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Until 1866 there were four lines of division in Sweden, with representation in the parliament (riksdagen) peasants, clergy, burghers and nobility (see Wikipedia: Riksdag of the Estates). Of course the main population did not belong to the upper classes, they were helping hands at farms for example or factory workers. I would say that clergy and burghers are middle class even after the two chamber parliament started which was in effect until 1971. Someone owning a newspaper would be a burgher then.