Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold (28 October 1690 – 12 November 1720), commonly referred to as Tordenskjold (lit. 'Thunder Shield'), was a Danish-Norwegian...

borne the name Peter Tordenskjold, after Peter Tordenskjold. HDMS Tordenskjold (1852) , a frigate, in service 1854-1872. HDMS Tordenskjold (1880), a torpedo...

during the Great Northern War between a Dano-Norwegian fleet under Peter Tordenskjold and a Swedish fleet under Olof Strömstierna. The battle resulted in...

place in 1720 and follows the acclaimed Danish-Norwegian Vice-Admiral Peter Tordenskjold at the end of his life, after the Great Nordic War, when he embarks...

Tordenskjold Township is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 550 at the 2000 census. According to the United...

was related on his maternal side to the Danish-Norwegian admiral Peter Tordenskjold. In Kristiania, in 1921, Zapffe learned for the first time about mountaineering...

Peter Tordenskjold (1691–1720) was a Dano-Norwegian naval hero. Tordenskjold or Tordenskiold may also refer to: Tordenskiold (noble family) Tordenskjold...

HNoMS Tordenskjold, known locally as Panserskipet Tordenskjold, was a Norwegian coastal defence ship. She, her sister ship, Harald Haarfagre, and the slightly...

which was led by Olof Strömstierna. The Danes were led by the famous Peter Tordenskjold. The Swedish land defence was led by Fredrik of Hessen, and it consisted...

years his junior His most notable project was the bronze sculpture of Peter Tordenskjold, Vice-Admiral in the Royal Danish-Norwegian Navy. His commission for...

Tordenskjold was a torpedo ram built for the Royal Danish Navy in the early 1880s. The ship was sold for scrap in 1908. Tordenskjold was 67.75 meters (222 ft...

personnel enrolled in the common fleet; of these 10,000 were Norwegian. When Tordenskjold carried out his famous raid at Dynekil in 1716 more than 80 percent of...

Baltic. It was named after the celebrated Danish naval hero Peter Tordenskjold. The Tordenskjold was a three-decked ship of the line with a displacement of...

after famous Danish admirals, with the debatable exception of Peter Tordenskjold, a Norwegian-born officer who served during the personal union of Norway...

– Louis-Guillaume Verrier, Canadian lawyer (d. 1758) October 28 – Peter Tordenskjold, Norwegian sea officer (d. 1720) October 29 – Martin Folkes, English...

The Tordenskjold class of coastal defence ships was ordered by Norway as part as the general rearmament in the time leading up to the events in 1905 -...

Dano-Norwegian assault on northern Bohuslän, ships under the command of Peter Tordenskjold attacked the Swedes at Marstrand harbor and the immobile ships of...

reached the city unopposed. During the Attack on Marstrand in 1719, Peter Tordenskjold carried out military deception against the Swedes. Although probably...

famously at Marstrand and Dynekilden. He was later known as Tordenskjold. In 1712, Tordenskjold succeeded in burning 80 Swedish naval cruisers, which played...

allied Danish-Dutch fleet and the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea Peter Tordenskjold – Norwegian sea officer Scania – Province in Sweden Gutes – Population...

Danish Navy which was in use until 1990. The ship is named after Peter Tordenskjold, a 17th-century Dano-Norwegian vice admiral. The corvettes are fitted...

personnel enrolled in the common fleet. Of these 10 000 were Norwegian. When Tordenskjold made his raid at Dynekil in 1716, over 80% of the sailors and 90% of...

1682) 1667 – Maria Anna of Neuburg, Queen consort of Spain 1690 – Peter Tordenskjold, Norwegian admiral (d. 1720) 1693 – Šimon Brixi, Czech composer (d...

Svinesund. When he reached Dynekilen, his flotilla was attacked by Peter Tordenskjold who managed to destroy many of the ships after a five-hour-long battle...

the burial site of such notabilities as naval heroes Niels Juel and Peter Tordenskjold, and composer Niels Wilhelm Gade, and contains artwork by, among others...

municipality's coat-of-arms. During the Great Nordic War from 1700 to 1721 Peter Tordenskjold barricaded himself here in his fights against Sweden.: 95  In 1712...

of Peter Tordenskjold during his time as a privateer. One of the bays on the island is named "Tordenskjoldsbukta" (Norwegian: Bay of Tordenskjold). The...

Ole Christopher Wessel. Wessel is the grandnephew of the nobleman Peter Tordenskjold, brother in law of Maren Juel and the great-great-great-grandfather...

Ringve Farm was the childhood home of the Danish-Norwegian nobleman, Peter Tordenskjold. It is situated in a park on the Lade peninsula just outside Trondheim...

Kongsøya in Kong Karls Land, Svalbard. It is named after naval officer Peter Tordenskjold. The mountain is located at the western side of the island, south...