Growing Old in 19th Century Stockholm
The notion that the elderly in the past lived securely within extended families and were supported by their children is a romanticized exaggeration. Anton Svensson from Economic History demonstrates how elderly households in 19th-century Stockholm were in reality forced to navigate a vulnerable existence, where differences in living standards were deeply unequal. In today's debate, the modern welf
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/growing-old-19th-century-stockholm - 2026-06-10
