Birka listen (Birca in medieval sources), on the island of Björkö (lit. "Birch Island") in present-day Sweden, was an important Viking Age trading center...
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MS Sea Diamond (redirect from M/S Birka Princess)
Hellenic Cruise Lines. She was built in 1984 by Valmet, Finland for Birka Line as Birka Princess. The ship ran aground near the Greek island of Santorini...
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Birka grave Bj 581 held a female buried in a weapons grave during the 10th century in Birka, Sweden. Although the remains had been thought to be of a...
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Birka Cruises (formerly Birka Line) was an Ålandian shipping company that operated a cruise ship on the Baltic Sea with Stockholm as the starting point...
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Finland for Birka Line, later owned by Rederi Ab Eckerö, and operated under their Birka Cruises brand. She sailed as Birka Paradise until 2013. Birka Paradise...
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Emīls Birka (born 25 April 2000) is a Latvian football player who plays as a left-back for Valmiera and the Latvia national team. Birka made his debut...
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Cairo Birka Line, an Ålandian shipping company MS Birka Stockholm, a cruise ship owned by Birka Line Birka Princess, a cruise ship built for Birka Line...
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The Birka textiles are archaeological textiles found during the excavations of Birka, Sweden conducted between 1871 and 1895 by Hjalmar Stolpe. Around...
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MS Crown Iris (redirect from M/S Birka Queen)
cruise ship owned by Mano Maritime. She was originally ordered by Birka Line as MS Birka Queen from the Wärtsilä Marine Turku Shipyard in Finland, but completed...
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Dénes Birkás, also known as Deján Bikár (13 March 1907 – 10 July 1996), was a Hungarian field hockey and ice hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer...
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MV Boudicca (redirect from MS Birka Queen (1973))
MV Boudicca (also known as Royal Viking Sky, Sunward, Birka Queen, Golden Princess, SuperStar Capricorn, Hyundai Keumgang, and Grand Latino) was a Royal...
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Birka was a German passenger ship built in 1937. She was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War for use as a hospital ship. She...
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Umm Birka (Arabic: أُمّ بِرْكَة; also spelled Umm Baraka) is a settlement in the Al Khor municipality of Qatar. Umm Birka derives its name from the Arabic...
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impression that the Swedish king had his seat near the island-settlement of Birka, is quite thin. Since the name "House of Munsö" arguably takes a stand in...
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Europe developed at Birka on the island of Björkö, not far from where Stockholm was later constructed, in mid-latitude Sweden. Birka was founded around...
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Björkö (Ekerö) (section Birka)
eastern-central Sweden. It is mostly famous for housing the excavation site Birka populated c. 750-975 CE, together with Hovgården on Adelsö declared a World...
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discomfort, to Birka in the Swedish kingdom. This happened in 935 or 936. According to Adam, almost no Christian teachers had visited Birka for seventy years...
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Götaland theory (section Birka speculations)
village Sätuna being the location of Old Sigtuna, and the ancient town of Birka being situated somewhere around Lake Hornborga. He is regarded as a successor...
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assistant. Ansgar preached and made converts, particularly during six months at Birka, on Lake Mälaren, where the wealthy widow Mor Frideborg extended hospitality...
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(Old Norse: Óláfr) was a Swedish monarch or local ruler who ruled over Birka, an important port town, and possibly Uppsala, an important early Swedish...
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Birkat Hamazon (redirect from Birkas Hamazon)
Birkat Hamazon (Hebrew: בִּרְכַּת הַמָּזוׂן, romanized: birkath hammāzôn "The Blessing of the Food"), known in English as the Grace After Meals (Yiddish:...
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Bothnian Sea. Rough population statistics are from 2015. Adelsö Björkö (Birka) Bondaholmen Frösön Gåsö Gotska Sandön Helgö Holmöarna Koster Islands Lidingö...
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a renegade Swedish king, Anund Uppsale, first brings a Danish fleet to Birka, but then changes his mind and asks the Danes to "draw lots". According...
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promised them the spoils of plunder from the important commercial center Birka. The Danish king at the time was Horik I who had spent time in exile in...
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MS Princesa Marissa (section Birka Line service)
Finnhansa for Finnlines, Finland. The ship also sailed under the colours of Birka Line as M/S Prinsessan. Finnlines had begun car/passenger ferry operations...
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special to the TV series Vikings, Neil Price showed that a 10th-century Birka-burial excavated in the 1870s containing many weapons and the bones of two...
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Agnafit, and in Heimskringla in connection with the legendary king Agne. Birka, located near Stockholm, was one Sweden's major trade centres during the...
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Balázs Birkás (born 12 April 1996) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist. He participated at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. K-2 200 m results...
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(Hebrew: בְּרֵכַת הַשִּׁילוֹחַ, Bərēḵat haŠīlōaḥ, Arabic: بِرْكَة سِلْوَان Birka Silwān) refers to a number of rock-cut pools, located outside the walls...
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Adrinanovka Sedlovoy Buryatskaya Mogoytuy Ostrechnaya Aga Step 6,444 Olovyannaya Onon River Yasnaya Birka Bezrechnaya 6,509 Khadabulak Sherlovaya Birka...
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