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Carl Gustaf Lieven

4 May 1722 – 16 Jun 1770

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Facts and their sources

  • Born4 May 1722not verified1 source
  • Titlegovernor of Stockholm County, 1768–1770not verified1 source
  • Died16 Jun 1770not verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 4 May 1722

    Born

  2. 24 Feb 1747

    A daughter is born

  3. 1768–1770

    Governor of Stockholm County

  4. 16 Jun 1770

    Dies, aged 48

Family

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Children · 1

During his lifetime

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

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

The 1720s · Carl is born

What people wore

Shiny head-cloths for feast days

On feast days, women polished their white linen head-cloths by rubbing them with a smooth glass rod until they were shiny.

Getting around

Travel by horseback and packhorse trails

In the early to mid-1700s, riding on horseback or walking were the standard ways to travel long distances, while goods were often transported using packhorses (klövjehästar) on trails because many roads were too poor for wheeled vehicles.

At the table

Beer as a Daily Beverage

Water was often unsafe to drink, so people consumed large quantities of weak beer instead. Even soldiers in the King's army were rationed over two liters of beer daily.

The Great Northern War. Russia, Denmark and Saxony fought Sweden for the Baltic; Peter the Great won and built St Petersburg on the conquered coast.In Europe · 1700–1721

The Great Northern War. Russia, Denmark and Saxony fought Sweden for the Baltic; Peter the Great won and built St Petersburg on the conquered coast.

Imonoz · CC BY-SA 4.0

Music

Instruments for dance and church

Popular instruments for dance music included the bagpipe, jaw harp, clarinet, drum, and violin, as well as the nyckelharpa. The nyckelharpa was also played in churches during special occasions like weddings or feast days.

Daily life

Reliance on fire for illumination

Peasant households lacked artificial lights and instead relied on open fires or splinters of resinous wood for illumination when needed.

What it cost

Cost of a cow and rye

A cow cost 30 daler kopparmynt in 1725, while a barrel of rye cost 18 daler kopparmynt in 1735.