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  • Dag Hammarskjold(291 clicks)
    "Secretary-General of the United Nations from 10 April 1953 until 18 September 1961 when he met his death in a plane accident while on a peace mission in the Congo."
  • Gustavus Adolphus the Great(344 clicks)
    King of Sweden 1611-1632, born in Stockholm 1595, slain in battle at Lützen in 1632 during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648).
  • History of Sweden(376 clicks)
    From Swedish Smorgasbord
  • Holmiensis(363 clicks)
  • Kristina Wasa, Queen of Sweden (1626-1689)(309 clicks)
    An intellectual queen who engaged in intellectual discourse with Descartes.
  • Project Runeberg(320 clicks)
    The Internet's biggest center for Nordic literature
  • Queen Christina of Sweden, 1626-1689(411 clicks)
    "Queen Christina Wasa of Sweden ruled from 1640 - 1654, then abdicated her throne to Charles Gustavas and converted to Catholicism, which was illegal in Sweden. After abdicating, she lived in Rome, and was an active proponent of religious freedom and a patroness of the arts."
  • Raoul Gustav Wallenberg(744 clicks)
  • Royal Warship Vasa(310 clicks)
    A site about the swedish 17th century warship Vasa that capsized in 1628. There are articles about the ship itself and the ship´s decoration. I have also included an article on contemporary swedish history and a little about 17th century Stockholm.
  • Sami People(376 clicks)
    Saami people of northern Scandinava. Often called Laplanders.
  • Sweden--History(307 clicks)
    From the Swedish Embassy in London
  • Sweden: Primary Documents(376 clicks)
  • Swedish History(315 clicks)
    These documents are presented with the intention of giving short and (hopefully) correct bits of Swedish history.
  • Swedish History(333 clicks)
    brief history
  • The 92 medieval churches of Gotland(294 clicks)
    Gotland, Sweden. Search or click on a map.
  • Viking Heritage Server and Database(353 clicks)
    A group of Viking researchers, from different areas and fields, have taken the initiative to establish this Network.