Mastering the narrative and the dirty tricks of trade: The re-establishment of a Swedish bank in 1668

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Table 1. Commissioners of the Riksens ständers bank (RSB), appointed 1668–1700.

Starting service	Ending service	Appointed commissioner	Years as commissioner	Years in the bank	Name	Previous position	Estate
1668	1673	1668	5	5	Joachim Pötter (ennobled as Lillienhoff)	Merchant and commissioner of the College of Trade	Nobility
1668	1673	1668	5	5	Niclas Keder	Merchant	Burghers
1668	1674	1668	6	6	Daniel Cameén	Town magistrate Stockholm	Burghers
1668	1675	1668	7	7	Johan Pontin	Tutor and librarian	Clergy
1668	1681	1668	13	13	Erik Appelgren	Commissioner of Stockholm’s Banco	Nobility
1668	1684	1668	16	16	Daniel Faxell	Mayor of Malmö	Clergy
1668	1681	1670	11	13	Elof Terserus	Cashier at RSB	Clergy
1668	1681	1674	7	13	Johan Gerdes	Vice-commissioner of RSB	Burghers
1668	1696	1675	21	28	Magnus Molin	Vice-commissioner of RSB	Clergy
1668	1683	1681	2	15	Anders Brodinius	Secretary at RSB	Burghers
1669	1696	1684	12	27	Anders Strömmer	Bookkeeper at RSB	Clergy
1670	1696	1681	15	26	Eric Camoén	Bookkeeper at RSB	Clergy
1671	1712	1684	28	41	Sven Brink	Cashier and bookkeeper at RSB	Clergy
1672	1681	1672	9	9	Carl Jonsson Berg	Merchant and civil servant	Burghers
1673	1689	1675	14	16	Hans Stålhandske	Vice-commissioner of RSB	Nobility
1675	1713	1696	17	38	Gabriel Roling	Bookkeeper (former cashier) at RSB	Clergy
1675	1693			18	Georg/Johan Hattun	n/a
1679	1687	1681	6	8	Jonas Erdtman (ennobled as Schönberg)	Prosecutor (fiskal) at RSB	Nobility
1679	1701	1696	5	22	Berndt Insulander	Bookkeeper at RSB	Clergy
1680	1698	1680	18	18	Anders Ehrenfeldt	District judge	Nobility
1680	1722	1698	24	42	Albert Feindt	Scribe and bookkeeper at RSB
1686	1696	1687	9	10	Lars Nyman	n/a	Nobility
1689	1700	1689	11	11	Gustav Oljeqvist	Servant at the Chancellery College	Nobility
1692	1741	1728	13	49	Jonas Söderling	Bookkeeper at RSB
1693	1706	1701	5	13	Johan Fahlbom	Bookkeeper at RSB	Clergy
1694	1737	1731	6	43	Anders Sahlbeck	Scribe at RSB
1696	1714			18	Daniel Lagerbom	Embassy secratary
1697	1740	1726	14	43	Arvid Dahl (ennobled as Psilanderhjelm)	Bookkeeper at RSB	Nobility
1698	1722	1698	24	24	Gerhard Palmstruch	Steward in a noble household	Nobility
1700	1750	1747	3	50	Essaias Zedritz	Accountant general in RSB

Source: Swedish National Archive (SNA), Riksbanken, Riksbankens manuskriptsamling vol. 5; F. Silfverstolpe, Biografisk matrikel över bankens ämbetsmän och betjänte, vol 1; SNA, Riksbanken, Riksbankens manuskriptsamling vol. 6; B. Ohlsson, Matrikel över tjänstemän vid Sveriges riksbank etc. 1668-1911; Svenskt biografiskt lexikon.

Table 2. Deposits in Stockholm’s Banco and The Bank of the Estates of the Realm, daler silvermynt.

Year	Deposits
Stockholm’s Banco
1658	66,666
1660	133,333
1663	n/a
1664	n/a
The Bank of the Estates of the Realm
1668	28.577
1670	210,038
1672	384,360
1674	514,760
1685	3,021,269
1690	3,644,314

Source: Brisman 1918, p. 44, 50, appendix I pp. 12–14.

Brisman, S. (1918). Sveriges riksbank 1668–1918. Bankens tillkomst och verksamhet (Vol. 1).  Stockholm: Norstedt.

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