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Growth of population statisticsCohort mortality in Swedenarithmetic, interest focused among other things on the constructionof mortality tables as a basis for life insurance and life annuitycalculation (Luther 1993, page 17). Even the existing mercantilism atthe time emphasised the importance of knowing the population sizeof the county. A large population was synonymous with wealth andpower. Influences from abroad also aroused interest in populationstatistics for Sweden. However, the first attempts to compilepopulation statistics beginning in 1721 were not so successful, andthe compilations were never complete.A more well thought-out compilation of population statistics beganin 1749 with what was known as Tabellverket, which was a set ofprinted tables. The priests were ordered to annually fill in thesetables , based on the information in the church books. Thecompilation of statistics were highly de-centralised. Everycongregation sent in their forms to pastoral districts where theinformation was summed up and sent on to the deanery"kontraktet" etc. Finally tables could be compiled including theentire country. However, all these steps inevitably led to a numberof errors. Above all, sometimes congregations or larger areas weremistakenly not included in the totals. The possibility to centrallycontrol the collected data was very limited. The work to compilestatistics for the entire country more or less stopped for a number ofyears. In 1790 new officials were appointed to Tabellkommissionen.The secretary was Henric Nicander, astronomer and secretary at theSwedish Academy of Sciences. He began by energetically collectingthe missing forms and gradually reformed the collection to eliminatevarious sources of errors and increased the possibilities to check thestatistics for the commission (Luther 1993, p. 27). Nicander'spersistent work led to a gradual improvement of the quality of thecollected population statistics.Statistics Sweden established in 1858In 1858 Statistics Sweden was established and the collection ofstatistics was re-organised. Instead of sending in aggregatedstatistics according to the old pattern, copies of parts of the churchbooks were toould be sent to Statistics Sweden starting in 1861.Compiling the very detailed information on the individual level tostatistics on the national level involved comprehensive work. At thesame time, it was possible to produce new population statistics. Thisalso became a completely new way to check the collectedinformation compared to earlier. In case errors were suspected, the16 Statistics Sweden
Cohort mortality in SwedenGrowth of population statisticsrespondent was contacted and the information corrected. Age couldbe calculated with the help of information on the time of birth andthe time of death time of death. In addition, the collection ofpopulation information during census years was re-organisedaccording to the same model as above. Beginning with the censusyear 1860, beginning in 1860, a copy of parts of the church book waswould be sent to Statistics Sweden. Thus, no actual census wascarried out. Just as in previous censuses ever since 1749, theinformation on the population was based on the records kept by thechurches. In congregations that grew very quickly however,problems arose in keeping the church records up-to-date. InStockholm and Gothenburg regular censuses were periodicallyneeded to be done. Even if the new organisation for collectinginformation on the population resulted in high quality populationstatistics, there were still certain shortcomings. Migration was notalways registered, and people then remained for longer or shorter orlonger periods in the church registers, resulting in errors ininformation on the population size.Population register is modernisedIn 1947 the personal identification number was introduced, givingnew possibilities to check the population register, not least inconnection with the introduction of computers in the populationregister. Gradually, the registers of other government agenciesbecame more and more integrated. For instance, in order to receive adriver’s license, child allowance or pension, a person needed to be inthe population register. Events such as births, deaths or migrationwere registered and automatically reported among the variousregisters. The population register is not without flaws. Emigrationthat is not reported can for example remain undiscovered for ashorter or longerlonger or shorter period. In 1991 the responsibilityfor the population register was transferred from the church to thelocal tax authorities. In principle, the basis for the entire populationstatistics is the same today as it was in the 18th century. However,the system has gradually been improved and made more efficient.Shortfalls in the age information for deceasedpersonsThe Swedish population statistics, based on a register data, areisexpected to be of very high quality concerning age information. Thisis also true. After 1860, the age information ought to be close toStatistics Sweden 17
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