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Visingsö
Visingsö is an island in the southern half of Lake Vättern in Sweden. Visingsö lies north of the city Jönköping and west of Gränna from which two car ferries connect the island. The island is long and wide, with a total area of . According to the statistics from Jönköping Kommun, in 2023 there was a total population of 684 people living in Vinsingsö, which was a slight decrease in population from 2019 statistics. According to legend, a giant named Vist created Visingsö by throwing a lump of soil into the lake so that his wife could use it to step over the lake. History Archaeological findings suggest that Visingsö was inhabited as early as the Stone Age. During the Viking Age (c. 800–1050 CE), the island may have been an important stop for trade and travel across Lake Vättern. Several ancient burial mounds and runestones on the island indicate early settlements. In the 12th century, the House of Sverker, one of the ruling dynasties of Sweden, made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visingsö Slottsruin
Visingsö is an island in the southern half of Lake Vättern in Sweden. Visingsö lies north of the city Jönköping and west of Gränna from which two car ferries connect the island. The island is long and wide, with a total area of . According to the statistics from Jönköping Kommun, in 2023 there was a total population of 684 people living in Vinsingsö, which was a slight decrease in population from 2019 statistics. According to legend, a giant named Vist created Visingsö by throwing a lump of soil into the lake so that his wife could use it to step over the lake. History Archaeological findings suggest that Visingsö was inhabited as early as the Stone Age. During the Viking Age (c. 800–1050 CE), the island may have been an important stop for trade and travel across Lake Vättern. Several ancient burial mounds and runestones on the island indicate early settlements. In the 12th century, the House of Sverker, one of the ruling dynasties of Sweden, made Näs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vättern
Vättern ( , ) is the second-largest lake in Sweden, after Vänern, and the sixth-largest lake in Europe. It is a long, finger-shaped body of fresh water in south central Sweden, to the southeast of Vänern, pointing at the tip of Scandinavia. Vättern is deep, containing roughly half as much water as Vänern even though it covers about a third as much area; its deepest point is below sea level. Vättern drains into Motala ström through Bråviken into the Baltic Sea, but since 1832 it has also had a downstream connection through the Göta Canal to Vänern and the Kattegat tributary of the Atlantic Ocean. The lake has plenty of sources from rivers and small lakes, with the highest located sources being near Nässjö on the South Swedish Highland near the southeastern shoreline. Name The name Vättern is closely related to "vatten", the Swedish word for water, and also means "water, lake". Geography The lake's total surface area is about , with a drainage basin a little ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Näs Castle
Näs Castle (Swedish: ''Näs slottsruin'') is the ruins of a former castle at Visingsö parish in Jönköping County, Sweden. The ruins are on the southern end of the island of Visingsö in the southern part of Lake Vättern. History The facility was built as a royal residence during the 12th century. It was constructed during the reign of King Sverker I of Sweden (1132–1156) or his son King Karl Sverkersson (c. 1130–1167) who resided in Näs Castle and was assassinated on the island of Visingsö by supporters of his successor King Knut Eriksson. In 1318, the castle was pledged by King Birger Magnusson (1280–1321) to his brother-in-law King Eric VI of Denmark. The castle was burned down after fighting the same year while Birger was in exile. See also *List of castles in Sweden This is a list of castles and palaces in Sweden. In the Swedish language the word ''slott'' is used for both castles, châteaux and palaces; this article lists all of them as well as fortres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gränna
Gränna () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 2,665 inhabitants in 2018. Founded in 1652 by Count Per Brahe the Younger, Per Brahe, it is in Småland on the eastern shores of the lake Vättern, about 40 km north of Jönköping. History and academic development The town is at the foot of Gränna mountain and is characterized by its steep streets and old wooden houses. Up until the local government reform of 1971, Gränna and its immediate surroundings constituted a cities in Sweden, city municipality of its own; since then it has become an integral part of Jönköping Municipality. Gränna is, despite its small population, for historical reasons often still referred to as a Stad (Sweden), "city". Statistics Sweden, however, only counts Urban areas of Sweden, localities with more than 10,000 inhabitants as cities. Gränna is known for its red and white polkagris (literally "polka pig" in Swedish) stick candy, also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Sverkersson
Johan Sverkersson ( – 10 March 1222), also known as John I, was King of Sweden from 1216 until his death in 1222. He was the last king from the House of Sverker, leaving no heirs. During his reign, an expedition was launched from Sweden against the Estonians, with disastrous results. Background Johan was the son of King Sverker II of Sweden of the House of Sverker and Queen Ingegerd of the Bjälbo dynasty. When he was one year old, his maternal grandfather Jarl Birger Brosa died. King Sverker appointed his son as nominal jarl in order to strengthen his own ruling powers and secure the increasingly important jarl institution. This enraged the rival House of Erik as well as some of Birger Brosa's offspring, and Johan was contemptuously known as the "breech-less jarl". Johan retained his dignity until his father King Sverker was beaten in the Battle of Lena in 1208 and exiled to Denmark, while his rival Erik Knutsson, from the House of Erik, became King of Sweden. Sverker II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Knutsson
Erik Knutsson (; – 10 April 1216), sometimes known as Eric X, was King of Sweden between 1208 and 1216. Also known as ''Erik the Survivor'' (), he was, at his accession to the throne, the only remaining son of King Knut Eriksson and his queen, whose name may have been Cecilia. Struggles for the throne Nothing is known about his youth, but he may have been born around 1180 in Eriksberg royal manor. When Erik's father, King Knut, died peacefully in 1195 or 1196, his four sons were youthful but not children. One of them had been hailed as heir to the throne by the grandees of the kingdom when Knut was still alive. Whether this was Erik we do not know, nor do the sources disclose the names of his three brothers. In spite of the precautions of King Knut, his sons were passed over in favour of Sverker Karlsson, the head of the rival dynasty of the Sverkers. Perhaps this was due to the influence of the mighty second-of-the-realm, Jarl Birger Brosa. As far as we know the succession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Sverkersson
Karl Sverkersson or Charles VII ( – 12 April 1167) was the ruler of Götaland, and then King of Sweden from to 1167, when he was assassinated in a military attack by Knut Eriksson who then succeeded him as king. Pretender to the throne Karl was the son of King Sverker the Elder, who was assassinated in December 1156, by first wife Ulvhild Håkansdotter. A pretender from another family, Erik Jedvardsson (whom later generations dubbed martyr and saint), ruled over parts of Sweden in the following years. However, Karl was chosen king by the people of Östergötland in , apparently in opposition to Erik. A letter from pope Hadrianus IV () knows him as ruler of ''regnum Gothorum'' although Erik is known to have held power in Västergötland. It is claimed in a late medieval chronicle that Erik's murder by minions of their rival Magnus Henriksen in 1160 was also backed by Karl. Magnus Henriksen had a brief reign after killing Erik, but was himself killed by Karl Sverkersson, prob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jönköping
Jönköping (, ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat of Jönköping Municipality, which has a population of 144,699 (2022) and is Småland's most populous municipality. Jönköping is also the seat of Jönköping County which has a population of 367,064 (2022). Jönköping is the seat of a district court and a court of appeal as well as the Swedish National Courts Administration. It is also the seat of the Swedish Board of Agriculture. County government The Jönköping municipality has its headquarters in a place called . is an important component of the function of the municipality as it works as a state office for different departments of and in Jönköping. is dependent on the municipality but is its own entity, the head of the has political power but is not the head of the Jönköping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jönköping County
Jönköping County () is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötland, Kalmar and Kronoberg. The total county population was 356,291 inhabitants in September 2017. The capital and largest city is Jönköping. About one quarter of the total county population lives in the combined Jönköping-Huskvarna urban area around the southern point of Lake Vättern. Provinces and administrative history Despite being commonly used to indicate the geographical, cultural and historical region, the larger historical province ''(landskap)'' of Småland, which most of Jönköping County is part of, has no administrative or political significance today. Jönköping County has existed as an administrative division since the 17th century, and constitutes the north-western part of Småland, the other parts being Kronoberg County in the south-west and Kalmar County in the east. Jönköping County was periodically united with neigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Köppen Climate Classification
The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (temperate), ''D'' (continental), and ''E'' (polar). Each group and subgroup is represented by a letter. All climates are assigned a main group (the first letter). All climates except for those in the ''E'' group are assigned a seasonal precipitation subgroup (the second letter). For example, ''Af'' indicates a tropical rainforest climate. The system assigns a temperature subgroup for all groups other than those in the ''A'' group, indicated by the third letter for climates in ''B'', ''C'', ''D'', and the second letter for climates in ''E''. Other examples include: ''Cfb'' indicating an oceanic climate with warm summers as indicated by the ending ''b.'', while ''Dwb'' indicates a semi-Monsoon continental climate, monsoonal continental climate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oceanic Climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen climate classification, Köppen classification represented as ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature. Oceanic climates can be found in both hemispheres generally between 40 and 60 degrees latitude, with subpolar versions extending to 70 degrees latitude in some coastal areas. Other varieties of climates usually classified together with these include subtropical highland climates, represented as ''Cwb'' or ''Cfb'', and subpolar oceanic or cold subtropical highland climates, represented as ''Cfc'' or ''Cwc''. Subtropical highland climates occur in some mountainous parts of the subtropics or tropics, some of which have monsoon influence, while their cold variants an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Navy
The Swedish Navy () is the maritime service branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Fleet (), formally sometimes referred to as the Royal Navy () – as well as marine units, the Amphibious Corps (). Founded under King Gustav Vasa in 1522, the Swedish navy is one of the oldest continuously serving navies in the world, celebrating its 500th anniversary in 2022. History Early Swedish kings ( 9th–14th centuries) organised a Swedish Navy along the coastline through . This involved combined rowing and sailing ships (without artillery). This system became obsolete with the development of society and changes in military technology. No later than in the 14th century, the duty to serve in was replaced by a tax. In 1427, when Sweden was part of the Kalmar Union (with Denmark and Norway), Swedish warships did however participate in the naval battle of Öresund against the Hanseatic League. It is unclear how this force was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
