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Count Archibald Douglas

Stockholm, 3 Oct 1910 – Ekensholm Castle, 26 Feb 1992

5 facts1 source

Facts and their sources

  • Born3 Oct 1910, Stockholmnot verified1 source
  • Died26 Feb 1992, Ekensholm Castlenot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 3 Oct 1910

    Born in Stockholm

  2. 27 Nov 1949

    A son is born

  3. 26 Feb 1992

    Dies in Ekensholm Castle, aged 81

Family

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Children · 1

During his lifetime

He lived through 9 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Stockholm.

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

The 1910s · Count is born in Stockholm

In the news1918

Spanish Flu pandemic strikes in 1918

The 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic caused 34,378 deaths in Sweden within one year, the country's highest mortality rate since 1880.

Getting around

Slow Steamboats and Public Distrust

Steamboats like the Egil were surprisingly slow for towing timber, averaging only two knots, meaning a trip could take up to 30 days. People often distrusted wood-fired steamboats, fearing they would catch fire or scare away fish.

At the table

The seven-cookie coffee ritual

Hosting guests often involved a coffee ritual where it was customary to serve seven different types of homemade cookies or cakes. This social practice served as an important community ritual and a marker of status.

The First World War. From 1914 to 1918 the great powers fought in trenches across Europe and beyond; some 20 million people died. Brazil joined the Allies in 1917.Around the world · 1914–1918

The First World War. From 1914 to 1918 the great powers fought in trenches across Europe and beyond; some 20 million people died. Brazil joined the Allies in 1917.

Collection DocAnciens/docpix.fr · public domain

What people wore

Walking barefoot to preserve shoes

To save their shoes, people often walked barefoot from spring until late autumn, carrying their shoes and putting them on only when nearing the church.

Music

Widespread popularity of the fiddle

Although new instruments like the accordion and brass ensembles grew in popularity, the fiddle remained a widely played instrument, often found in almost every farmhouse by the turn of the century.

Daily life

Daily household costs and diet

Kerosene for lighting could cost up to 10 öre per day for those doing sewing work, and children often relied on crusts of bread softened in coffee for breakfast.