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workmen’s dwellings.
1087
Byggnadsaktiebolaget S:t Erik (The St. Erik Building Company, Ltd.) which
was already founded in 1875. Among the dwellings intended for workmen
attention should be drawn to those in Skånegatan in Södermalm. They consist of 6
middle-sized stone-houses of two stories, each containing 12 habitations, whereof
8 of one room and kitchen and 8 attics.
Byggnadsaktiebolaget Manhem (The Manhem Building Company, Ltd.; 1894)
has erected 24 five-story houses in the Maria parish in Södermalm. The number of
i. n.
m. IV.
I. People’s Kitchen at »Mantua» (Workmen’s Dwellings of the Hanhem Building Company, Ltd.,
Stockholm). — n. Boom in a house erected by the Stockholm Workmen’s Dwelling Company, Ltd. — m. Farm
laid ont hy the Society for Own Home» (Östergötland). — rv. Dwelling-house on the Dufbo estate at
Sundbyberg, belonging to the Country Home Company, Ltd.
fire places amounts to 986. The rent varies between 125—135 kronor per fire
place. The houses are arranged in small habitations of 1 or 2 rooms and
kitchens or single rooms; there are, however, a few fiats containing more rooms.
Each habitation is as a rule provided with a hall; the kitchens are roomy and
are provided with water, iron cooking range and pantry. The rooms are
particularly comfortable. For the occupants of these houses, who amount to about
3,000, a church has been erected. One flat is occupied by a branch of the Young
Men’s Christian Association, where lectures and evening entertainments are held.
For unmarried persons a public kitchen is established. The company has given
5—6 % interest of its share capital.
Bostadsaktiebolaget Fridhem (The Fridhem Dwelling Accommodation
Company, Ltd.) has erected 2 large five-story stone-houses in the Kungsholmen districts,
containing altogether 230 habitations of 1 and 2 rooms and kitchen.
In Oothenborg. In the second city of the kingdom much has been
accomplished in the important question of workmen’s dwellings, owing to the interest of
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