1918 års fattigvårdslag (English: ''Poor Care Law of 1918'') was a Swedish
Poor Law which organized the public
Poor relief
In English and British history, poor relief refers to government and ecclesiastical action to relieve poverty. Over the centuries, various authorities have needed to decide whose poverty deserves relief and also who should bear the cost of hel ...
in the Sweden. It replaced the ''
1871 års fattigvårdförordning 1871 års fattigvårdförordning (English: ''Poor Relief Regulation of 1871'') was a Swedish Poor Law which organized the public Poor relief in the Sweden. It replaced the ''1847 års fattigvårdförordning'' and was in effect until the Poor Care ...
'' and was in effect until the modern Social Help Law of 1952.
The law was clubbed by the Swedish Parliament on 14 June 1918. It replaced the Law of 1871, which had been very strict and complemented by abusive practices such as ''
rotegång Rotegång ('Walk the parish') or ''kringgång'' ('Walk around') was a historical form of poor care in the history of Sweden to support the very poorest in the peasant community.
Rotegång was practiced in the Swedish countryside already in the Midd ...
'', the
pauper auctions and
child auction.
The law of 1918 reformed and humanized the entire social relief system in Sweden. It transformed the old poor care system to a more modern social welfare law, expanded the right to social help to and reintroduced the right to appeal. It abolished a number of practices associated with the old system, such as the ''
rotegång Rotegång ('Walk the parish') or ''kringgång'' ('Walk around') was a historical form of poor care in the history of Sweden to support the very poorest in the peasant community.
Rotegång was practiced in the Swedish countryside already in the Midd ...
'', the
pauper auctions, the
child auctions, and transformed the old
poor house
A poorhouse or workhouse is a government-run (usually by a county or municipality) facility to support and provide housing for the dependent or needy.
Workhouses
In England, Wales and Ireland (but not in Scotland), ‘workhouse’ has been the ...
s to retirement homes.
See also
*
Welfare in Sweden
References
* Elisabeth Engberg, I fattiga omständigheter. Fattigvårdens former och understödstagare i Skellefteå socken under 1800-talet.
n poor circumstances. Poor relief policy and paupers in Skellefteå parish, Sweden, in the nineteenth centuryUmeå 2005, 368 pp. Monograph.
* Hadenius, Stig, Nilsson, Torbjörn & Åselius, Gunnar, Sveriges historia: vad varje svensk bör veta, Bonnier Alba, Stockholm, 1996
* Sven Ulric Palme: Hundra år under kommunalförfattningarna 1862-1962: en minnesskrift utgiven av Svenska landskommunernas förbund, Svenska landstingsförbundet
chSvenska stadsförbundet, printed at Godvil, 1962
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