ABSTRACT
It is time to tie together the different sub-studies of this inquiry by reviewing the aims and key issues of the investigation. The purpose of the research has been to study the changing conditions for property ownership in Berlin and Stockholm from 1860 to the end of the First World War, thereby contributing to better understanding of the dynamics and character of urban growth. The investigation began with the municipal reform movements in Prussia and Sweden in the nineteenth century, and the establishment of municipal self-government in the two capitals. Property owners' associations in Berlin and in Stockholm belonged to networks of liberal alliances. However, the organisations came to work under different conditions as regards municipal policy. The social significance of property ownership change dramatically during this period of time, due to economic development in the cities. The investigation has shown that Stockholm's property owners often played a more active role in change process than did property owners in Berlin.
