Gotland (/ˈɡɒtlənd/, Swedish: [ˈɡɔ̌tːland] ; Gutland in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland (/ˈɡɒθlənd/), is Sweden's largest island...
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beginning of World War II in 1939. During the war the ship conducted neutrality patrols and continued to serve as a training ship. Gotland was converted into...
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Destination Gotland is a Swedish ferry-line that runs state-subsidised domestic ferries from Nynäshamn and Oskarshamn to Visby on the island of Gotland. It is...
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military on Gotland results from the Swedish island's strategic military importance in the Baltic Sea for most of the nation's history. Gotland has been...
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Visby (category Municipal seats of Gotland County)
is an urban area in Sweden and the seat of Gotland Municipality in Gotland County on the island of Gotland with 24,330 inhabitants as of 2017[update]...
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The War on Gotland (Swedish: Kriget på Gotland) was a successful Lübeckian invasion of Gotland in 1525. In 1524, during the Swedish War of Liberation...
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The War in Gotland (1398), also called the Gotland campaign of the Teutonic Knights was an invasion to the island of Gotland in 1398 by the Teutonic Order...
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The Gotland Infantry Regiment (Swedish: Gotlands infanteriregemente), designations I 27 and I 18, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traced its...
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The War in Gotland (1524) also called the Gotland expedition (Swedish: Gotlandsexpeditionen) was a Swedish invasion of Gotland led by Berend von Melen...
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The Gotland Regiment (Swedish: Gotlands regemente, P 18) is a Swedish Army armoured regiment which has been active in various forms between 1963–1994...
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ruler of Gotland, the deposed Swedish Prince Eric of Mecklenburg. Before she left the island, she briefly held a position of power herself in Gotland after...
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Oscar Bernadotte (redirect from Prince Oscar, Duke of Gotland)
King Oscar II of Sweden and his consort, Sofia of Nassau. Born as a Prince of Sweden and Norway, he was known as Prince Oscar, Duke of Gotland. However...
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associated with the dramatic sinking of the expedition ship "Gotland II" during GANOVEX II in December 1981. (2005) ATCM XXVIII - M5 71°12′00″S 164°31′00″E...
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Victual Brothers (category Gotland)
took over the island of Gotland. Their influence in the Baltic region declined after the Teutonic Order drove them out of Gotland in 1398. After being expelled...
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Württemberg. They had four sons: King Gustaf V (1858–1950) Prince Oscar, Duke of Gotland, later known as Prince Oscar Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (1859–1953) Prince...
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for Rederi AB Gotland. She was the first of two identical ships built by Öresundsvarvet in Landskrona. Visby entered service between Gotland and the Swedish...
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Sutton Hoo helmet (section Gotland)
Wikingerzeit Gotlands (II): Typentafeln (in German). Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell. ISBN 91-7402-287-3. Thunmark-Nylén, Lena (2000a). Die Wikingerzeit Gotlands (IV:1):...
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Japanese Navy which saw service during the Pacific Campaign of World War II Gotland Infantry Regiment This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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Gotska Sandön (category Gotland)
"The Gotlandic Sand Island") is an uninhabited Swedish island north of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. It has been a national park since 1909. Gotska Sandön...
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the early 15th century, the State encompassed Chełmno Land, Courland, Gotland, Livonia, Estonia, Neumark, Pomerelia (Gdańsk Pomerania), Prussia and Samogitia...
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largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland. Visby may also refer to: Visby-class destroyer, a Swedish World War II destroyer class HSwMS Visby (J11),...
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Swedish Army (section Gotland Military Region)
Mechanised Battalion Gotland Regiment (P 18), in Visby Gotlandsgruppen (GLG), trains and supports the Home Guard on Gotland Gotland Battalion (32. hvbat)...
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1979–1980. The second (GANOVEX II) took place in 1981–1982 but was aborted following the sinking of its supply ship Gotland II. Subsequent expeditions were:...
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around 1904 in a cremation grave in Broe, a farm on the Swedish island Gotland, it was located alongside other items including fragments of shields, weapons...
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Stridsvagn m/42 (category World War II tanks of Sweden)
issued to the following armored regiments: P 1/Enköping - Gotland stridsvagnskompani (English: Gotland tank company), P 2/Helsingborg, P 3/Strängnäs, P 4/Skövde:...
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Picture stone (redirect from Gotland Stones)
Germanic Iron Age or Viking Age Scandinavia, and in the greatest number on Gotland. More than four hundred picture stones are known today. All of the stones...
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John II Casimir Vasa (Polish: Jan II Kazimierz Waza; Lithuanian: Jonas Kazimieras Vaza; 22 March 1609 – 16 December 1672) was King of Poland and Grand...
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Korhogo Airport in Côte d'Ivoire (IATA code HGO) Högskolan på Gotland university of Gotland, Sweden This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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Gotland, Sweden. The church has been named after Saint Lawrence (225–258), one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome, Italy under Pope Sixtus II....
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overtook it in importance. Apart from Ladoga and Novgorod, Gnyozdovo and Gotland were major centers for Varangian trade. Having settled Aldeigja (Ladoga)...
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