Royal Bachelors' Club
The Royal Bachelors' Club is a gentlemen's club founded in 1769 in Gothenburg, Sweden. In 1787, the club got royal appropriation and exists still today.
It was founded by Scottish expats who had settled in the city, including
billiards, which was banned in Sweden at the time on public premises. Many were fairly young men who had no private homes to play in; they founded the Bachelors’ Club, for "billiards, and pleasant, undisturbed fellowship". Erskine was Member Number 1.[1]
References
- ^ Jonas Berg and Bo Lagercrantz. Scots in Sweden.
