Muteupproret

Muteupproret was a series of riots taking place in Halland in Sweden in November 1854. The riots started when a mob abused the official Fredrik Kjellman and his assistants in protest of the regulations banning trade in the form of shops in the country side closer to the city than 3 miles. This was a regulation left from the time of the guilds. The riots continued for several weeks before being subdued by the military. The result was the abolition of the old regulation and the reform law of free commerce in 1864.

References

• Rosengren, Ingemar (1991). Muteupproret 1854. En berättelse om ett misslyckat polisingripande