Vadstena (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈvâsːˌteːna] ) is a locality and the seat of Vadstena Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden, with 5,613 inhabitants...
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Vadstena Castle (Swedish: Vadstena slott) is a former Royal Castle in Vadstena, the province of Östergötland,Sweden. Vadstena Castle was originally built...
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The Vadstena bracteate (Rundata Ög 178, IK 377.1) is a gold C-bracteate found in the ground at Vadstena, Sweden, in 1774. Along with the bracteate was...
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Catherine of Sweden, Katarina av Vadstena, Catherine of Vadstena or Katarina Ulfsdotter (c. 1332 – 24 March 1381) was a Swedish noblewoman. She is venerated...
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Vadstena Academy (Swedish: Vadstena-Akademien, full name Stiftelsen internationella Vadstena-Akademien) is a music academy founded in 1964 by opera pedagogue...
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Mariæ Virgìnis et Brigidæ in Vatzstena), more commonly referred to as Vadstena Abbey, is situated on Lake Vättern in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockholm...
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Vadstena Municipality (Vadstena kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Vadstena. The...
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Bridget of Sweden (redirect from Birgitta of Vadstena)
July 1373), born Birgitta Birgersdotter and also known as Birgitta of Vadstena (Swedish: heliga Birgitta), was a Swedish Catholic mystic and the founder...
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Stenhus Trollenäs Castle Tynnelsö Castle Tyresö Castle Uppsala Castle Vadstena Castle Venngarn Castle Vittskövle Castle Wik Castle Bååt Palace (Stockholm)...
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Diarium Vadstenense (redirect from Vadstena Diary)
Vadstenense (also Diarium Vazstenense) or "Vadstena Diary" is the diary of the monks of the Vadstena Abbey (in Vadstena, Sweden), in which remarkable events...
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Vadstena adliga jungfrustift or VAJS, was a Swedish foundation to support unmarried female nobles. The foundation was made upon the suggestion of Carl...
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Abbess of Vadstena Abbey (Abbey Pax Mariae) since 2016. She is known under the name "Mother Maria". She grew up in Stockholm. She entered the Vadstena Abbey...
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Vadstena Town Hall (Swedish: Vadstena rådhus) is a former town hall in Vadstena, Sweden. It is the oldest preserved town hall in Sweden. The town hall...
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(1384) Skänninge (approximately 1200) Söderköping (approximately 1200) Vadstena (approximately 1400) Today, the largest city in the province is Linköping...
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Philippa of England (category Burials at Vadstena Abbey)
herself likely saw Vadstena for the first time in 1408, when she would have accompanied Eric there. During her second visit to Vadstena Abbey in January...
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Stina Blackstenius (category People from Vadstena Municipality)
and the Sweden national team. Blackstenius grew up in Vadstena and joined local club Vadstena GIF in 2002 at the age of 6. On 20 April 2011, Blackstenius...
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(died after 1513), a German by birth, was a Bridgettine monk in Vadstena Abbey, Vadstena, Sweden. In 1506, he created an astronomical clock for the Uppsala...
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Some of the more magnificent include Kalmar Castle, Gripsholm Castle, and Vadstena. In the next two centuries, Sweden was designated by Baroque architecture...
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island of Visingsö, located outside Gränna. Other towns on the lake include Vadstena, Jönköping, Hjo, Askersund, Åmmeberg and Karlsborg. It is bounded by the...
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at the former royal castle of Vadstena. St. Bridget's granddaughter, Lady Ingegerd Knutsdotter, was Abbess of Vadstena from 1385 to 1403. Upon her death...
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In two letters dated to 1430, Eric of Pomerania orders the priests of Vadstena and Kalmar to wear the "banner of the realms" on their robes. The banner...
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architect. He was born in Flanders, and died in Vadstena, Sweden. He was the first architect at Vadstena Castle, beginning his work in 1566, and was succeeded...
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25 March 1347 29 April 1380 29 April 1461 by Pope Pius II Catherine of Vadstena 2 October 1538 24 March 1381 1484 (cultus confirmed) by Innocent VIII Cedd...
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War in Gotland (1524) (section Meeting at Vadstena)
deposition, Søren kept in communication with Christian II. Vadstena The Meeting at Vadstena decided to send Swedish troops to conquer Gotland from Søren...
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African historiographer and philosopher (died 1406) c. 1332 – Catherine of Vadstena, Swedish mystic, writer and saint (died 1381) 1333 – Kan'ami (Kan'ami Kiyotsugu...
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Karlsdotter (Bonde) (born c. 1445), nun at Vadstena Abbey Bridget Karlsdotter (Bonde) (1446–1469), nun at Vadstena Abbey four sons died early With his mistress...
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town medical officer in Vadstena in 1785, district medical officer in Östergötland County in 1789, director of the new Vadstena Hospital (which he had...
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Jansson, Tove (1956). Mumintrollet på kometjakt (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Vadstena: Sörlins förlag. Jansson, Tove (1956). Muminpappans memoarer (in Swedish)...
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Skänningegatan 9 in Vadstena. In 1953 she donated the whole garden and the sculpture collection, consisting of 125 sculptures, to Vadstena Municipality. In...
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Church of Sweden reliquary shrine of Saint Bridget of Sweden in Vadstena...
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