Poor Care Law of 1918

It replaced the 1871 års fattigvårdförordning and was in effect until the modern Social Help Law of 1952.

The law was clubbed by the Swedish Parliament on 14 June 1918.

The law of 1918 reformed and humanized the entire social relief system in Sweden.

It transformed the old poor care system to a more modern social welfare law, expanded the right to social help to and reintroduced the right to appeal.

It abolished a number of practices associated with the old system, such as the Rotegång, the pauper auctions, the child auctions, and transformed the old poor houses to retirement homes.