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25 unusual facts about Gotland


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Thereafter they served with the infantry regiments I 2, I 9, I 10 and P 1G Armored Company on Gotland.

Albert Suerbeer

Upon returning to German, however, the Pope appointed him Archbishop of Prussia, Livonia, and Estonia, and later also a legate to Gotland, Holstein, Rügen, and Russia.

Bill Vazan

Vazan created other controversial land art projects on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City (1979), on the Nazca plains in Peru (1984–86), in Utah and Nevada (1993), in Gotland, Sweden (1997) and in the mountains of Thebes in Egypt (2001).

Brick Gothic

The newly founded cities soon joined the Hanseatic League and formed the "Wendic Circle", with its centre at Lübeck, and the "Gotland-Livland Circle", with its main centre at Tallinn (Reval).

Cobcrephora

Cobcrephora is a genus of that resembles the Palaeoloricates, known from the Silurian of Gotland.

Eric I, Duke of Mecklenburg

Later that year, Albert tasked Eric with the reconquest of Gotland.

Gotland

Lennart Eriksson, also known as Fjodor, the former punk star from Ebba Grön, moved to Gotland soon after he left the band in 1982.

Gotland rabbit

A few remaining populations were discovered in the 1970s on the island of Gotland.

Gotland-class submarine

In 2004, the Swedish government received a request from the United States of America to lease HMS Gotland – Swedish-flagged, commanded and manned, for a duration of one year for use in anti-submarine warfare exercises.

HSwMS Gotland

There have been at least two ships of the Swedish Navy named HMS Gotland after the island in the Baltic Sea.

Jane Gylling

Jane Hilda Charlotta Gylling (born April 6, 1902 in Visby, Gotland – died March 10, 1961 in Örgryte, Västra Götaland) was a Swedish freestyle swimmer.

Kirikuküla, Kaarma Parish

Originally, this room may have served as a refuge in times of trouble, but later probably served visiting pilgrims from nearby Gotland.

Lee Merrien

Merrien competed at his first Island Games in Gotland in 1999, however he did finish in a medal position that year.

Mari Jungstedt

Her first five novels are set on the island of Gotland and feature Detective Superintendent Anders Knutas and the journalist Johan Berg.

Mats Wahl

Mats Wahl (born May 10, 1945 on the isle Gotland, Sweden) is a Swedish author.

Neogames

In 2006 the Neogames company was bought by Kim Vässmar and the headquarter moved to Gotland.

NewMusicSA

This programme has provided residencies for numerous South African composers in Gotland, Sweden.

Nikolai Essen

Nevertheless, on 9 August 1914 Essen led part of his fleet towards Gotland to contain the Swedish navy and deliver a note of his own making which would have violated Swedish neutrality and may have brought Sweden into the war.

Public service obligation

Other common PSO services are ferries, such as the routes to Gotland in Sweden, or car ferries on the road network of Norway.

SMS Ägir

After the war, she was rebuilt as a merchant ship and served in this capacity until December 1929, when she was wrecked on the island of Gotland.

She continued in this role until she was wrecked on the island of Gotland off the Karlsö lighthouse on 8 December 1929.

Sophie of Pomerania, Duchess of Pomerania

At the death of Eric of Pomerania in 1459, Sophia's husband united Pomerania through the inheritance of Pomerania-Stolp and Pomerania-Rügenwalde by his marriage, while Sophia became the sole possessor of the vast fortune brought by Eric of Pomerania from his former kingdoms's in Scandinavia, as well as the one he had acquired by his piracy activity on Gotland.

Stridsvagn m/37

Subsequently, the tankettes were in service with the infantry regiments I 2, I 9, I 10 and P 1G Armored Company on Gotland.

Villa Villekulla

The house used during the TV series and some films with Inger Nilsson in the lead role was located in the town of Vibble on the island of Gotland in Sweden.

Þorri

In the Orkneyinga saga (13th century), Þorri is an early Norwegian king, the son of Snær ('Snow') the Old, a descendant of Fornjót, an ancient king of Finland, Kvenland and Gotland.


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Ainbusk

Ainbusk (Josefin Nilsson, Marie Nilsson Lind, Annelie Roswall and Birgitta Jakobsson) are a pop/folk vocal group from Gotland, Sweden.

Attendorn

Mediaeval coins from Attendorn have been found as far afield as Brussels, Lubnice (Poland) and the island of Gotland.

Ægir

According to Fundinn Noregr, Ægir is a son of the giant Fornjótr, the king of Finland, Kvenland and Gotland, and brother of Logi ("fire") and Kári ("wind").

B7 Baltic Islands Network

The network is made up of the local administrations or governments of the islands of Bornholm (Denmark), Gotland (Sweden), Hiiumaa (Estonia), Rügen (Germany), Saaremaa (Estonia), Åland Islands (autonomous part of Finland) and Öland (Sweden).

Gotland School of Music Composition

The Gotland School of Music Composition (sv. Gotlands tonsättarskola) is a folk high school for musical composition based in Visby, Gotland.

Klaipėda Geothermal Demonstration Plant

The potential for geothermal heating using the source aquifer arises from the Gotland tectonic belt and PolotskKurzeme fault belt interface in the area, which generates thermal anomalies.

Master Sigraf

He was active on Gotland island, working in local sandstone and making inscriptions in Old Gutnish.

Möre

:Then, after the land of the Burgundians, we had on our left the lands that have been called from the earliest times Blekingey, and Meore, and Eowland, and Gotland, all which territory is subject to the Sweons; and Weonodland was all the way on our right, as far as Weissel-mouth.

MS Golden Princess

On 24 March 1970 a passenger fell ill on board and had to be carried to a hospital in Visby, Gotland by a helicopter.

Round Gotland Race

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, has participated several times in the Round Gotland Race, as well as King Harald V of Norway, who usually participates every year.

Stora Karlsö

There are also several very rare plants for Sweden such as Adonis vernalis, Lactuca quercina (called 'Karlsösallat' in Swedish), hart's-tongue fern and Corydalis gotlandica (the only endemic plant on Gotland).

Swedish coastal artillery

Detachments from these two regiments were also responsible for keeping units at Fårösund coastal fortress on the northern tip of Gotland and at Älvsborg costal fortresses, located near the main shipping channel into Gothenburg.

Tängelgårda stone

The image stone at Tängelgårda, Lärbro parish, Gotland, Sweden is decorated with a scene of warriors holding rings, one (possibly Odin) horsed, with Valknut symbols drawn beneath.

Visby

In 1409 Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen of the Teutonic Knights guaranteed peace with the Kalmar Union of Scandinavia by selling the island of Gotland to Queen Margaret of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Wilhelmina Skogh

The house is situated on the 'Herserud' cliff, next to the property of Milles Art museum, with a view of the waters and the city of Stockholm, reminding her of the view across Fårösund on Gotland where she grow up.