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[[Image:Backstugusittare1.jpg|right| | [[Image:Backstugusittare1.jpg|right|250px|Sweden Portal Picture.png]] Backstugusittare is a old term for people in rural areas who lived on someone else's land, or on the commons in a small cottage or hut. Unlike the torpares who rented, the backstugusittaren normally did not have an agreement to use a plot of land. Many backstuga's had just a single room and were often built into a hillside (three walls of wood with the fourth wall of dirt.) This style of building was common in southern and southwestern Sweden, where wood was expensive. | ||
Backstugusittare is a old term for people in rural areas who lived on someone else's land, or on the commons in a small cottage or hut. Unlike the torpares who rented, the backstugusittaren normally did not have an agreement to use a plot of land. Many backstuga's had just a single room and were often built into a hillside (three walls of wood with the fourth wall of dirt.) This style of building was common in southern and southwestern Sweden, where wood was expensive. | |||
The person (or people) living in these dwellings were called backstugusittare. They were completely dependent on the landowner's discretion. Sometimes the landowner gave them a small parcel of land to grow potato's or a garden. Often the household also had smaller animals, like cats, pigs, goats or chickens. | The person (or people) living in these dwellings were called backstugusittare. They were completely dependent on the landowner's discretion. Sometimes the landowner gave them a small parcel of land to grow potato's or a garden. Often the household also had smaller animals, like cats, pigs, goats or chickens. | ||