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II. TH B SWEDISH PEOPLE.
Yearly consumption of wheat and rye
per inhabitant.
dresses sire sometimes adopted in our
times, so deeply interested in everything
historical, for use on festive occasions,
and out of doors, by women of the
upper classes: this is the case with
the pretty costumes from Rättvik in
Dalarne, from Vingåker in
Södermanland, from certain parts of Helsingland,
Blekinge, and Skåne, etc. These richly
coloured dresses–often to be seen
at Universal Exhibitions and in
tourist-albums — may therefore be considered
as being pretty generally known even
abroad.
As regards the working classes, their demands in the matter of dress have
greatly increased of låte years, and the Swedish workman nowadays always shows
himself well-dressed after working-hours, which was far from always being the case
some decades back. At the present time, the distinction in dress, as regards cut
and style, between different classes of the community, is practically effaced, at
least as far as regards the younger generation. Amongst the female population,
the bonnet or hat and kerchief (»schalett») long remained a shibboleth for the
upper and lower classes, but the bonnet has long since emerged from the struggle
in triumph. — In Skåne, wooden shoes were formerly in pretty general use, but,
of låte years, leathern shoes have become predominant, not only in the towns,
but also in the country districts.
Table 29. Yearly consumption per inhabitant, 1891/95.1
Country. Wheat and rye. Kg. [-Potatoes.-] {+Pota- toes.+} Kg. Coffee. Hg. Tea. Hg. Sugar. Kg [-Tobacco.-] {+To- bacco.+} Hg. [-Spirits.-] {+Spi- rits.+} Liter.» Beer. Liter. Wine. Liter.
Sweden.................. 175 242 345 0-31 1608 10-58 667 276 0-6
Norway.................. 135 241 386 0-60 9-09 950 3 54 201 1-2
Denmark................ 287 170 30-5 1-90 21 23 1700 1440 87-7 1-6
Finland................. 180 122 22-8 026 5-89 12-79 2-86 8-8 0-6
GreatBrit. and Ireland 167 141 38 24-87 36-75 745 5-20 1350 1-7
Netherlands............. 202 336 67-3 5-98 1213 3311 8-88 34-6 2-0
Belgium.................. 274 498 386 Oil 9-82 21-36 9-70 183-6 3-9
German Empire....... 280 537 241 0-61 9-94 15-40 880 109-6 5-7
Austria-Hungary...... 173 236 8-7 018 768 17-32 9-00 39-2 142
Switzerland............. 214 436 28-6 0-72 16-58 21 00 6-12 51-9 60-7
France.................... 254 2*2 18-4 017 11-51 10-76 854 22-8 112-3
Italy...................... 122 19 4-2 0-01 3-25 5-64 1-26 0-6 96-5
Spain..................... 149 59 31 004 5-36 11-80 loo 1-8 1150
Portugal................. 102 32 39 0-50 5-88 4 65 100 10 95-6
Russia.................... 172 142 0-6 309 484 665 9-40 4-6 3-3
Balkan States.......... 138 5 31 0-11 2-36 910 900 2-8 900
Western Europe 192 258 15-7 4-77 13-77 11-86 616 63-0 48-7
Eastern Europe Europe 168 134 14 2 28 512 809 9 28 98 130
18.1 210 103 3’82 1048 10-43 7-32 42-6 351
United States.......... 129 63 39 1 608 29-20 25-50 5-95 58-1 1-5
1 For some countries of south- and east-Europe, the figures are occasionally older.
A kilogram = 2206 lbs. A hectogram (Hg) = 022 lb. A liter = 02201 imp. gallon =
0 2042 winch, gallon. — * Reduced to 50 % alcohol.
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