• 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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    Älvsborg County (Swedish: Älvsborgs län) was a county of Sweden until 1997, when it was merged with the counties of Gothenburg & Bohus and Skaraborg to...
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    Älvsborg is an urban district of Gothenburg in Sweden. Älvsborg is a coastal district situated in western Gothenburg at the mouth of the Rivö Fjord and...
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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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    Älvsborg Fortress (Swedish: Älvsborgs fästning), with its main facility Oscar II's Fort (Swedish: Oscar II:s fort) built 1899–1907, is a now-defunct Swedish...
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    Älvsborg (lit. 'river stronghold'), now generally known as Old Älvsborg (Swedish: Gamla Älvsborg) or Älvsborg Castle (Swedish: Älvsborgs Slott) to distinguish...
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  • Älvsborgs FF is a Swedish football club located in Västra Frölunda. Älvsborgs FF currently (2016) plays in Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland which is the...
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    of Älvsborg (Swedish: Belägringen av Älvsborg; Norwegian: Beleiringen av Älvsborg) was a failed Norwegian siege of the Swedish fortress of Älvsborg held...
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    The Älvsborg Bridge (Swedish: Älvsborgsbron) is a suspension bridge over Göta älv in Gothenburg, Sweden, connecting the island of Hisingen with the mainland...
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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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    clinical chemistry, bacteriology and pathology. Norra Älvsborgs Länssjukhus (Swedish for Northern Älvsborg county hospital), commonly called NÄL, is located...
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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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    (Swedish: Älvsborgs amfibieregemente, Amf 4) is one of two marine regiments of the Swedish Amphibious Corps based in Gothenburg. Raised from Älvsborg Coastal...
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    and limited to a 20 kilometer stretch on the Kattegat in the vicinity of Älvsborg, close to modern Gothenburg. Furthermore, Denmark controlled the Baltic...
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    The Siege of Älvsborg (Swedish: Belägringen av Älvsborg), also known as the Siege of Elfsborg (Danish: Belejringen af Elfsborg), was a siege of the Swedish...
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    Council is Vänersborg. The county was established on 1 January 1998, when Älvsborg County, Gothenburg and Bohus County and Skaraborg County were merged. Sweden's...
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    HSwMS Älvsborg (M02) was a minelayer in the Swedish Navy, launched on 11 November 1969. She had one sister ship, HSwMS Visborg. She belonged to the 1st...
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    regained by incorporating Lapland into Norway, and Swedish payment of the Älvsborg Ransom for two fortresses which Denmark–Norway had taken in the war. However...
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    The Älvsborg Line (Swedish: Älvsborgsbanan) is a railway line between Uddevalla and Borås in Sweden. The 133-kilometre (83 mi) long crescent-shaped line...
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  • Älvsborg Fortress (Gothenburg) Bjärka-Säby Castle (Linköping) Castle Boo (Hjortkvarn) Bohus Fortress (Kungälv) Borgholm Castle (Borgholm) Brahehus Carlsten...
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    falling under enemy control. A subsequent Dano-Norwegian assault against the Älvsborg fortress in the riverhead of Gothenburg's inlet port was countered by the...
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    The Second Älvsborg Ransom (Swedish: Älvsborgs Andra Lösen) was an indemnity, stipulated in the 1613 Treaty of Knäred, which ended the Kalmar War. During...
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    towards Jönköping, and from the Norwegian side towards the fortress of Älvsborg and thereafter further into Västergötland. A force of 6,000 Danish troops...
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    family hanging in the House of Nobility Country Sweden Place of origin Älvsborg County, Sweden Founded 1652 Titles Baron Gyllenhaal (1837) Baron Gyllenhaal...
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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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    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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    destroyed by Danish invaders, is marked by a stone near the north end of the Älvsborg Bridge in the Färjenäs Park. The church was built in 1603 and destroyed...
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    Älvsborg at Gothenburg, a sea fortress in the Kattegat...
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    indemnity of 1 million silver riksdaler to Denmark, an amount known as the Älvsborg ransom. King Christian used this money to found several towns and fortresses...
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    IF Elfsborg. The name is derived from Älvsborg County where instead of making use of the modern spelling Älvsborg, they used the older spelling with an...
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