great partition (in swedish; "storskiftet", in finnish; "isojako") was an agricultural land reform in swedish empire. it was a reform supported by the government with the purpose of shifting the land of the village communities, from the "solskifte", where every farmer owned several pieces of land split about the village, to a new system, were every farmer owned a connected piece of farmland. the purpose was to increase profit. this was the greatest land reform in swedish history.