Svenskehandelen som tok slutt
Abstract Historical research on social development in the Scandinavian north used to be dominated by stories of ruthless taxation and economic exploitation of the Sami people. Stories of the violent actions of the so-called bircarlians were told again and again. These bircarlians were considered to...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:ccff0a729d194625b1e73984a382232c 2023-05-15T18:10:32+02:00 Svenskehandelen som tok slutt Torbjørn Kalberg 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1894-3195-2017-01-04x https://doaj.org/article/ccff0a729d194625b1e73984a382232c NB NN nob nno Scandinavian University Press/Universitetsforlaget https://www.idunn.no/heimen/2017/01/svenskehandelen_som_tok_slutt https://doaj.org/toc/0017-9841 https://doaj.org/toc/1894-3195 0017-9841 1894-3195 doi:10.18261/issn.1894-3195-2017-01-04x https://doaj.org/article/ccff0a729d194625b1e73984a382232c Heimen, Vol 54, Pp 43-61 (2017) Norway DL401-596 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1894-3195-2017-01-04x 2022-12-31T10:23:23Z Abstract Historical research on social development in the Scandinavian north used to be dominated by stories of ruthless taxation and economic exploitation of the Sami people. Stories of the violent actions of the so-called bircarlians were told again and again. These bircarlians were considered to be a group of greedy merchants originating from areas bordering on the Gulf of Bothnia. The old stories of evil tax collectors harassing the Sami are no longer universally accepted. Nowadays the bircarlians are described as locals, agriculturalists and traders engaged for centuries in exchanging goods with the Sami, benefiting both themselves and the indigenous nomads. The bircarlians used to be regarded as holders of royal privileges granting them special rights in the trade with the Sami. This view has also been challenged. The system involving Sami and local tradesmen seems to be much older than the impression given by Swedish authorities in the late middle ages. Bircarlian activities long outdated the royal Swedish colonization of the north. Their independent and decentralised trading traditions are now instead considered important stages in the development of the Swedish unitary national state. Article in Journal/Newspaper sami Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Norway Heimen 54 1 43 61 |
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Abstract Historical research on social development in the Scandinavian north used to be dominated by stories of ruthless taxation and economic exploitation of the Sami people. Stories of the violent actions of the so-called bircarlians were told again and again. These bircarlians were considered to be a group of greedy merchants originating from areas bordering on the Gulf of Bothnia. The old stories of evil tax collectors harassing the Sami are no longer universally accepted. Nowadays the bircarlians are described as locals, agriculturalists and traders engaged for centuries in exchanging goods with the Sami, benefiting both themselves and the indigenous nomads. The bircarlians used to be regarded as holders of royal privileges granting them special rights in the trade with the Sami. This view has also been challenged. The system involving Sami and local tradesmen seems to be much older than the impression given by Swedish authorities in the late middle ages. Bircarlian activities long outdated the royal Swedish colonization of the north. Their independent and decentralised trading traditions are now instead considered important stages in the development of the Swedish unitary national state. |
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