Helsinki - House of the Nobility

At the end of Aleksanterinkatu in Helsinki, on the right, is the House of the Nobility. In Sweden the status of nobility was conferred by being "introduced" in the House of the Nobility, after which the coat of arms of the newly ennobled family was set up in the Knights' Hall. To the rear of the House of the Nobility, running parallel with Aleksanterinkatu, is Hallituskatu. Opposite it are the premises of the Finnish Literary Society (Suomen Kirjallisuuden Seura).