 Johan Fredrik Åbom, the most prolific Swedish architect of his age, designed numerous churches and a series of Burgher houses in Neo-Renaissance style.The Berns Salonger with its restaurant and stages is also a notable expression of the new civic pride, as immortalised in August Strindberg's novel "The Red Room".At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century a new generation of architects emerged who turned away from historicism and classicism.