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    Bjurtjärn socken is a former socken in Värmland, Sweden. It was established in 1630, when Karlskoga socken were split into two new entities. Since 1974...
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  • Älvdalens socken (related to Svealand dialects) and Värmland, Nordmarks härad, Töcksmarks socken (related to Götaland dialects). The dialects of this...
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    the ice of the frozen Lake Bysjön in the parish of Eda (Eda socken, Värmland) in Värmland, Sweden. The battle was part of the Torstenson War (1643-1645)...
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  • second-largest city in Värmland. Karlskoga may also refer to: Karlskoga Municipality, municipality in Örebro County Karlskoga Socken, socken Karlskoga Motorstadion...
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    Alkvettern Manor located in Bjurtjärn socken. He received the Royal Order of Vasa and was ennobled in 1773 at Loka Brunn by Gustav III, thus the progenitor...
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    Nysäter (category Populated places in Värmland County)
    Nysäter, or Värmlands Nysäter, is a village in Värmland County, Sweden, located north of the city of Säffle. It belongs to Gillberga Parish. The first...
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    destination of more than 200 emigrants from the impoverished Bjurtjärn socken, in Värmland, Sweden. The area was surveyed and a plat lay out for a community...
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    "Olaus (Olof) Swebilius". riksarkivet.se. Retrieved April 1, 2020. "Värmland Sillerud socken". historiska.se. Retrieved April 1, 2020. "Svebelius, Olof". Salmonsens...
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  • Anna Eriksdotter (category People executed by Sweden by decapitation)
    not result in the death penalty. In 1724, several women in Södra Ny socken, Värmland who confessed to have abducted children to Satan was sentenced to be...
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    Ullstämma ("Ulls meeting") Uppland, Enköping Värmullen Värmland, Hagfors Ullsberg ("Ull's mountain") Värmland, Hagfors Icelandic scholar Ólafur Lárusson suggested...
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    second-largest city in both Örebro County and the historical province of Värmland. Karlskoga straddles the northern shore of Lake Möckeln. Among the city's...
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    Mitt Värmland (in Swedish). Askild & Kärnekull. p. 43. Karlsson, Håkan. Gerhard Arentsson Ysing – Hammarpatron på Valåsen och Karlskoga sockens förste...
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  • List of cities in Sweden Stad (Sweden) Urban areas of Sweden sv:Dalköpinge socken sv:Kyrkoköpinge socken sv:Sireköpinge socken sv:Stora Köpinge socken...
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    ennobled, following a request by the latter's sons. Members of the Linroth family were in the 17th century living in Värmland, where they managed ironworks...
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    Hanngren was born on 24 May 1880 at Husby kungsgård [sv] in Dala-Husby socken, Kopparberg County, Sweden, the son of Colonel Gustaf Hanngren [sv] and...
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    Bjurtjärn Church (category Värmland County geography stubs)
    Church Bjurtjärns kyrka The Bjurtjärn Church in 2011 Location Bjurtjärn socken, Storfors Municipality Country Sweden Denomination Church of Sweden History...
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    units") which were raised in Uppland, Södermanland, Västmanland, Närke and Värmland. These were combined into two regiments, which, according to the Instrument...
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    of Sweden, and many Finns had migrated to Sweden proper, particularly Värmland, from whence they came to America. Many of the Finns spoke Swedish as a...
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    was born on 22 January 1846 at Säffle seat farm in By socken [sv], Säffle Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden, the son of the major Carl Uggla (1796–1863)...
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    Håkan. Gerhard Arentsson Ysing – Hammarpatron på Valåsen och Karlskoga sockens förste industriman (PDF) (in Swedish). Andersson, Anita (2012). Valåsens...
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  • areas such as northern Värmland and Öland in Sweden, and Jutland in Denmark. General reduction of unstressed ending vowels is, by contrast, a more widespread...
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    was established as an ironworks, the very first works in the Karlskoga Socken. The ironworks was disestablished in 1918. Erland von Hofsten, ironmaster...
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    Håkan. Gerhard Arentsson Ysing – Hammarpatron på Valåsen och Karlskoga sockens förste industriman (PDF) (in Swedish). Hagberg, Charlotta; Torgén, Charlott...
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