The Swedish Land Survey (ca 1628 to 1809)

Andreas Bureus (d. 1646) had founded the Swedish Land Survey (Landtmäteristyrelsen) as early as 1628, but it wasn’t until the 1680s that the Swedish Land Survey became institutionalized and identified as a specific branch of the administration. During its rule (approx. 1620-1721) Sweden was geographically extensive but poor and sparsely populated, lacking in resources to […]