Stockholms Norra Omnibusbolag
About the company
Stockholms Norra Omnibusbolag (Stockholms Northern Omnibus Company) was formed on the 1st of April 1853. It began a route between Kungsbacken on Norrmalm and Slussplan in Gamla Stan with 2 horse drawn carriages and a fare of 12 skilling riksgälds. The company had an influential and wealthy board led by the treasurer Albert Theodor Starck. To begin with carriages left every half hour . But with company expansion by 1867 a carriage left Nytorget and Skeppsbron in Gamla Stan every quarter hour from 8:00am to 10:00pm costing 12 öre per person.
Tokens
Obverse: StockhsNorra Omnibus 1853 - (Stockholms Northern Omnibus Company)1853
Reverse: Blank or Bracteate
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| Source | (Smith) | |
| Filename | STHLM-SNO-1.jpg | |
| Value | Not Stated | |
| Add Desc. | Oval, Blank Reverse
Used 1853-1867 | |
| Size (mm) | 26x22 | |
| Weight (g) | ||
| Manufacture | Brass | |
| Notes | Smith Sweden 820G | |
| File:STHLM-SNO-2.jpg | ||
| Source | (Golabiewski) | |
| Filename | STHLM-SNO-2.jpg | |
| Value | Not Stated | |
| Add Desc. | Oval, Bracteate Reverse | |
| Size (mm) | 26x22 | |
| Weight (g) | ||
| Manufacture | Brass | |
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References
Stockholmspolletter: Annorlunda pengar i fabrikörers och fattigas stad (sv) [Tokens of Stockholm: unusual money for the factory owners and the poor of the city] Golabiewski Lannby, Monica; and Wiséhn, Ian (SW)