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The Vasa was a Swedish warship that sank on its maiden voyage in 1628, just minutes after setting sail. It was supposed to be the pride of the Swedish navy, but due to design flaws, it became unstable and tipped over when hit by a gust of wind. The ship was top-heavy, with too many cannons and not enough ballast. It sank right in Stockholm’s harbor, where it stayed for over 300 years. In 1961, the Vasa was salvaged almost completely intact and is now on display at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm. It’s one of the best-preserved 17th-century ships in the world. Photographing it, though, was a challenge! The museum was very crowded, and with such a massive ship in a relatively small space, it was hard to capture. Add in the dim lighting and lack of natural light, and it wasn’t easy, but the ship itself was truly impressive – Vasa Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
Lucia celebrated a little bit early at Seglora kyrka/Church Seglora, Skansen, Stockholm, Sweden.
Explored Dec 10, 2011 #497. Thank you!
PS: About Lucia in Sweden: Read here.
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Photo for this week's theme "ancient monument" for the group Foto Sunday.
Under medeltiden fanns en av Sveriges starkaste och mest omtalade borgar här vid Almare-Stäket. Idag syns bara en gräsklädd, ojämn kulle men här och där kan man skymta murarna. Redan under 1100-talet var Stäket befäst och tillhörde ärkebiskopen. Själva borgen omnämndes första gången i slutet av 13-talet. Ägaren till Almare-Stäket, hade kontroll över en av landets viktigaste vattenleder. Den ledde till Sigtuna, vidare mot Uppsala. Dessa städer var under medeltiden viktiga handels- och religiösa centra. Kontroll över vattenlederna innebar också kontroll över riket. Under hela medeltiden pågick en dragkamp om vem som skulle styra över borgen – kyrkan eller kungen. Den tillhörde länge kyrkan men under 1400-talet fick ärkebiskopen avstå borgen. Den brädens år 1434 för att frihetskämpen Engelbrekt inte skulle kunna förskansa sig här. Borgen kom åter i kyrkans ägo under senmedeltiden.
Under 1500-talet var Gustav Trolle ärkebiskop. Han sympatiserade med den danske unionskungen och anklagades för landsförräderi. År 1518 togs Trolle tillfånga och borgen vid Stäket revs efter ett beslut från riksmötet. Denna händelse blev upptakten till Stockholms blodbad 1520, då ärkebiskopen med hjälp av den danske kungen fick sin hämnd.
Almare-Stäket was fortified as long ago as the 12th century, but the castle is not mentioned in writing until the 14th century. The reason why the castle was placed in the middle of an important waterway was to control sea traffic to Sigtuna and Uppsala. The castle was burned down in 1434 but remained in use up to the beginning of the 16th century when it was demolished.
Håbo-Tibble Kyrkby, un piccolo villaggio nella contea di Uppland, Svezia, è un luogo che incanta con la sua tranquillità rurale e la bellezza semplice della campagna svedese. Immerso in un paesaggio di campi ondulati, boschi rigogliosi e pittoresche case tradizionali, il villaggio è un perfetto esempio di vita serena e autentica. Il cuore del villaggio è la storica chiesa medievale di Håbo-Tibble, un'affascinante struttura in pietra che racconta secoli di storia e spiritualità. Questo luogo è ideale per chi cerca di catturare l'essenza della Svezia rurale, lontano dal trambusto delle grandi città.
Håbo-Tibble Kyrkby, un piccolo villaggio nella contea di Uppland, Svezia, è un luogo che incanta con la sua tranquillità rurale e la bellezza semplice della campagna svedese. Immerso in un paesaggio di campi ondulati, boschi rigogliosi e pittoresche case tradizionali, il villaggio è un perfetto esempio di vita serena e autentica. Il cuore del villaggio è la storica chiesa medievale di Håbo-Tibble, un'affascinante struttura in pietra che racconta secoli di storia e spiritualità. Questo luogo è ideale per chi cerca di catturare l'essenza della Svezia rurale, lontano dal trambusto delle grandi città.
The American Swedish Institute is a vibrant arts and cultural organization that engages locally and connects globally. With a campus including the historic Turnblad Mansion and the Nelson Cultural Center, ASI uses its resources to be a valuable community asset and integral partner.
Swan and Christina Turnblad both immigrated to the United States from Sweden as children, in 1868 and 1876 respectively. During this period, nearly 54,000 Swedes left Sweden, and many of them settled in the Upper Midwest of the United States. The two married in 1883 and their only child Lillian was born in 1884 – a first generation American.
Swan emerged from modest means to become owner of the Svenska Amerikanska Posten, the largest Swedish-language newspaper in the U.S. Eventually, the family commissioned local architects to custom design the magnificent Turnblad Mansion as their residence on Park Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The building was to include a carriage house for Swan to park his Waverly Electric car. The mansion was donated to the ASI and now serves as the centerpiece for the multitude of Swedish artifacts housed in the museum.
This year's holiday display focused on the Tomte, or Tomte is a charming character from Swedish folklore who rules over the Swedish households with an iron thumb.
Margareta Beckman............................................................Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
J.Melin, A.W.Johansson & S.Hedenborg................................SVERIGES HISTORIA
Gunnar Eriksson.........................................................................Rudbeck 1630 - 1702
Leif Landen..........................................................................................................Gustaf III
Alf Henrikson............................................................................................Ekot av ett skott
Felix Berner...................................................Gustav Adolf - der Löwe aus Mitternacht
Ingvar Andersson...................................................................................................Erik XIV
Thomas Kanger............................................................................Mordet på Olof Palme
Lars-Olof Larsson......................................................................Arvet efter Gustav Vasa
Anders Persson................................................................1808 - Gerillakriget i Finland
Otto Sjögren...........................................................Sveriges Historia VI - Storhetstiden
Sverker Oredsson (Utg)........................................................Tsar Peter och Kung Karl
Bengt Jangfeldt..........................................................Svenska vägar till S:t Petersburg
Gunnar v. Proschwitz (Utg).....Katarina II och Gustaf III - en återfunnen brevväxling
Michael Roberts.............................................Sverige under Frihetstiden 1719 - 1772
Sven Stolpe............................................................................................Drottning Kristina
Göran Rystad.............................................................................................................Karl XI
Eli F. Heckscher.............................................................................Svenskt arbete och liv
Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt.............................Resan till Italien. Resedagbok 1783 - 1784
Stig Ramel................................................................Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt 1757 - 1814
H.Schück, H.Almquist..................................................SVENSKA FOLKETS HISTORIA
Peter Englund........................................................................................................Ofredsår
Peter Englund....................................................................................Den oövervinnerlige
Alf Henrikson..............................................................................SVENSK HISTORIA I & II
Åke Ohlmarks och Nils Erik Bæhrendtz......................................Svensk kultushistoria
Richard Hall.................................................................STORA BOKEN OM VIKINGARNA
Rudolf Pörtner.......................................................................................Die Wikinger Saga
Göte Göransson.....................................................................Gustav Vasa och hans folk
Tord Wallström..........................................................................SVENSKA UPPTÄCKARE
Björn Axel Johansson (red)......................................................Regalskeppet KRONAN
Alf Henrikson.......................................................................ÄNDA FRÅN VENDELKRÅKA
Bertil Almgren o a................................................................................................VIKINGEN
Carl Grimberg.....................................SVENSKA FOLKETS UNDERBARA ÖDEN
Peter Englund.....................................SILVERMASKEN
Sveriges Radio..................................."DÅ ÄRAT DITT NAMN..."
Sven Stolpe..........................................BIRGITTA
Sven Stolpe..........................................GEIJER
Olof von Dalinsällskapet...................OLOF VON DALIN
Lars-Ove Larsson..............................VEM ÄR VEM I SVENSK HISTORIA
Anders Björnsson (red).....................FRÅN UNDERSÅTE TILL MEDBORGARE
Waldemar Swahn...............................BEYLON -SVERIGES STORE OKÄNDE
Knut Bäckström..................................ARBETARRÖRELSEN I SVERIGE 1 & 2
Carl Gustaf Weibull.............................FREDEN I ROSKILDE
Sven-Bertil Jansson...........................ERIKSKRÖNIKAN
Nordal Åkerman..................................KAN VI KRYMPA SVERIGE
Åke Ortmark........................................DE OKÄNDA MAKTHAVARNA
Göran Palm..........................................LM-BÖCKERNA
Göran Palm..........................................EN ORÄTTVIS BETRAKTELSE
Vilhelm Moberg...................................MIN SVENSKA HISTORIA
Sunday trip to an ancient graveyard/burial ground from the iron age at Blomsholm outside Strömstad, Sweden
Also know as "Harg" or "Hargsö".
The first mansion on this property was built around 1280.
During the 14th century, the mansion was owned by King Erik XIV:s admiral Jakob Bagge.
Today it is a private property and was marked as a cultural heritage in 1977.
Looks like a ghost house, doesn't it.. This is the old villa where the managing director of the mining industry lived, in Malmberget, north of Sweden. Built in 1894. The mountain Dundret is seen in the background.
Vasamuseet
Djurgården Island
Stockholm
21 October 2000
The ship foundered and sank after sailing less than a nautical mile (ca 2 km) into her maiden voyage on 10 August 1628. She fell into obscurity after most of her valuable bronze cannons were salvaged in the 17th century. After she was located again in the late 1950s in a busy shipping lane just outside the Stockholm harbor, she was salvaged with a largely intact hull in 1961.
Vasa was built top-heavy and had insufficient ballast. Despite an obvious lack of stability in port, she was allowed to set sail and foundered only a few minutes after she first encountered a wind stronger than a breeze. The impulsive move to set sail was the result of a combination of factors: Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus, who was leading the army on the continent on the date of her maiden voyage, was impatient to see her join the Baltic fleet in the Thirty Years' War; at the same time, the king's subordinates lacked the political courage to discuss the ship's structural problems frankly or to have the maiden voyage postponed. An inquiry was organized by the Swedish privy council to find personal responsibility for the disaster, but in the end no one was punished for the fiasco.
During the 1961 recovery, thousands of artifacts and the remains of at least 15 people were found in and around the hull of the Vasa by marine archaeologists. Among the many items found were clothing, weapons, cannons, tools, coins, cutlery, food, drink and six of the ten sails. The artifacts and the ship herself have provided historians with invaluable insight into details of naval warfare, shipbuilding techniques and everyday life in early 17th-century Sweden. Vasa was intended to express the expansionist aspirations of Sweden and to glorify king Gustavus Adolphus. No expense was spared in decorating and equipping the Vasa, which was also one of the largest and most heavily armed warships of its time.
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Vasamuseet
Djurgården Island
Stockholm
21 October 2000
The Vasa museum displays the only almost fully intact 17th century ship that has ever been salvaged, the 64-gun warship Vasa that sank on her maiden voyage in 1628. The Vasa Museum opened in 1990.
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Looks like a ghost house, doesn't it.. This is the old villa where the managing director of the mining industry lived, in Malmberget, north of Sweden. Built in 1894.
Håbo-Tibble Kyrkby, un piccolo villaggio nella contea di Uppland, Svezia, è un luogo che incanta con la sua tranquillità rurale e la bellezza semplice della campagna svedese. Immerso in un paesaggio di campi ondulati, boschi rigogliosi e pittoresche case tradizionali, il villaggio è un perfetto esempio di vita serena e autentica. Il cuore del villaggio è la storica chiesa medievale di Håbo-Tibble, un'affascinante struttura in pietra che racconta secoli di storia e spiritualità. Questo luogo è ideale per chi cerca di catturare l'essenza della Svezia rurale, lontano dal trambusto delle grandi città.
Håbo-Tibble Kyrkby, un piccolo villaggio nella contea di Uppland, Svezia, è un luogo che incanta con la sua tranquillità rurale e la bellezza semplice della campagna svedese. Immerso in un paesaggio di campi ondulati, boschi rigogliosi e pittoresche case tradizionali, il villaggio è un perfetto esempio di vita serena e autentica. Il cuore del villaggio è la storica chiesa medievale di Håbo-Tibble, un'affascinante struttura in pietra che racconta secoli di storia e spiritualità. Questo luogo è ideale per chi cerca di catturare l'essenza della Svezia rurale, lontano dal trambusto delle grandi città.
Sunday trip to an ancient graveyard/burial ground from the iron age at Blomsholm outside Strömstad, Sweden
This little innocent-looking cabin actually housed the machinery for the first hydroelectric power plant in Umeå, Sweden. It's now part of a living museum at Klabböle, Umeå.
Kastellholmen is a small island in the centre of Stockholm, connected to the adjacent Skeppsholmen through the bridge Kastellholmsbron.
It has an area of 31,000 m².
On the island there is a small castle, Kastellet, which was built in 1848.
The original building was built aroun 1600 and was used as a gun powder factory and ammo storage. No wonder it blew up and burnt down just before 1845.
Kastellholmen has previously been known as Notholmen, Lilla Beckholmen and Skansholmen.
Kastellholmen is part of the national city park Ekoparken.
The American Swedish Institute is a vibrant arts and cultural organization that engages locally and connects globally. With a campus including the historic Turnblad Mansion and the Nelson Cultural Center, ASI uses its resources to be a valuable community asset and integral partner.
Swan and Christina Turnblad both immigrated to the United States from Sweden as children, in 1868 and 1876 respectively. During this period, nearly 54,000 Swedes left Sweden, and many of them settled in the Upper Midwest of the United States. The two married in 1883 and their only child Lillian was born in 1884 – a first generation American.
Swan emerged from modest means to become owner of the Svenska Amerikanska Posten, the largest Swedish-language newspaper in the U.S. Eventually, the family commissioned local architects to custom design the magnificent Turnblad Mansion as their residence on Park Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The building was to include a carriage house for Swan to park his Waverly Electric car. The mansion was donated to the ASI and now serves as the centerpiece for the multitude of Swedish artifacts housed in the museum.
This year's holiday display focused on the Tomte, or Tomte is a charming character from Swedish folklore who rules over the Swedish households with an iron thumb.
Sunday trip to an ancient graveyard/burial ground from the iron age at Blomsholm outside Strömstad, Sweden. This stone was placed at the stone ship burial ground in the 17th century, as the photo shows, in 1665, by the then current landowner Sven and his wife Anna.
The American Swedish Institute is a vibrant arts and cultural organization that engages locally and connects globally. With a campus including the historic Turnblad Mansion and the Nelson Cultural Center, ASI uses its resources to be a valuable community asset and integral partner.
Swan and Christina Turnblad both immigrated to the United States from Sweden as children, in 1868 and 1876 respectively. During this period, nearly 54,000 Swedes left Sweden, and many of them settled in the Upper Midwest of the United States. The two married in 1883 and their only child Lillian was born in 1884 – a first generation American.
Swan emerged from modest means to become owner of the Svenska Amerikanska Posten, the largest Swedish-language newspaper in the U.S. Eventually, the family commissioned local architects to custom design the magnificent Turnblad Mansion as their residence on Park Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The building was to include a carriage house for Swan to park his Waverly Electric car. The mansion was donated to the ASI and now serves as the centerpiece for the multitude of Swedish artifacts housed in the museum.
This year's holiday display focused on the Tomte, or Tomte is a charming character from Swedish folklore who rules over the Swedish households with an iron thumb.