Rätten till Norrland : nutida strider, historisk arena
An introduction to the complexity which surrounds the matters of land in the northern parts of Sweden was the purpose of this thesis. The agriculture colonization, the delimitation and the development of forestry and mining business were big events which are shown from the view of property rights. T...
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| Language: | Swedish English |
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SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management
2007
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| Online Access: | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/11973/ |
| Summary: | An introduction to the complexity which surrounds the matters of land in the northern parts of Sweden was the purpose of this thesis. The agriculture colonization, the delimitation and the development of forestry and mining business were big events which are shown from the view of property rights. The situation of the Lappish people and how their situation has changed through the history was the main theme of the thesis. Hopefully this thesis will also serve as a support while reading for example investigations published by the government and judgments by courts. Supply to the resources of nature has always been decisive for the survival of humans. Already during the time when the first people immigrated to Scandinavia these people's migrating were ruled by the supply of wild animals. The structures that laid the foundations of our regulated society were formed during the time while the human population gradually grew. When more and more people were dependant of the same resources it lead to more conflicts and with that the need of a regulated society. Family groups, clans, people land, provinces and countries were established as people formed collectives. During the 14th century a legible central power arose in the shape of a royal family which by the use of different tools of power controlled a large part of the population. The foundation of the society was a more developed agriculture. The Lappish people had developed a different organisation in the interior parts of northern Sweden which was adapted to their own life conditions. Several family groups formed collectives with the aim of making hunting more effective to secure their survival. This new system was called the sijdda society. The first documented contacts between these two different forms of societies were performed through the so called birkarla men who were trading with the Lappish people. During the 14th century it was a common opinion that the King had the legality to impose taxes upon the birkarla men. During the 16th century these two forms ... |
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