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    Eriksgata (i.e. "Erik's Road") was the tour traditionally taken in the Middle Ages by a newly-elected Swedish king through the important provinces of...
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    was instituted, that meant that the Eriksgata had little practical importance. The last king to travel the Eriksgata according to the old tradition was...
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    Exact location of the Lionga ting is not known, but it was along the Eriksgata. The term "-köping" means there was a market there. Historically, Linköping...
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    re-erected in the 1960s and apparently marking out the route of the Eriksgata. The inscription on the runestone reads: + fulkuiþr + raisti + stainn...
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    1600, and the newly elected king passed the stones during his Eriksgata. The Eriksgata was the traditional journey of the newly elected medieval Swedish...
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    behalf of the people, recognized the elected king when he passed on the Eriksgata. However, after the establishment of the province laws, c. 1350, he would...
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    Eleonora never made the traditional journey through the country, the Eriksgata, on her own. Instead, she made it with Frederick in 1722, after his coronation...
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    in the sense of a proper noun meaning "one ruler" may be the origin of Eriksgata, and if so it would have meant "one ruler's journey". The tour was the...
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    Charles XI Inauguration of the Christina Church The monarch makes his Eriksgata. The start of a five year long period of bad harvests. Anna Catharina...
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    newly elected king also had to go on a traditional journey around Sweden (Eriksgata), including the Geatish provinces. It was thus a sort of federation where...
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  • and then acknowledged by the East Gothlanders in Östergötland on his Eriksgata, but when he entered Västergötland, he did so without taking Geatish hostages...
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  • on each side of the Eriksgata where the road passed a ford, c. 300 m (980 ft) west of where the farm Ulunda is today. The Eriksgata was the path that newly...
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    along with Hadorph to join King Charles XI of Sweden on his extended Eriksgata which included a trip to Copenhagen. In 1672 he resigned from his position...
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  • Loviselunds järnvägar 1941: Arbetsblocket Sverige 1941: Cyklister på Eriksgata 1942: Per Albin regerar 1942: Scouter i beredskap 1943: Ett lyckat bak...
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    Narrative Trajectories between Nodal Points in the Cultural Landscape – The Eriksgata of King Ingjald. Ney, A. et al. (eds.). Á austrvega. Saga and East Scandinavia...
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    near a main road, the stone was raised in 1672 by Johan Hadorph for the Eriksgata of king Charles XI. It was noted that local people in the 1700s sometimes...
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    during 1672. In the same year, he joined King Charles XI of Sweden on his Eriksgata through central and southern Sweden during which he was obliged always...
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    remained in its original place until 1896. The spot was close to the Eriksgata, the road that the Swedish king travelled after having been elected at...
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