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Almost always, those who lived this way were very poor, making a living from temporary jobs, handicrafts or other tasks. The household was exempt from tax. In contrast, there were some backstugusittare's who had a better standard of living such as craftsmen who lived in a cottage for low-cost housing (although still poor.) | Almost always, those who lived this way were very poor, making a living from temporary jobs, handicrafts or other tasks. The household was exempt from tax. In contrast, there were some backstugusittare's who had a better standard of living such as craftsmen who lived in a cottage for low-cost housing (although still poor.) | ||
During the 1600 and 1700's the poorest, or sometimes outcast and despised, lived in the backstuga's. The "social status" improved slightly during the 1800's, when many laborers moved to simple cottages. With the Laga Skifte in 1827, the number of backstugusittare's increased. The reason was that many farming households (landowners) were moved out of villages which created new demands upon the | During the 1600 and 1700's the poorest, or sometimes outcast and despised, lived in the backstuga's. The "social status" improved slightly during the 1800's, when many laborers moved to simple cottages. With the Laga Skifte in 1827, the number of backstugusittare's increased. The reason was that many farming households (landowners) were moved out of villages which created new demands upon the land used by the torpare's (tenant farmers.) Many torpare's became day laborers, and moved to backstuga's. In the late 1800's there were as many backstugusittare's as torpare's in Sweden. | ||
Along the west coast of Sweden they used the title strandsittare (day laborers who made a living from fishing.) | Along the west coast of Sweden they used the title strandsittare (day laborers who made a living from fishing.) | ||