Workshop on 18th century Nordic economic statistics
The event will bring together several researchers from both the Nordic countries and beyond with an interest in data collection, interpretation and usage of statistics for this period.
Programme
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Thursday 12 June
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Introduction by Lars Christian Bruno
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Participant presentations
Presentations by:
Ragnhild Hutchison and Amund Pedersen: "Unlocking Opportunities in Historical Economic Data from Norway's Historical Archives"
Jeremy Land and Adam Grimshaw: “Quantifying the Scale of Smuggling in the Early Modern Economy: An Early Look”
Guillaume Daudin: “Speculations about a cross-European research project on eighteenth-century international trade and navigation”
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Informal lunch and get together
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Participant presentations
Presentations by:
Henri Hannula: “Trade Statistics, Commercial Legislations and Treaties in the 17th and 18th Century Baltic: How Diplomatic Archives Might Contribute to the Notions of Economic History”
Jan Willem Veluwekamp: “Sound Toll Registers Online”
Kristin Ranestad and Göran Rydén: “Scandinavian Metals in the Asian Century Danish Global Trade, 1730-1755”
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Break
Coffee will be served.
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Participant presentations
Presentations by:
Elena Korchima: “Wealth, Gender, and Economic Autonomy: Revisiting Women’s Roles in 18th-Century Russian Economic History”
Riina Turunen: “Women’s Work and Wages in Finland, 1600–1920”
Knut Dørum: “The transformation of land ownership in Norway c. 1500-1850”
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Dinner
Dinner at Trattoria Crudo (Vertikal Nydalen; Gullhaug Torg 2A) – Dinner is at the participants own expense.
Programme
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Friday 13 June
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Participant presentations
Presentations by:
Ola Honningdal Grytten: “18th Century Macro Series for Norway”
Dario Chiaiese, Anna Missiaia and Fredrik Sandgren: “The pre-industrial roots of Sweden's industrial geography (1750-1900)”
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Break
Coffee will be served.
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Participant presentations
Presentations by:
Lars Christian Bruno: “Norwegian exports 1731-1794”
Klas Fregert: “Monetization, taxation and industrialization in Sweden 1620-1920”
Nathalie Le Bouteillec: “Tabellverket: A tool for socio-economic measures and policy decisions”
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Informal lunch and get together
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Participant presentations
Presentations by:
Jari Eloranta and Miikka Voutilainen “Revised Estimates of Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860 in Comparisons”
Werner Scheltjens: “STRO 2.0 – re-engineering Sound Toll Registers Online”
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Concluding remarks by Lars Christian Bruno