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2 unusual facts about Fredriksten


Fredriksten

In July 1677 Gyldenløve captured the fortress at Marstrand and joined General Løvenhjelm, who marched into Bohuslen with the main Norwegian army and defeated an army of 8000 Swedes under General de la Gardie.

At the outbreak of the Gyldenløve War in 1675 a large contingent (4000 men) were concentrated at Fredrikshald under General Russenstein.


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Anders Nilsen Wiborg

His death at Kongsvinger in 10 October 1718 occurred only shortly before Charles XII of Sweden’s death on November 30, 1718, in the siege trenches of the Swedish assault on the Norwegian fortress at Fredriksten.


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