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Street name: Dicksonsgatan
Category: Person
Category in detail: Rich family
Description: Dickson, a relative, hails from the town of Kelso in Scotland. The family came to Gothenburg during the early 19th century. For generations, the family belonged to this city's economically and socially leading class and is still represented in Gothenburg's business world. The family was known for their sense of business. Felling of forests was encouraged so that farmers could have larger cultivation areas, which led to more income in the form of taxes. These fellings the family came to be sentenced for when they illegally felled the state forest, they were sentenced for the crime "baggböleri".
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City: Gothenburg
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