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170 ii. the swedish people.
Yearly Consumption of Wheat and Eye per Head of Population.
1901—10
88 kg 111 kg 183 kg
Although these figures really relate to Stockholm conditions, it is possible
by putting together the quantities of the different kinds of foods and the
retail prices in different places in Sweden, to obtain at any rate an approximate
view of the cost of living in different parts of the country (cf. below). It
should be borne in mind, however, that these quantities do not strictly apply
to other places. Thus it can be stated with certainty that fuel and light
are consumed in greater quantities in the north of Sweden, that fish bulks
more largely on the West coast, and so on. With these reservations, the
following table gives the expenditure of a household (of the above-named type)
for the various kinds of provisions in different places in Sweden for 1909
(according to the estimates of the Royal Social Board).
Expenditure
for the most
important
kinds of
provisions
kr.
Kiruna..... ......804
Malmberget.... ......789
Gällivare..... ......789
Stockholm .... ......764
Sundsvall .... ......745
Luleå...... ......743
Boden ...... ......731
Malmö...... ......724
Karlstad..... ......719
Uppsala..... ......718
Eskilstuna .... ......713
Gothenburg .... ......713
Örebro...... ......712
Lund...... ......708
Söderhamn..........706
Gävle............706
I’alnn............704
Västerås...........696
Halmstad..........694
Borås............689
Jönköping..........689
Karlskrona..........683
Norrköping..........682
Hälsingborg.........677
Kalmar...........671
Kristianstad.........671
Vänersborg..........663
Table 34 gives a comparison between Sweden and other countries with regard
to consumption of certain important articles of consumption; Table 35 furnishes
a survey of the increase and diminution of this consumption in Sweden in the
course of the last few decades. The accompanying diagram shows a bird’s eye
view of the fluctuations of consumption, as regards wheat and rye.
The above data show the consumption of the most important provisions to
have increased considerably, which signifies greater prosperity among the
population. The consumption of wheat has increased regularly, while that of
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