Clas på Hörnet Clas had worked as a waiter and Annika as a manager. They named their own inn first "Browallshof", but it was soon called "Clas på Hörnet", both of them names from the co-founder of the inn. The inn, which was very conveniently positioned close to the Roslagstull customs and the popular health spring "Surbrunnen", quickly expanded into one of the most fashionable in Stockholm, frequented by customers of all social classes. It also offered the biggest dancing parlor in Stockholm, where balls were held by the aristocracy: in 1745, Frederick I of Sweden participated in one of the balls, where
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