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Translations: Charlotte Merton
Typesetting: Stilbildarna i Mölle, Frederic Täckström, www.sbmolle.com
Maps and figures: Stig Söderlind
Cover: Anette Rasmusson
Cover image: ‘The harvest’, a painted tapestry by Johannes Nilsson
(1757–1827), from Breared in southern Sweden.
Photo: Halland’s Regional Museum, Halmstad.

ISBN: 978-91-85509-76-8