Petty nobility in Finland is dated at least back to the 13th century and was formed by nobles around their strategic interests.
Thanks to the large number of people obtaining land and/or noble title if they have achieved military success, in the 18th century, the country was also known as the Country of the Many Nobles, since the proportion of nobility among Hungarians could reach 8% (compare to 0.5% in France).
Although the privileges of the nobles and agilis (a serf married to a noblewoman) were taken away in the Revolution of 1848, they played an important role in the country's history afterwards.
The fact that politics and the intelligentsia were largely made up of common and arch- nobility until the first half of the 20th century, allowed the country to undergo a stable Industrial Revolution.
These were owners of a part of a village or owning no land at all, often referred to by a variety of Polish terms such as: The nobility (vlastela) of Serbia in the Middle Ages is roughly divided into magnates (velikaši), nobility (vlastela) and petty noblemen (vlasteličići).
[5] They held villages, with full rights,[4] and in socioeconomic and legal terms stood below the vlastela.
[6] They had military obligations, such as joining the army individually or with a group of men (soldiers), dependent on their wealth.