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Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 06:56, 6 February 2021: 800 × 877 (513 KB): Chhrls: Updated borders for places like the Swedish-Finnish border and the Skåne-Blekinge border, added Blekinge, changed incorrect dates for places like Swedish Pomerania.
Depiction of the Stockholm Archipelago, c. 1740. The Stockholm Archipelago is a joint valley landscape that has been shaped – and is still being shaped – by post-glacial rebound. [4] [5] It was not until the Viking Age that the archipelago began to assume its present-day contours. The islands rise by about three millimeters each year.
The ship Vasa gives an idea of the era.. In Swedish history, the first half of the 17th century was a period of awakening.As a leading European power, a role which the country was to impose itself following the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), required the capital to be refurnished with a worthy architectonic rob—the nation was determined never to repeat the embarrassment experienced ...
Roland Svensson (18 January 1910 – 31 July 2003), was a Swedish painter, writer, black and white artist, illustrator of books and originals for stamps. He is most noted for his depiction of the Stockholm archipelago. He also wrote several books.
1923 map showing Swedish possessions acquired between 1524 and 1658. Years in parentheses show when possession was lost. As a result of eighteen years of war, Sweden gained small and scattered possessions, but had secured control of three principal rivers in northern Germany—the Oder , the Elbe and the Weser —and gained toll-collection ...
It is a popular game fish because of its taste. In Sweden it is common in all regions except the northernmost mountains and on the island of Gotland, and it is the provincial fish of Västmanland. The Swedish record weight is 12.007 kg. [19] The arguably most popular fish in Swedish fresh water is the European perch, and the annual catch is ...
Three Crowns The lesser arms of Sweden The three crowns on Stockholm's City Hall. Three Crowns (Swedish: tre kronor) is the national emblem of Sweden, present in the coat of arms of Sweden, and composed of three yellow or gilded coronets ordered two above and one below, placed on a blue background. Similar designs are found on a number of other ...