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In this part of my site I will present an outline of the old Swedish peasant society. I present how it was organized from the time Sweden was Christianised to the middle of the 19th century. I ALSO describe the region of Östergötland and the north of the province of Småland , where my ancestors lived, in greater detailed. Other sites about the Swedish history you will find on my link-page The village community was the organizational form, where jointly work was done on the community land. The parish organized the neighbouring villages. The peasant societies in the parish was jointly responsible for their common church. The administrative county district was called "härad" and joined the parishes in the district for the common administration of justice. The "härad" treated also local political subjects and organazed the local defence. A region called "lagsaga" organized the administrative county districts, "härad", in the region called "landskap". The sessions in the "lagsaga", also called "landsting" was in the beginning the higher court and also the level where the "landskap" was ruled from.
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