House of Nobility
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<img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/umsh/AN6v0v5qrrSR5ApFZBTi-kVcECOdL5niPsZ2m9NByjyWxuQoGIYFV9xH6zwXCQ2JxgbJGdZdLyfOH3NUkgO1vYmdqle7Flt1a-Q-kNK9Bmu-0749nV2XH2JanArglpRYJYEsD7oSdlOeQ6tMVG2SqsIl02Bp0huxiZWR9KZCGvI3mamp69_FsAEU_xkV_Cc3mDETFA41DSA1-zooPKfubveBaz-oTCJk" height="200" width="auto" /><br><br>Photo By Tage Olsin (Own work (Photo taken by me)) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ARiddarhuset_Stockholm_Sweden.jpg)<br><br><br>The House of Nobility (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Nobility_%28Sweden%29) (Swedish: Riddarhuset) maintains records and acts as an interest group on behalf of the Swedish nobility.<br>Between the 17th and the 19th century the House of Nobility was a chamber in the Estates of the Realm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estates_of_the_Realm), and as such, a Swedish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden) equivalent to the British House of Lords (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lords).<br>In the 18th century, the building was often used for public concerts. From 1731, public concerts were performed here by Kungliga Hovkapellet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kungliga_Hovkapellet). Elisabeth Olin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Olin) is believed to have debuted here in the 1750s, and foreign artists performed such as Elisabetta Almerighi (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elisabetta_Almerighi&action=edit&redlink=1), Giovanni Ansani (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giovanni_Ansani&action=edit&redlink=1) (1772) and Rosa Scarlatti (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Scarlatti).<br>After 1866, when the Riksdag of the Estates was replaced by the new Riksdag (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Sweden), the Swedish House of Nobility served as a quasi-official representation of the Swedish nobility, regulated by the Swedish government. Since 2003, it has been a private institution, which maintains records and acts as an interest group on behalf of the Swedish nobility, with the main purpose to maintain old traditions and culture.<br>The Riddarhuset is also the name of the building maintained by the corporation in Stockholm old town (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamla_Stan). The French-born architect Simon De la Vallée (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simon_De_la_Vall%C3%A9e&action=edit&redlink=1) started the planning of the building, but was killed by a Swedish nobleman in 1642. The plans were eventually finished by his son, Jean De la Vallée (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_De_la_Vall%C3%A9e), in 1660.