Enskifte Historical Maps of Sweden

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The Enskifte was another land reform that primarily started in Skåne, then to Skaraborg, and the rest of the kingdom by 1807. It came about due to dissatisfaction with the Storskifte. It began when Rutger Macklean (an owner of an estate called Svaneholm in Skurup parish) decided to restructure the lands on his estate in 1785. Essentially he re-designed the lots with a lantmätare, creating new farm boundaries and housing locations, each farm having 40 acres on one piece of land (instead of splintered fragments) with a large arable meadow for common use. Then he forced the 701 people living and working on the lots to comply with the new design. Of the 701 people involved, 102 chose to terminate their lease and leave the estate. The land reform turned out to be very successful for the Svaneholm estate. This lead to a government ordinance that forced all the estates in Skåne to do a Enskifte. The Enskifte land reform spanned from 1803 – 1827. Although the Enskifte was carried out kingdomwide, it was difficult to do in landscapes outside of Skåne. It was never carried out in Dalarna, Norrland, or Finland.

How to find Enskifte Historical Maps
1. Go to the Historiska kartor section of the Lantmäteriet website (Firefox - Jan. 2019) at: Historiska kartor

2. You will see 3 search fields on the left side of the screen, and down below the button ”Sök”. It is easier to use the Advanced Search options. To do this, click on the link Avancerad sökning

3. Make sure the Arkiv:* field is: Lantmäterimyndigheternas arkiv Select this from the drop down list if needed.

4. Choose a Län:* (County) from the drop down list. For example: Södermanland län or Malmöhus län. If you're not sure of the County name see a list at: Counties of Sweden

5. Click on the button Socken/Arkivserie to sort by Socken (parish) instead of Kommun

6. Choose a Socken (parish) from the dropdown list Socken /Arkivserie:*

7. If you wish to see a list of all the maps available for the parish, then skip this step. Otherwise fill in one or more fields to limit the number of maps.


 * Traktnamn is the region name.
 * Årtal från is the year you want to start the search. It must be greater than 1599.
 * Årtal till is the year you want to end the search. It must be less than 1929.
 * Åtgärd is the type of map you want. For help with translation see the Historical Maps of Sweden Word List.

8. Then click on the button Sök

9. You will see a list from the search results with 3 columns.


 * The first column is a link to the map itself. Click on that link to see the map.
 * The middle column is the type of map Not all the items are maps, some are documents. And some documents have maps. For help with translation see the Historical Maps of Sweden Word List.
 * The last column is the year when the map or document was made.

To navigate through this list of search results: You can click on the numbers below to select the right page, or click on Nästa (Next), Sista (Last), Föregående (Previous) or Första (First) to move quickly through the list.