Nöd och död i Norrland

• Main Author: Elisabeth Engberg
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Danish; English; Norwegian; Swedish
• Published: Lärdomshistoriska samfundet 2024
• Subjects: Spanska sjukan; medicinjournalistik; sociala förhållanden; politisk aktivism; human interest; History of scholarship and learning. The humanities; AZ20-999; Arjeplog
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/b97fd1cd3a5d4b6d853877a2f90bd9ee

In 1920, Sweden experienced a severe outbreak of pandemic influenza, primarily affecting the rural areas in the north. The epicentre of the 1920 outbreak was Arjeplog, a small and remote parish that had escaped earlier pandemic waves. However, in 1920, the parish exhibited the highest influenza mort...