Editing History of Stockholm (section)

== Early industrial era (1809–1850) ==
[[Image:Skeppsholmskyrkan i Stockholm.jpg|thumb|The [[Skeppsholmskyrkan|Skeppsholmen Church]] by [[Fredrik Blom]]]]
For Stockholm, the early 19th century meant the only larger-scale projects to be realised were those initiated by the military which favoured a more stiff classicism, the local Swedish version of the [[Empire style]] (in Sweden named ''Karl Johansstil'' after King [[Charles XIV of Sweden|Charles XIV John]]).  The architects dominating the era, [[Fredrik Blom]] and [[Carl Christoffer Gjörwell]], both were commissioned by the military.  Due to the general stagnation, few other constructions were realised — in average ten smaller residential buildings per year — additions which the ambitious city plans of the 17th century could easily handle.<ref name="Andersson-49-56" />

During the later half of the 18th century [[real income]] dwindled to reach an all-time low in 1810 when it corresponded to roughly half that of the 1730s; public officials being those worst affected.<ref name="Nilsson-187-188" />  [[Norrköping]] became the greatest manufacturing city of Sweden and [[Gothenburg]] developed into the key trading port because of its location on the [[North Sea]].

Most people still lived within the present Old Town, with a growth along the eastern shore. Population also grew on the surrounding ridges, more so in the wealthy district [[Norrmalm]] and less so in the poor district [[Södermalm]].<ref name="Nilsson-189-195" />  However, many of the ridges surrounding the city were slums mostly rural in character without water and sewage and frequently ravaged by [[cholera]].<ref name="Andersson-49-56" />
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