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Dataset title: Uppgifter om mäns och kvinnors försörjningsaktiviteter i Sunne tingslags häradsrätt, Jämtland perioden 1840–1859/Men’s and women’s sustenance activities in court records from Sunne district in the province of Jämtland, Sweden, 1840–1859

Recommended citation: Kardell, Ö., & Jansson, K. H. (2026). Uppgifter om mäns och kvinnors försörjningsaktiviteter i Sunne tingslags häradsrätt, Jämtland perioden 1840–1859 (Version 1) [Data set]. Uppsala universitet. https://doi.org/10.57804/dsdy-ey51
See the Researchdata.se catalogue entry for this dataset - accessible via the DOI link above - for complete metadata, including the dataset description, contact information and information about how to obtain the dataset. 

Alternative title: Sunne (Jämtland), häradstingets protokoll 1840–1859

Creators: Örjan Kardell (Principal investigator), Karin Hassan Jansson, Jonas Lindström

Responsible organization: Uppsala University, Department of History 

Description: The dataset comprises extracts from court records from Sunne tingslag in Jämtland, Sweden, covering the period 1840-1859. The extracts contain written descriptions of sustenance activities performed by one or more individuals, and have been selected, transcribed, and analysed within the Gender and Work project at Uppsala University, and is a subset of the larger GaW3 dataset. The dataset includes (a) a list of activities in the accounts, with variables specifying who performed the activity, when and where it was performed, and under what conditions, and (b) transcriptions of the entries in the accounts from which the activities are extracted. 

License: CC BY 4.0

Access restrictions: None



Essential information for dataset reuse.
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DataSourceType: RegistersRecordsAccounts.Historical (http://rdf-vocabulary.ddialliance.org/cv/DataSourceType/1.0.2/57cdabd) ELLER (https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/urn/urn:ddi:int.ddi.cv:DataSourceType:1.0.2)

ModeOfCollection: Transcription, Content coding (https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/urn/urn:ddi:int.ddi.cv:ModeOfCollection:5.0.1)

SamplingProcedure: Nonprobability.Purposive (https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/urn/urn:ddi:int.ddi.cv:SamplingProcedure:2.0.2)

GeographicUnit: Jämtland, Sweden (http://rdf-vocabulary.ddialliance.org/cv/AnalysisUnit/2.1.3/435eb71)

TimeUnit: Early modern period, 1840-1859 (http://rdf-vocabulary.ddialliance.org/cv/AnalysisUnit/2.1.3/8b62b80)



Datafile descriptions
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Sunne_Haradsting_1840-1859_Aktiviteter.csv
A list of identified activities in the manorial accounts, with variables specifying who performed the activity, when and where it was performed, and under what conditions

Columns:
  Fallnummer (Case number). Unique identifier to the case containing the description of the activity in the GaW Database. One case represents one or more entries in the accounts.
  Källunderlag (Source collection). Title of the source collection/dataset.
  Verbfras (källa) (Verb phrase (source)). The description of the activity in the original source, spelt as in the original source.
  Verbfras (nutida) (Verb phrase (Standardized)): Standardised reformulation of the description of the activity into modern Swedish (verb in the infinitive + direct object).
  Kategori (Category). The type of work of the activity, according to sixteen pre-defined categories.
  Arbetsvillkor (Labour relations). The labour relations under which an activity was performed, according to thirteen pre-defined categories.
  Betalningsuppgift (Payment details). Information on whether the source contains quantitative information about the compensation for goods, services or time worked (YES/NO).
  Aktivitetsort (källtroget). (Place name activity (source)): Name of the geographical place where the activity was performed, spelt as in the original source.
  Aktivitetsort (Place name activity). Standardised name of the geographical place where the activity was performed.
  Latitud (activity)
  Longitud  (activity)
  Aktivitetssocknar (Parish). Standardised name of the parish where the activity was performed.
  Län (aktivitetsort) (County activity)
  Beskriven plats (Place as described in original source): Description of the place where the activity was performed, phrased and spelt as in the original source (e.g. ‘in the forest’, at the square’, or ‘in the shed’).
  Miljötyp (Type of environment): The type of environment where an activity was performed, according to eleven pre-defined categories.
  Startdatum (Start date). The earliest date at which an activity commenced, if indicated in the original source (YYYY/MM/DD).
  Slutdatum (End date). The date of completion of an activity, if indicated in the original source (YYYY/MM/DD).
  Beskriven tid (Time as described in original source). Description of the time when an activity was performed, phrased and spelt as in the original source (e.g. ‘during the summer’, at Michaelmas’, at four o’clock’).
  Individnamn (Name). The name of the individual performing the activity, spelt as in the original source.
  Yrkesliknande beteckning (Occupational descriptor). Occupational or occupational-like title of the individual performing the activity, if given in the source text, phrased and spelt as in the original source.
  Övrig beteckning (Descriptor other): All other forms of descriptors of the individual performing the activity given in the source text, spelt as in the original source.
  Kön (Sex). The sex of the individual performing the activity (MALE/FEMALE/UNKNOWN)
  Civilstånd (Marital status). The marital status of the individual performing the activity (UNMARRIED/MARRIED/MARRIED OR WIDOWED/WIDOWED/UNKNOWN)
  Ålder (Age). The age of the individual performing the activity, sometimes obtained from another source.
  Födelsedatum (Date of birth). The date of birth of the individual performing the activity, usually obtained from another source.
  Beskriven ålder (Described age). The described age of the individual performing the activity, phrased and spelt as in the original source.
  Är barn (Child). Information on whether the performer of an activity was under the age of 15 (YES/NO).
  Antal individer (Number of individuals). If > 1, the registered performer of an activity consisted of two or more individuals (e.g. ‘the servants’)
  Boplats (källtrogen) (Place of residence (source)). Name of the geographical place where the individual performing an activity lived, spelt as in the original source.
  Boplats (Place of residence). Standardised name of the geographical place where the individual performing an activity lived.
  Latitud (place of residence)
  Longitud (place of residence)
  Socken (boplats) (Place of residence (parish)): Standardised name of the parish where the individual performing an activity lived.
  Län (boplats) County (place of residence)
  Tillkomstår (Year when the source was created): The year when the original source was produced.
  Källtyp (Source type). The type of the original source (ACCOUNTS/COURT RECORD/EGO-DOCUMENT/PETITION/REGISTER)
  Projekt (Project): The larger dataset collection to which this dataset belongs (GAW1/GAW2/GAW3/OTHER)

Sunne_Haradsting_1840-1859_Kalltext.json
Transcriptions of the entries and verifications in the accounts where the listed activities are described. Each object represents one case in the GaW database and corresponds to one or more entries in the accounts.

Names:
  "Källunderlag" (Source collection). Title of the source collection/dataset.
  "Fallnummer" (Case number). Unique identifier to the case containing the description of the activity in the GaW Database. One case represents one or more entries in the accounts.
  "Text" (Text). The transcribed extracted text, spelt as in the original source.


Reference information
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The dataset is part of the GaW1 dataset published by the Gender and Work project at Uppsala University. Read more on: https://www.uu.se/forskning/gender-and-work 

Archival source:
Riksarkivet Östersund/Sunne tingslags häradsrätt 1621-1941/A1 Domböcker/98-133 (SE/ÖLA/10832/A I)

Data Quality:
The selection of the source and the extracted data is based on the research questions of the research project Gender and Work regarding men’s and women’s work in the past. To be included in the dataset, an activity must (a) contribute to a person's living, and (b) be possible to link to one or more actual individuals who, according to the source, carried it out. Only descriptions of activities in the studied volume that satisfy these criteria are included in the dataset. The studied volume covers the period from 1840 to 1859. The data have been manually checked.


