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SWEDEN - Courrier international: "Marianne Wiiburg Setterblad, the woman who keeps the Swedish nobility in line".
Marbled paper and coffee sets are among her dadas. But what most fascinates Marianne Wiiburg Setterblad, editor at Riddarhuset, a private institution representing the interests of the Swedish nobility, is keeping a register of her country's aristocracy. Reported by "Dagens Nyheter".
Thousands of pages of history
A real painstaking task. Marianne started out alone. Today, three people are lending her a hand. Thousands of pages of history, detailed family trees - professions, academic titles, dates of birth, marriages, divorces, children, everything is listed, with the exception of children of noblewomen who live unmarried or married a commoner. They are not included in Who's Who.
A new chance
With a print run of 2,000 copies, the register is available for pre-order at 595 Swedish kronor [51.50 euros], followed by 890 kronor [77 euros]. Marianne is not herself a noblewoman, but her maternal grandparents lived at Ericsberg Castle, on the outskirts of Katrineholm [southwest of Stockholm], and she often visited it as a child. Perhaps it was during this period that she developed her interest in old stories. Even if, as is often the case, it was rather chance that guided her.
"All I knew after high school was that I wanted to study in Lund [in Skåne, southern Sweden]. I had a few older cousins who had done so - which played no part, by the way!"