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Karlsborg Fortress, the largest fortress in Europe, is situated in the town of Karlsborg. [7] It is a testament to the "Central Defence Principle" of the 19th century, a reaction to the loss of Finland as a buffer state in 1809. Bjurum manor, one of the largest Swedish manors in the country, is located in Västergötland.
Östergötland (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈœ̂sːtɛrˌjøːtland] ⓘ; English exonym: East Gothland) [2] is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (landskap in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English literature, the Latinized version Ostrogothia is ...
Västra Götaland County (Swedish: Västra Götalands län) is a county or län on the western coast of Sweden.. The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (kommuner).
[7] [8] Close by the coast in Västergarn is the former bay, now lake Paviken with its bird reserve . [ 9 ] About 2 km (1.2 mi) off the coast is the 50 ha (120 acres) Västergarns utholme island.
Bohuslän (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈbûːhʉːsˌlɛːn] ⓘ) is a Swedish province in Götaland, on the northernmost part of the country's west coast.It is bordered by Dalsland to the northeast, Västergötland to the southeast, the Skagerrak arm of the North Sea to the west, and the county of Østfold, in Norway, to the north.
The Västgöta Regiment (Swedish: Västgöta regemente), also I 6, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traced its origins back to the 16th century. It was converted from a cavalry regiment in 1811 and disbanded in 1927.
A first printing in modern times was published by Hans Samuel Collin and Carl Johan Schlyter in 1827 (which made the text the subject of the earliest known stemma), [2] and a new edition by Gösta Holm in 1976. The oldest manuscript of Äldre Västgötalagen contains other material added by a priest called Laurentius in Vedum around 1325.
The original four ships of the class (Västergötland, Hälsingland, Södermanland, and Östergötland) were built between 1983 and 1988 by Kockums AB.The latter two have undergone comprehensive refits, including the insertion of a new hull section with an air-independent propulsion system equipped with Stirling engines.