enskiftet was an agricultural land reform in sweden–finland in 1803-1807. its purpose was to replace the scattered farmland in village communities to connected lands for each farm. this was in fact a continuation of the previous land reform "storskiftet", but it was more radical and effective, as it did not merely divide the land, as the previous reform, but also forced the villagers to move their farms from the village closer to the land they had been given, which signified the end of traditional village life.