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    Count Erik Jönsson Dahlbergh (10 October 1625 – 16 January 1703) was a Swedish military engineer, Governor-general and Field marshal. He rose to the level...
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    gave rise to a polarised debate over the role of quartermaster general Erik Dahlbergh in the king's decision to march across the Great Belt. In 1655, King...
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    ("Ancient and Modern Sweden") is a collection of engravings collected by Erik Dahlbergh during the middle of the 17th century. Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna can...
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    Ättestupa in Västergötland as depicted by Willem Swidde in Erik Dahlbergh, Suecia antiqua et hodierna (1705)...
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    to refer to the islet Helgeandsholmen in central Stockholm. According to Erik's Chronicle the city is said to have been founded by Birger Jarl to protect...
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    (1663–1672) Hans Georg Mörner (1672–1685) Robert Lichton (1685–1687) Erik Dahlbergh (1687–1693) Nils Gyllenstierna (1693–1696) Mårten Lindhielm (1696–1716)...
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    army, using this claim, comes out to 30,000. Other sources, including Erik Dahlbergh writings, claim that the total strength of the Transylvanian army was...
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  • Vättern. In 1689 the manager at the nearby state arsenal in Jönköping, Erik Dahlbergh, suggested to the King that the crown should support the construction...
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    effective all-round defence system under the supervision of Field Marshal Erik Dahlbergh. Remains of these fortifications have been preserved, among other places...
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    Isak Gustaf Clason (1856-1930) Carl Johan Cronstedt [sv] (1709-1779) Erik Dahlbergh (1625-1703) Gösta Danielsson (1912-1978) Louis Jean Desprez (1743-1804)...
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    of Culture, approving all publications; author and military engineer Erik Dahlbergh (1625-1703) dedicated several books to him. When Charles XI died in...
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    of whom only 1,000 had any weapons at all. Johan Gorries Gorgas and Erik Dahlbergh were also instructed to inspect Fredriksodde. From these reports, Charles...
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    purposes, Swedish cartographer Georg von Schwengeln and field marshal Erik Dahlbergh have produced a detailed map of the Kaunas region and southern Samogitia...
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    tall, made of zinc by Johan Axel Wetterlund. The statues are depicting Erik Dahlbergh, Carl Linnaeus, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and Georg Stiernhielm to...
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    transferring him to be Adjutant-General in the General Staff under Erik Dahlbergh's guidance and supervision. When the Swedish Army retreated from Rönneberga...
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    Göran Sperling [sv] 1630–1691 1690 Jacob Johan Hastfer 1647–1695 1693 Erik Dahlbergh 1625–1703 1693 Otto Wilhelm von Fersen 1623–1703 1696 Axel Wachtmeister...
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    expand the anti-Ottoman alliance. In Riga, the local Swedish commander Erik Dahlbergh decided to pretend that he did not recognize Peter and did not allow...
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    Frölich's design, but otherwise new construction, on drawings created by Erik Dahlbergh, was approved in general in 1685, and as early as 1689 the fortress...
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    were sent to the besieging army, and his men were ordered to dig in. Erik Dahlbergh led the construction of the Swedish batteries, all while he also held...
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    Itzehoe, and Erik Dahlbergh was ordered to oversee a heavy 280-pound mortar, which was placed at the bottom of a hill, near a road. Erik was also agitated...
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    outstanding system of bastions was designed by renowned military engineer Erik Dahlbergh and built around the town. The new defences were among the most powerful...
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    Jacques Henri de Durfort de Duras, French noble (d. 1704) October 10 – Erik Dahlbergh, Swedish engineer, soldier and field marshal (d. 1703) October 19 –...
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    choir in the middle of the southern wall. It was probably designed by Erik Dahlbergh, and is now used as a baptismal chapel. During the fires during the...
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    (e.g. Riga, Narva, Wismar) into fortresses, often under the aegis of Erik Dahlbergh. Since the Thirty Years' War, Sweden collected customs (Licenten) from...
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    governor-general of Livonia, Erik Dahlbergh, in preparations for the crossing before the arrival of the Swedish main army. Dahlbergh was ordered to obtain around...
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    erected north of the square 1680–1702, the drawing being approved by Erik Dahlbergh. The separate belltower is from 1792. "Skottsbergska gården" is a courtyard...
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    the navy. A plan for the base was laid forth by quartermaster general Erik Dahlbergh in 1683, and construction was started two years later. The new city...
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    buildup of Wismar's fortifications, an operation that Field Marshal Erik Dahlbergh was appointed to lead. The result was completely self-contained fortifications...
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    began. During the second half of the 17th century, the council of war Erik Dahlbergh was the prominent fortification architect. Many sconces were modernized...
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    1667 designed by Governor-general and Field marshal Erik Dahlbergh (1625–1703). In 1676, Dahlbergh was made director-general of fortifications for the...
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