Fredriksten information

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...

The siege of Fredriksten (Norwegian: Beleiringen av Fredriksten festning) was an attack on the Norwegian fortress of Fredriksten in the city of Fredrikshald...

was shot to death during the siege of Fredriksten fortress. The Swedes were not militarily defeated at Fredriksten, but the whole structure and organisation...

men were kept at work on the fortresses at Akershus, Fredrikstad, and Fredriksten. "Ulrik Fredrik Gyldenløve (1638 – 1704)". Larvik Museum. Retrieved September...

Rosenkrantz Tower (Bergen City Museum) Kavli, Guthorm. Norges festninger, fra Fredriksten til Vardøhus (Universitetsforlaget. 1987) ISBN 8200184307 Knut Helle...

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...

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...

November 1718, King Charles XII was mortally wounded during the siege of Fredriksten Fortress in Fredrikshald, today's Halden. With his death, Swedish war...

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...

After Denmark–Norway ceded the territory which included Bohus Fortress, Fredriksten Fortress was constructed in Fredrikshald on the newly established Norwegian-Swedish...

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...

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...

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...

resistance as they advanced northward into Norway, bypassing the fortress of Fredriksten. The first hostilities were short and ended with decisive victories for...

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:...

Charles XII of Sweden, who was killed in Norway during the Siege of Fredriksten. The work was conceived to participate in the Exposition Universelle...

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...

(aged 36) Killed in battle against Denmark–Norway during the siege of Fredriksten in 1718. Regency of Princess Ulrika Eleonora (later Queen Ulrika Eleonora;...

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...

Audunborg Avaldsnes Kongsgård estate Bergenhus Fortress Egeberg Castle Fredriksten Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo Oslo Kongsgård estate Steinvikholm Castle...

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...

(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...

the siege trenches of the Swedish assault on the Norwegian fortress at Fredriksten. Anders Wiborg was married twice. His first marriage was to Margrethe...

expenditure; Norway not only modernised the frontier forts at Kongsvinger and Fredriksten, but also built a series of new military strongholds along its border...

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...

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...