It is conventional wisdom that Sweden’s economic growth internationally seen was unusually rapid 1870-1970 and then very slow. In this paper Sweden is compared with three country groups viz. sixteen industrialised countries, six countries at the same income level as Sweden 1970, and European...

A new GDP series per capita for Sweden during 1560-1800 is presented, linked to slightly revised data for 1800-2000. Long-term stagnation up to the nineteenth century is revealed but with secular changes. Growth characterized much of the seventeenth century with modernization of state...

A comprehensive set of GDP series for Sweden with annual estimates at both aggregate and sector levels 1560-2010 is presented (Swedish Historical National Accounts of 2012). New series for the period 1560-1800 are linked to slightly revised data for 1800-2000, which are extended to 2010. The...