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13 unusual facts about Östergötland


Amanda Rylander

Amanda Fredrika Rylander (14 October 1832, Jäder, Södermanland – 15 October 1920, Kvillinge, Östergötland), was a Swedish actress.

Andra livgrenadjärregementet

The regiment's soldiers were recruited from the province of Östergötland.

Boleslaw of Sweden

The two, who were brothers, half-brothers or uncle and nephew, may never have controlled much more than the Province of Östergötland.

Carl E. Wallin

parish on Vikbolandet east of Norrköping city in the province of Östergötland in Sweden in a large household with many siblings, a sister and four brothers and also some other children in the household within the family.

Carl Lundgren

His father, Pehr Hjalmar Lundgren, was born in Östergötland, Sweden, emigrated to the United States in 1868 and worked as a house painter, contractor and interior decorator.

Frida Wallberg

Frida Wallberg born April 28, 1983 in Åtvidaberg in Östergötland, Sweden, is a Swedish boxer.

Jan Hellström

Jan Hellström (born February 21, 1960 in Söderköping, Östergötland) is a former Swedish footballer, who played as a striker.

Jan Staaf

Jan Egon Staaf (born January 11, 1962 in Kisa, Östergötland) is a retired male race walker from Sweden.

Jönköpings regemente

In 1619, these units—along with fänikor from the nearby province of Östergötland—were organised by Gustav II Adolf into Östergötlands storregemente, of which eleven of the total 24 companies were recruited in Jönköping County.

Livgrenadjärregementet

The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from the provinces of Östergötland, and it was later garrisoned there.

Östergötland-class destroyer

The Östergötland class were a group of destroyers built for the Swedish Navy in the late 1950s.

Pär Lindström

Pär Arne Lindström (born October 29, 1970 in Linköping, Östergötland) is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden.

Per Holmertz

Per ("Pelle") Anders Gustaf Holmertz (born February 3, 1960 in Motala, Östergötland) is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden.


Hindens rev

The latter is in turn part of a series of terminal moraines that runs from southern Norway through Dalsland, Skaraborg and Östergötland, continuing under the Baltic Sea into southern Finland and Russia as the Salpausselkä moraine which separates lakes Ladoga and Saimaa.

Jacob Letterstedt

Jacob Letterstedt (1796 – 1862), born Lallerstedt in Östergötland, was a Swedish businessman who settled in South Africa (Cape Colony).

Karin Nilsdotter

Karin Nilsdotter was the daughter of Nicolaus Andrae (Nils Andersson), vicar of Östra Husby in Östergötland, and his spouse Karin.

Prince Bernadotte

Prince Bernadotte was an hereditary title in the Nobility of Belgium, conferred upon Carl Bernadotte (the former Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of Östergötland) by Leopold III of Belgium on 6 July 1937.

Thing of all Geats

According to Ostrogothic law (Östgötalagen), Lionga thing was a similar assembly in Östergötland, held in Linköping in the Middle Ages and somewhere in its vicinity earlier.

Ulfsson

Ragnvald Ulfsson (beginning 11th century) was a jarl of Västergötland or Östergötland

Vadstena bracteate

The Motala bracteate has been struck with the same die and was found at a nearby town in the same province, Östergötland, in 1906.