House of Nobility, Stockholm

House of Nobility, Stockholm (Sweden)

The House of Nobility in Stockholm Sweden is a corporation and a building that maintains records and acts as an interest group on behalf of the Swedish nobility. The name is literally translated as House of Knights as the knights belong to the higher ranks of the Swedish nobility sometimes also together with titles such as count and baron. All esquires are also represented in the corporation. This is a tradition from the Middle Ages when Sweden during the Kalmar Union only had one knight Sten Sture. The architecture of the old main library in Turku Finland was influenced by the Swedish House of Nobility.