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    Fredriksten is a fortress in the city of Halden in Norway. This Fortresses was constructed by Denmark-Norway in the 17th century as a replacement for...
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    The siege of Fredriksten (Norwegian: Beleiringen av Fredriksten festning) was an attack on the Norwegian fortress of Fredriksten in the city of Fredrikshald...
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    was shot to death during the siege of Fredriksten fortress. The Swedes were not militarily defeated at Fredriksten, but the whole structure and organisation...
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    Rosenkrantz Tower (Bergen City Museum) Kavli, Guthorm. Norges festninger, fra Fredriksten til Vardøhus (Universitetsforlaget. 1987) ISBN 8200184307 Knut Helle...
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    men were kept at work on the fortresses at Akershus, Fredrikstad, and Fredriksten. "Ulrik Fredrik Gyldenløve (1638 – 1704)". Larvik Museum. Retrieved September...
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    316,000 and the 2014 season by 336,000. The programme is recorded at Fredriksten Fortress, a 10,000-seat[citation needed] border fortress in Halden during...
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    frustration and ultimate failure, concluding with his death at the Siege of Fredriksten in 1718. At the time, most of the Swedish Empire was under foreign military...
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    After Denmark–Norway ceded the territory which included Bohus Fortress, Fredriksten Fortress was constructed in Fredrikshald on the newly established Norwegian-Swedish...
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    Grensen (Singalong at the Border, referring to the border fortress of Fredriksten where outdoor concerts are held) and on TV4 in Sweden. Jordan had a small...
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    Charles XII of Sweden, who was killed in Norway during the Siege of Fredriksten. The work was conceived to participate in the Exposition Universelle...
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    Trondheim. Poorly equipped, Armfelt pulled out after the king fell at Fredriksten. The ensuing disaster that struck his army is known as the Carolean Death...
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    Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Dynekilen, ensuring his siege of Fredriksten would fail. In 1720, he was killed in a duel. He ranks among the most...
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    Turkey (now Moldova). Some years later he was killed at the Siege of Fredriksten during an attempt to invade Norway. The Swedish Age of Greatness (Swedish:...
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  • the siege trenches of the Swedish assault on the Norwegian fortress at Fredriksten. Anders Wiborg was married twice. His first marriage was to Margrethe...
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    resistance as they advanced northward into Norway, bypassing the fortress of Fredriksten. The first hostilities were short and ended with decisive victories for...
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    Charles XII opened up a Norwegian front but was killed in the Siege of Fredriksten in 1718. The war ended with the defeat of Sweden, leaving Russia as the...
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    (aged 36) Killed in battle against Denmark–Norway during the siege of Fredriksten in 1718. Regency of Princess Ulrika Eleonora (later Queen Ulrika Eleonora;...
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    1716; however, he was shot dead at Fredriksten fortress in 1718. The Swedes were not militarily defeated at Fredriksten, but the whole structure and organization...
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    Audunborg Avaldsnes Kongsgård estate Bergenhus Fortress Egeberg Castle Fredriksten Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo Oslo Kongsgård estate Steinvikholm Castle...
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    across the border at Halden, bypassing and surrounding the fortress of Fredriksten, and then continuing north, while a second force of 6,000 soldiers landed...
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    November 1718, King Charles XII was mortally wounded during the siege of Fredriksten Fortress in Fredrikshald, today's Halden. With his death, Swedish war...
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    (1835–38) and commanding positions at the fortresses of Bergenhus and Fredriksten. He also worked as a surveyor while in the military, and in 1823 he released...
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  • born in Holstein. He was a lieutenant colonel and in command of the Fredriksten Fortress from 1717, during the Great Northern War, and was responsible...
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    south-eastern Norway with the objective of capturing them, particularly Fredriksten. This would remove the threat at his back, and they were to serve as...
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    fortress' surrender, while the officers were held as prisoners of war at Fredriksten Fortress. The reserve officers were released on 15 May, while the full-time...
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    Charles’s second invasion of Norway in 1718, Sicre was in his troops at Fredriksten. Late in the evening of 30 November, Sicre was positioned in the dugout...
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    siege collapsed upon the death of King Charles XII of Sweden in front of Fredriksten Fortress. The 17th and beginning of the 18th century was a period of...
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    in repelling his siege. After Charles XII was killed in the siege of Fredriksten in Norway's southeast, Armfeldt was ordered back into Sweden. During...
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    Great Northern War ended when Charles XII was shot and killed at the Fredriksten fortress. The fortress had been erected in the 17th century as a replacement...
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  • Bringing Home the Body of King Charles XII of Sweden, after the Siege of Fredriksten, 1718...
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