The noble meeting opens in the knight's house. On the right is seen the new chairman, cabinet chamberlain hugo hamilton af hageby. Under sunny conditions, the thirtieth meeting of the nobles in riddarhuset was opened on thursday. On wednesday, representatives of 133 clans had picked up tokens and are thus entitled to vote during the meeting, which includes eight meetings and is expected to last until the month of may. Elder count carl lewenhaupt (not the oldest in years, but head of the oldest noble clan) opened the meeting with a traditional speech, in which he touched, among other things, on the worrying fact that the old knight's house is cracking at the joints and lamented that the cold hunted the meeting participants from the knight's house hall. Now they stayed in the country marshal's rooms, which perhaps made it easier to avoid offenses against the rules of order, which are largely connected with the architecture and interior design of the knight's house. But whoever applauds or whistles in the country marshal's room, may put 3 riksdaler in the piggy bank. Baron hugo hamilton af hageby, the cabinet chamberlain baron hugo hamilton of hageby, count torgil von seth, and delegating baron fabian wrede of elimä, baron carl de geer of finspång and captain gunnar bråkenhielm were elected chairman of the noble meeting. The next meeting will take place on monday 20 february. The nobles' meeting's two main topics of debate will be the subsidence caused by the subway construction in riddarhuset and the increase in the modest pensions paid out by the vadstena noble nunnery. Date: 16 February 1956.
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