Abstract

The history of malaria in northern Europe still isn’t clearly understood. The focus in previous literature has been on its demographic mark on northern European societies in the early modern period. By the end of the eighteenth century, it is said to have become less lethal, but its final disappearance only took place at the turn of the twentieth century, by when it was considered benign. This late phase has remained overlooked due to the absence of a noticeable demographic mark and the absence of malarial deaths. This paper addresses this unique period in malaria’s history through the case of Denmark, where physicians and surgeons since 1862 had been required to report disease notifications, which allows us to examine when and why it disappeared.

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