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Charles-Gustave de Suède

Drottningholm Palace, 2 Dec 1802 – Stockholm, 10 Sep 1805

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A life in time

  1. 2 Dec 1802

    Born in Drottningholm Palace

  2. 10 Sep 1805

    Dies in Stockholm, aged 2

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During his lifetime

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1800s · Charles-Gustave is born in Drottningholm Palace

In the news1804

Smallpox vaccination edict issued

The Edict of Inoculation was proclaimed in 1804, helping to reduce smallpox epidemics significantly.

Getting around

The mandatory horse-switching system at inns

Travelers relied on a system of roadside inns, where they were required to switch horses at every station to continue their journey. If no horses were available, travelers had to wait or search for replacements from nearby farms, which could take hours.

At the table

Stretching flour with fillers during food shortages

When grain supplies ran low in spring, peasants stretched their flour by adding ingredients like chaff, bark, nettles, or even straw.

The Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon’s armies redrew the map of Europe from Spain to Moscow; his invasion of Portugal sent its court to Rio de Janeiro.In Europe · 1803–1815

The Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon’s armies redrew the map of Europe from Spain to Moscow; his invasion of Portugal sent its court to Rio de Janeiro.

Ruedi33a · CC BY-SA 4.0

What people wore

Layered skirts indicated status

Women often wore several skirts layered on top of each other to mark their social status and provide extra warmth, with thicker underskirts sometimes reaching the thickness of a blanket.

Music

The dominance of the polska dance

By the mid-19th century, the polska had evolved as the primary dance and tune style for the fiddle in Sweden's provinces.

Daily life

Lighting in ordinary homes

Ordinary homes relied on pine splinters for lighting because candles were considered too expensive for everyday use. Daylight and fire from the hearth provided the main sources of illumination.