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In subsequent years there was an agency created by the government known as a lægdsvæsen to watch over its conscripts. It was important for the government to know how large a force it possessed in case of war. Therefore it became the states responsibility to keep detailed records of the male population in lægdsruller. | In subsequent years there was an agency created by the government known as a lægdsvæsen to watch over its conscripts. It was important for the government to know how large a force it possessed in case of war. Therefore it became the states responsibility to keep detailed records of the male population in lægdsruller. | ||
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The word lægd comes from the word sammenlægning or combination. Since 1600 the word has been used to indicate the number of farms that together would provide one soldier. The countrys militia was established in 1701. At that time the land was divided into lægder of 20 barrels of hartkorn. Each lægd should in priciple make a soldier available. | |||
In 1788 the countrys conscription rules were changed and the country was divided into 1656 different lægder. Each lægd was virtually identicál to a parish and from 1843, in the cities the same as a town. Each lægd was sequentially numbered within each county. This means that the first lægd in each county were lægdsnummer 1 and so forth. Soldiers were no longer conscripted based on the lægds production of hartcorn but rather on the lægds population. | |||
* Why use the Lægdsruller? | * Why use the Lægdsruller? | ||