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    Visingsö is an island in the southern half of Lake Vättern in Sweden. Visingsö lies 30 kilometres (19 miles) north of the city Jönköping and 6 kilometres...
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    Vättern (redirect from Visingsö Group)
    739 sq mi). The deepest known point, located to the south of the island of Visingsö, is 128 meters (420 ft). The average depth is 41 meters (135 ft). The lake...
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  • Helgö Holmöarna Koster Islands Lidingö Märket Mjältön Stora Karlsö Ven Visingsö Furusund List of islands of Bothnian Bay List of islands of Stockholm List...
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    and very gentle. He was king for three winters and died of illness on Visingsö. All of Sweden deeply mourned his death, that he was not allowed a longer...
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    by king Magnus Ladulås, who ruled mostly from Vättern's largest island Visingsö.[clarification needed] The first part of the city's name, "Jön", is derived...
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    suddenly of natural causes on 10 April 1216 in Näs Castle on the island of Visingsö. He was buried in the Varnhem Abbey. He did not leave a son at his demise...
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    tourists and is a connection point for the ferry service to the island Visingsö. The balloonist Salomon August Andrée, who died in an attempt to reach...
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    of a former castle at Visingsö parish in Jönköping County, Sweden. The ruins are on the southern end of the island of Visingsö in the southern part of...
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  • Vättern  Sweden 1,893 731 Includes permanently settled offshore island of Visingsö Saratov Саратовское водохрани́лище  Russia 1,831 707 Gorky Горьковское...
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    who took the throne and resided in Näs Castle at the southern point of Visingsö, an island in Lake Vättern. Knut came over and slew Karl on 12 April 1167...
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    Brakekyrkan) is a church building on the island of Visingsö in the lake of Vättern in Sweden. Belonging to the Visingsö Parish of the Church of Sweden, it was opened...
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    lake Vättern, providing a panoramic view of the lake and the island of Visingsö. Built for and named after Count Per Brahe the Younger in the 1640s, the...
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  • 1162 or more probably 1163. When his father Karl had been murdered in Visingsö in 1167, apparently by minions of the next king Canute I of Sweden, Sverker...
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  • bracteates are found at the site of the Christian church of Brahekyrkan on Visingsö, Sweden. The excavation also uncovered 24 graves and 20 hearths, dating...
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  • Liljenroth was born at Visingsö, Sweden. She was the daughter of professor Sven Peter Liljenroth (1743–1801), lecturer at the Visingsö Gymnasium, and Hedvig...
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  • (Sweden)  Sweden Västra Götaland County, Lake Vättern (southernmost point of Visingsö), Jönköping County, Östergötland County, Kalmar County 58°0′N 16°47′E...
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    coronation in 1561. Brahe was given the county of Visingsborg, situated on Visingsö, the next year. He had been member of the Privy Council of Sweden and Governor...
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  • Sweden May 18, 1160 Uppsala  Sweden Magnus II Charles VII April 12, 1167 Visingsö Supporters of Knut Eriksson Alaungsithu King of Pagan 1167 Shwegugyi Temple...
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    Publications. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-486-23156-3. "The Peppermint Rock Town!". Gränna-Visingsö Turistbyrå. Retrieved 26 February 2009. Hampusson, Nina (18 July 2007)...
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    withdrew. In the spring of 1167, King Karl was killed on the island of Visingsö by supporters of Knut Eriksson, head of the rival Eric dynasty. "But his...
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    steamships in Sweden. In the summer, it goes on small trips, such as trips to Visingsö, the biggest island in Vättern. Estrid Ericson, founder of Swedish interior...
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  • he was imprisoned. Gilbert was for a long time imprisoned in a cave on Visingsö in Lake Vättern. Olaus Magnus. 1555. Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus...
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    high levels: Ursula Agricola and Maria Jonae Palmgren were accepted at Visingsö Gymnasium in 1644 and 1645 respectively, and Aurora Liljenroth graduated...
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    his castle Bogesund in Uppland. He also held the castles Visingsborg at Visingsö and Brahehus on the mainland by Gränna, where during his lifetime he had...
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    high levels: Ursula Agricola and Maria Jonae Palmgren were accepted at Visingsö Gymnasium in 1644 and 1645 respectively, and Aurora Liljenroth graduated...
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    Tunnerstad is a locality situated on the island of Visingsö in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden, and had 295 inhabitants in 2010. "Tätorternas...
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  • Stjernborg C/LW L 21 2020 Malmö, Sweden 29 Sebastian Strandberg C L 32 2024 Visingsö, Sweden 82 Joel Svensson LW R 19 2022 Oskarshamn, Sweden 51 Emil Sylvegård...
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    Martin: Purpurkvinnan. Historien om Katherine Tingley och teosoferna på Visingsö, 2013. ISBN 978-91-637-2038-3 (in Swedish) Point Loma Nazarene University...
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    soil into Lake Vättern for his wife to step on, thus creating the island Visingsö. In the 1980s, his very large outdoor wooden sculptures Bounty and Indiska...
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  • Airport Public 03/21, 2000 m, Asphalt 10/28, 1100 m, Grass 318,064 Visingsö ESSI Visingsö Airport Public 01/19, 600 m, Grass 15/33, 800 m, Grass Vårgårda...
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