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    New Älvsborg, so-called to distinguish it from the earlier fortress at Old Älvsborg, is a sea fort on the island of Kyrkogårdsholmen within the urban...
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    Stigberget. In addition to Gothenburg city fortress, the coastal fortress Nya Älvsborg in the river entrance of Göta älv, as well as Carlsten in Marstrand had...
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  • Älvsborg or Elfsborg may refer to: Old Älvsborg, a ruined mediaeval castle on the Göta River in Gothenburg, Sweden New Älvsborg, a sea fort on the island...
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    The Älvsborg Regiment (Swedish: Älvsborgs regemente), designation I 15 and I 15/Fo 34, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traces its origins back...
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    Älvsborg) or Älvsborg Castle (Swedish: Älvsborgs Slott) to distinguish it from the later New Älvsborg and Älvsborg Fortress, was a medieval castle situated...
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    Fort Nya Elfsborg was a fortification and settlement established as a part of New Sweden. Built in 1643 and named after the Älvsborg Fortress off Gothenburg...
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    Lööf, LarsOlof (1998). "Ostindiefararen Götheborg: förlisningen vid Nya Älvsborg och omständigheterna kring olyckan". Göteborg förr och nu. 1998 (27)...
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    Drawing, showing a hornwork, of the fortress Nya Älvsborg in Gothenburg, Sweden from 1811....
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    the land batteries Billingen and Rya Nabbe with 12 guns each, and the Älvsborg fortress, who had 400 soldiers with 90 guns. The Danish-Norwegian attack...
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    The Älvsborg Coastal Artillery Regiment (Swedish: Älvsborgs kustartilleriregemente), designation KA 4, was a Swedish Navy coastal artillery regiment of...
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    5,000 – including the garrisons at the fortifications of Gothenburg, Nya Älvsborg and Carlsten – started south towards Uddevalla. The first Danish troops...
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    name "Älvsborg Town" (Swedish: Älvsborgs Stad). However, in 1563, at the outbreak of the Northern Seven Years War, a Danish army attacked Älvsborg, captured...
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  • garrison. While in Gothenburg, the regiment fought in the defense of Nya Älvsborg at Göta älv, as well as in the defense of Carlsten fortress at Marstrand...
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  • Battle of Stäket – 1719 – Great Northern War (Northern Wars) Attack on Nya Älvsborg – 1719 – Great Northern War (Northern Wars) Battle of Kvistrum – 1788...
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  • Name Swedish name Location Date Condition Picture Notes Älvsborg fortress Nya Älvsborgs fästning Gothenburg 1650 Museum Ängsö Castle Ängsö slott Västmanland...
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    org. Anders Leonard Gyllenhaal: Obituary, translated from an obituary in Nya Svenska Amerikanaren ("The New Swedish-American"), published in 1905. Entry...
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  • Varvet Nya Varvet 726:9 fd 726:7 Stg 12319, 12320 1 57°40′59″N 11°53′27″E / 57.68307°N 11.89070°E / 57.68307; 11.89070 21300000008005 Nya Älvsborg Älvsborg...
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    in Trollhättan, Sweden, nicknamed "Trollywood"), founded in 1992 by the Älvsborg County Council. Lars von Trier used its facilities in his movies, such...
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  • 7 2.3 0.0 0.0 58.9 41.1 11,413 Älvsborg N G 2.8 68,834 38.4 21.1 23.9 10.4 1.9 0.8 2.8 0.7 41.0 58.3 11,902 Älvsborg S G 2.3 57,330 29.4 37.9 20.9 7...
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    in 2004. Skoglund was born on 28 February 1916 in Borås Parish [sv] in Älvsborg County, Sweden, the son of Captain Laur Skoglund and his wife Signe (née...
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    november 2019." Försvarets författningssamling. FFS 2019:6, 2 § 8, 14. "Nya gradbeteckningar införs" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 1 October 2019...
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    respective areas. In the election of 1998 three boroughs (Askim, Torslanda and Älvsborg) held local referendums on forming their own municipalities, but their...
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    the son of Alvar and Gun Bydén. He did his mandatory military service in Älvsborg Coastal Artillery Regiment (KA 4) in Gothenburg in 1982 and then attended...
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    The Älvsborg Group (Älvsborgsgruppen) was formed on 1 January 1998 in connection with the disbandment of Älvsborg Defence District (Älvsborgs försvarsområde)...
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  • 13.4 7.0 0.0 0.0 52.3 47.7 2,880 Älvsborg N G 2.9 67,817 34.0 26.9 12.6 17.3 6.8 2.4 0.0 36.4 63.6 18,506 Älvsborg S G 2.4 56,682 25.4 46.7 10.4 14.9...
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    Danish forces; they relieved the siege of Båhus Fortress, and also captured Älvsborg Fortress across the river from Båhus Fortress. Krummedige then led forces...
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    (out of a municipal total of 39,904) Until 1997 it was the capital of Älvsborg County, which was dissolved in 1998. Since 1999 Vänersborg has been the...
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    or harbors. South shore Älvnabbens petroleumhamn, (older) Tånguddens hamn Nya Varvet, (older) Carnegiekajen, (older) dock length 225 m (738 ft), depth...
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    Pethrus Lewi Johansson (1884-03-11)11 March 1884 Vargön, Västra Tunhem, Älvsborg, Sweden Died 4 September 1974(1974-09-04) (aged 90) Stockholm, Sweden Education...
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    January 2020. Hägg, Göran (2013). Svenska förmögenheter: [gamla klipp och nya pengar : människorna, intrigerna, sveken] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Lind &...
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