Excerpt from A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State North. Sweden received a new dynasty, - and slumbers on amidst ancient institutions, and social arrangements of darker ages. Having attempted, in a former work, to give a sketch of the present social condition of the Norwegian people, I consi dered it necessary, in order to complete the view of the present moral, political, and economical state of the inhabitants of the Scandinavian penin sula, to undertake the following sketch of the Swedish. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.