Markus Hess

The growing economy of Copenhagen, Malmø and other rich Market Towns has seen the emergence of a new breed of burgher aristocrats. These men are eager not only to find opportunity to enrich themselves but are ready to ally with the state to create future wealth for both themselves and us.\nFew embody this ideal as much as Markus Hess, the mayor of Copenhagen and personal head of trading enterprises from the Netherlands to Spain and from Iceland to Estonia. Hess has a number of close ties to the crown, at times single-handedly taking responsibility for supplying the navy and army with certain goods as well as by facilitating financial contacts with the Dutch.