The Royal Proclamation of the Swedish East India Company (1814) lost its trading privileges with the East India, mainly China. The Swedish East India Company was founded in 1731 and dissolved in 1813. "Sweden was one of the last European countries to initiate exchanges with Asia. This was done by the Swedish East India Company (SOIC). SOIC enjoyed a glorious edge almost a century after other European companies were founded. With the beginning of the East India trade in the 17th century, Chinese and Indian goods became prominent in Swedish society. Drinking tea and charging Chinese things became fashionable, and Chinese culture, logic, craftsmanship, agribusiness, and design were studied and replicated. A Chinese structural development in Ningholm, this has been adopted by other smaller parks, such as the Jean Abraham Grill stop in Godegard. Sweden is seen as a show community, and individuals suggest that it should actually be ruled by a "mandarin", an intellectual authority headed by a Chinese-style ruler."