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SWEDEN AND NORWAY:—SWEDEN
| — | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Unmarried | 1,431,843 | 1,460,664 |
| Married | 795,463 | 804,613 |
| Widowed | 88,580 | 199,930 |
| Divorced | 1,301 | 2,587 |
The following table shows the leading occupations of the people in 1890, including the families and dependents of those directly employed:—
| Agriculture, &c.: | |
| Landed and farm proprietors | 1,229,601 |
| Farmers, overseers, &c. | 250,784 |
| Planters, &c. | 400,623 |
| Crofters, cottagers, &c. | 494,421 |
| Dairy-keepers | 11,882 |
| Gardeners | 15,793 |
| Fisheries | 34,246 |
| Mining and metal works | 219,578 |
| Timber works | 96,323 |
| Various manufactures | 533,119 |
| Trade and locomotion | 309,957 |
| Officials and military | 207,276 |
| Learning and literature | 43,383 |
| Medicine, &c. | 18,817 |
| Owners, pensioners, &c. | 307,550 |
| Mechanics, servants, &c | 555,297 |
| Various | 56,271 |
II. Movement of the Population.
1. Births, Deaths, and Marriages.
| Year | Total living Births |
Of which Illegitimate |
Stillborn | Marriages | Deaths exclusive of Stillborn |
Surplus of Births over Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 135,516 | 13,718 | 3,556 | 27,940 | 80,603 | 54,913 |
| 1892 | 129,622 | 13,595 | 3,363 | 27,338 | 85,894 | 43,728 |
| 1893 | 131,729 | 13,616 | 3,436 | 27,219 | 81,027 | 50,702 |
| 1894 | 131,409 | 13,958 | 3,457 | 27,851 | 79,444 | 51,965 |
| 1895 | 134,599 | 14,438 | 3,535 | 28,728 | 74,368 | 60,231 |
2. Emigration.
| Year | Immigrants | Total Emigrants |
To America |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 6,030 | 34,212 | 29,487 |
| 1891 | 6,114 | 42,776 | 36,134 |
| 1892 | 6,511 | 45,504 | 40,990 |
| 1893 | 7,377 | 40,869 | 37,321 |
| 1894 | 10,425 | 13,358 | 9,529 |
| 1895 | 8,528 | 18,955 | 14,982 |
III. Principal Towns.
The population of Sweden is mainly rural. In 1871 the town population numbered only 551,106, and in 1896, 1,030,367, showing an increase of 87 per cent., or nearly five times the rate of the general average of the Kingdom.
The following towns had more than 10,000 inhabitants at the end of 1897:—
| Stockholm | 288,602 |
| Göteborg | 120,552 |
| Malmö | 55,500 |
| Norrköping | 38,354 |
| Gefle | 26,400 |
| Karlskrona | 23,196 |
| Helsingborg | 22,818 |
| Upsala | 22,706 |
| Jönköping | 21,439 |
| Örebro | 18,687 |
| Lund | 15,791 |
| Sundsvall | 17,158 |
| Halmstad | 17,100 |
| Landskrona | 13,481 |
| Linköping | 13,586 |
| Eskilstuna | 12,971 |
| Kalmar | 12,459 |
| Borås | 12,371 |
| Söderhamn | 10,775 |
| Karlstad | 10,511 |
| Kristianstad | 10,079 |
