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v. social movements.
Table 77. Calculated expenses for the most important Means of
Subsist-’ ence in certain Localities of the Kingdom during 1912.
Place Annual expenditure on the important kinds of food etc. in kr. Mean cost per place; each place 1000
Kiruna...... 811 1112
Stockholm..... 806 • 1106
Malmberget u. Gälli-
vare ....... 780 1070
Sundsvall (town) . . 776 1064
Malmö....... 763 1047
Karlstad...... 757 1038
Örebro ...... 757 1038
Nyland...... 753 1033
Uppsala...... 1 743 1019
Sundsvall (Saw-mill-
district) ..... 743 1019
Luleå,....... 743 1019
Eskilstuna..... 741 1016
Östersund..... 741 1016
Gävle....... 740 1015
Lund....... 738 1012
Boden ....... 735 1008
Karlskrona..... 734 1007
Västerås...... 730 1001
Ystad....... 729 1000
Hälsingborg .... 727 997
Falun............725 995
Norrköping .... 722 990
Gothenburg .... 721 989
Halmstad..........720 988
Söderhamn .... 719 986
Umeå..............716 982
Kalmar............715 981
Borås..............715 981
Jönköping .... 714 979
Västervik..........713 978
Visby............713 978
Kristianstad .... 711 975
Kopparberg .... 696 955
Vänersborg .... 693 951
Domnarvet .... 693 951
Linköping .... 681 934
Tidaholm..........677 929
Växjö............674 925
Motala............668 916
from reduction, in every case later than wholesale prices. In 1912 there occurred
a fresh and very appreciable rise in prices of the means of life and the cost
of living, through which the total of expenses for the former was brought up
to a level which exceeded the figures of 1905 by no less than 15 %.
A fairly trustworthy expression of the cost of living in different localities
may be obtained from the returns of official statistics for prices of goods, by
multiplying them by the quantity figures which are obtained by the enquiries
referred to, concerning household budgets for families of small means in
Stockholm. In the report published by the Board of Trade of the prices for the
kingdom of the means of subsistence etc., 1908—09, the method has been
applied in calculating expenses for the most important means of subsistence in
certain places of the kingdom during 1909. A corresponding calculation is given
for 1912 in the Table 77, and the index number is added for the various places
where the mean cost per locality, for all localities, is set at 1 000.
Moreover a grouping has been made by the Board of Trade, of places in the
kingdom where post officials are stationed, numbering 258, according to the
general cost of living for 1909. In this connection, besides expenditure on means
of subsistence, taxation and rent have also been considered. The result shows
that the dearest places were in the neighbourhood of Stockholm and in North
Sweden. The cheapest, on the other hand, were chiefly in Småland and the islands
(Gottland and Öland), but also in the Läns of Kristianstad, Örebro, and
öster-götland. Those of Västergötland and Halland may be classed among the cheaper.
Finally, we may point out that the Social Board is preparing thorough-going
investigations into the cost of living, in cooperation with a number of larger
communes in the kingdom. This, like the afore-mentioned on for Stockholm
for 1907—08, is to be based on the method of examining house-keeping books.
For further information, see the article on Customs and Mode of Life p. 167.
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