| Show knighthood IN SWEDEN SW EDEN ISS SLOWLY LOWLY DYING OUT during last generation lines have terminated Stockholm Knighthood Is still in flower in sweden although altho t the h e petals are failing one by one this sentiment ta is suggested by the fact that the assembly of nobles which aich comes once has just been held every three years in the historic hall of knights attend ed by scions of counties and baronet hundreds of years old cies des many the chamber of nobles n as such has swedish govern government meat not been active in 10 since sincel 1880 SK and sc scarcely acely any titles have hay e been created since alnee tb that at time statistics soon to be printed show that there in sweden swed en 52 lines of at present are counts baronial lines and other titled families during the last genera enera tion about daffe different rent lines have bare terminated ted dv it Is a law in the chamber ends if the family amily I 1 of nobles that a R line holding the title changes its national ty ity thus many emigrants emir ante to america and other countries bare sought new fortunes at the price of old titles it li is also a law that a swedish aristocratic boa house se must be dec declared bared extinct when there has ha been no n a male birth la to it during a period of 90 years swedish nobility had its origin probably in the twelfth century in 10 eriv illges a awarded warded for and a great number of titles we created du during ring the first half of the seventeenth century by th the e famous king gustavus adolphus A few years after his death was built the beautiful hall of knights where the assemblies are now held with its curiously cu carved copper root its walls hung ith gorgeous armorial bearings it Is one of the show places of the capital the swedish nobles of today are great patrons of arts and sciences many are found in military and pollyl dil cal posts hile engage in model arming farming on their states estates |
