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Märta Allertz

1628 – 1670s

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Facts and their sources

  • Born1628not verified1 source
  • Died1670snot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 1628

    Born

  2. 13 Mar 1649

    A son is born

  3. 1670s

    Dies

Family

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Children · 1

During her lifetime

She lived through 6 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like.

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The 1620s · Märta is born

In the news1622

Birth records system introduced

In 1622, Bishop Johannes Rudbeckius of Västerås established the first official birth records in Sweden.

Getting around

Winter roads on ice

Winter travel was faster and easier because frozen lakes and mires acted as natural roads; in northern coastal regions, travelers could cover 7–9 Swedish miles (approx. 70–90 km) per day by sled.

In the news1621

Founding of Gothenburg forces relocation

King Gustav II Adolf founded the city of Gothenburg in 1621, forcing residents of the town Nya Lödöse to dismantle and relocate their homes.

Daily life

Church-led education and daily labor

For ordinary children, education was primarily the responsibility of the church to enable reading the Bible and catechism, often taught by a parish clerk, as most children did not attend formal schools. In rural areas, children as young as 10-12 years old spent their days far from home herding animals or assisting parents with labor, such as fetching water and wood.

What people wore

Strict fashion laws for commoners

During the 1600s, Swedish commoners were strictly forbidden from using silk fabrics or other exclusive materials in public, with violators facing fines or imprisonment on bread and water.

Music

Popular instruments of the people

Popular instruments among ordinary people included the stem pipe, horn, nyckelharpa (key harp), and drums. String instruments like the violin and lute were also frequently played in domestic settings.

At the table

Beaver was a fasting fish

Beaver was considered a fish during religious fasts because it lived in water and used its tail to swim.