Great Famine of 1695–1697
Famine in Northern Europe (1695-1697) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Great Famine of 1695–1697?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
The Great Famine of 1695–1697, or simply the Great Famine, was a catastrophic famine that affected the present Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway and Sweden, all of which belonged to the Swedish Empire with the exception of Norway. The areas worst affected were the Swedish province of Finland and Norrland in Sweden proper.
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Finnish. Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
The Great Famine of 1695–1697 was concurrent with the "seven ill years", a period of national famine in Scotland in the 1690s.