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    Visby (Swedish: [ˈvǐːsbʏ] ) is an urban area in Sweden and the seat of Gotland Municipality in Gotland County on the island of Gotland with 24,330 inhabitants...
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    The Battle of Visby was fought in 1361 near the town of Visby on the island of Gotland, between the forces of the Danish king and the Gutnish country...
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    The Visby class is a series of corvettes in use by the Swedish Navy. It is the latest class of corvette adopted by the navy after the Göteborg and Stockholm-class...
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  • Look up Visby in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland. Visby may also refer to: Visby-class destroyer...
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  • The Hague–Visby Rules is a set of international rules for the international carriage of goods by sea. They are a slightly updated version of the original...
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    The population is 61,001, of which about 23,600 live in Visby, the main town. Outside Visby, there are minor settlements and a mainly rural population...
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    Visby Airport (IATA: VBY, ICAO: ESSV), is located about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) north of Visby, Gotland, Sweden. Visby airport is Gotland's only commercial...
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    Visby ishall is an indoor ice hockey venue located in Visby, Sweden. It was built in 1975 and has a capacity of 2000 spectators. It is the home venue...
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    The Visby lenses are a collection of lens-shaped manufactured objects made of rock crystal (quartz) found in several Viking graves on the island of Gotland...
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    outside Visby on 27 July. The inhabitants of Visby date and opened the city gates to the victor, after which the so-called fire assessment of Visby took...
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  • the Visby gen 2 corvettes by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV). These ships were intended to be an evolved version of the Visby-class...
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    Coat of plates (redirect from Visby armor)
    on some of the Visby plates. One of the best resources about coats of plates are the mass graves from the Battle of Visby. The Visby coats of plates...
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    IFK Visby is a Swedish football club located in Visby on the island of Gotland. IFK Visby currently plays in Division 4 Gotland which is the sixth tier...
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  • HSwMS Visby, named after the city of Visby: HSwMS Visby (J11) was a Visby-class destroyer launched in 1942 and decommissioned in 1982 HSwMS Visby (K31)...
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    runs state-subsidised domestic ferries from Nynäshamn and Oskarshamn to Visby on the island of Gotland. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rederi AB Gotland...
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    toward Visby, intending on attacking the city. In response, the burghers of Visby also mobilized their forces. When the peasants reached Visby, their...
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  • Visby BBK is a women's basketball club in Visby, Sweden. The club was established in 1992 out of the Visby AIK basketball section. The women's team, playing...
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    The Diocese of Visby (Swedish: Visby stift) is a division of the Church of Sweden consisting of the island of Gotland. Its seat is Visby Cathedral located...
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    Visby City Wall (Swedish: Visby ringmur, "Visby Ring Wall", sometimes Visby stadsmur, "Visby City Wall") is a medieval defensive wall surrounding the Swedish...
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  • GPX (secondary coordinates) The HVDC Visby–Näs is a bipolar HVDC electric power transmission system between Visby and a wind power centre near Näs on Gotland...
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    MS Rigel II (redirect from MS Visby (1980))
    in January 1980 as Visby for Rederi AB Gotland. She was the first of two identical ships built by Öresundsvarvet in Landskrona. Visby entered service between...
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    Visby Cathedral (Swedish: Visby domkyrka), formally Visby Saint Mary's Cathedral (Visby Sankta Maria domkyrka), is a cathedral within the Church of Sweden...
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  • trossbåt typ 662". soldf.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-02-10. "Korvett Visby". SoldF.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-02-12. "Granatspruta 92 (Grsp92)"...
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    influenced by German merchants of the Hanseatic League, active especially at Visby. In 1397 Queen Margaret I of Denmark affected the personal union of Sweden...
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    Valdemar Atterdag holding Visby to ransom, 1361 is a historical painting (oil on canvas, signed in 1882) by the Swedish historical painter Carl Gustaf...
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    the 1970s, it stood in a garden at the Gotland Regiment (P 18) south of Visby. It was then relocated to Kneippbyn and Kneippbyns Summerland about three...
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  • The Real World: Visby aired in 1996, but it became the last Real World season in Sweden following poor ratings. The Real World: Visby was broadcast on...
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  • Visby/Roma HK is a Swedish ice hockey club located in Visby on Gotland. The club currently plays in group East of Hockeyettan, the third tier of Swedish...
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    of Sandhamn and Visby (course 193°) is almost exactly 100 M. Gotland Round Race has its roots in a yacht race between Sandhamn and Visby in the early 1920s...
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    View towards St Mary's Cathedral in Visby, Sweden. Visby is one of the most well-preserved former Hanseatic cities in Sweden and a UNESCO World Heritage...
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