connection to the famine, intended as a prayer to God that the next summer would bring food.
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People resorted to begging on the streets for food, and even cannibalism was reported at least once.
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with the exception of Norway. The areas worst affected were the Swedish province of Finland and
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did not flower before July. Because of this, the Great Famine of 1695 is also referred to as
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T. C. Smout, "Land and sea: the environment", in T. M. Devine and J. Wormald, eds,
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in only two years, or about 150,000 out of 500,000. People widely relied on eating
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The Great Famine of 1695–1697 was concurrent with the "
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From 1688 onward, Sweden had been affected by early
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