Social Development
The period saw a new bourgeoisie climb the ranks — the so-called Skeppsbroadeln — which made a fortune on the emerging industry and had palaces built on the prestigious quay Skeppsbron and slightly more modest estates on the still rural ridges — many of which has survived in their original states.
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