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Brita Horn Brita Margaretha Horn (1745 – 13 March 1791), was a Swedish countess and courtier. She is known for being the love interest of Charles XIII of Sweden from 1765 to 1771, during which Charles' wish to marry her was given political significance and used by the Caps (party) and Hats (party) during the age of liberty. She is also known for her correspondence with her spouse from 1775 to 1791, which has been partially published.
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Charles XIII of Sweden Charles XIII & II also Carl, Swedish: "Karl XIII" (7 October 1748 – 5 February 1818), was King of Sweden (as "Charles XIII") from 1809 and King of Norway (as "Charles II") from 1814 until his death. He was the second son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick II of Prussia.
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Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (July 20, 1835 – January 25, 1900) was Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein, a niece of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and the mother-in-law of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany. She is an ancestor of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Felipe VI of Spain.
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Cape Verdean Swedish Cape Verdean Swedish are Swedish residents whose ancestry originated in Cape Verde. In 1995, it was estimated that there were 3,000 people of Cape Verdean descent in Scandinavia. One of the most famous Swedes of Cape Verdean descent is footballer Henrik Larsson, who was born to a Cape Verdean father and a Swedish mother.
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Gothicism Gothicism or Gothism (Swedish: "Göticism" ; Latin: "Gothicismus" ) was a cultural movement in Sweden, centered on the belief in the glory of the Swedish Geats, who were identified with the Goths. The founders of the movement were Nicolaus Ragvaldi and the brothers Johannes and Olaus Magnus. The belief continued to hold power in the 17th century, when Sweden was a great power following the Thirty Years' War, but lost most of its sway in the 18th. It was revitalized by Romantic nationalism in the early 19th century, this time with the Vikings as heroic figures.
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Christina Abrahamsdotter Christina Abrahamsdotter (Swedish: "Kristina Abrahamsdotter" ) (Finnish: "Kristiina Abrahamintytär" ) (1432–1492) was a Finnish noble, royal mistress and later third spouse and Queen consort of King Charles VIII of Sweden.
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King Horn King Horn is a Middle English chivalric romance dating back to the middle of the thirteenth century. It survives in three manuscripts: MS. Harley 2253 at the British Library, London; MS. Laud. Misc 108 at the Bodleian Library, Oxford; and MS. Gg. iv. 27. 2 at the Cambridge University Library. It is also presumably based on the Anglo-Norman story "Romance of Horn" (1170). The story was retold in later romances and ballads, and is considered part of the Matter of England. The poem is currently believed to be the oldest extant romance in Middle English.
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Brita Borg Brita Borg (10 June 1926 – 4 May 2010), full name Brita Kerstin Gunvor Borg, was a Swedish singer, actress, and variety show artist. Her variety show career spanned from 1943 into the 1970s, while her singing career trailed away at the end of the 1960s. However, she was still an active actress in the 1980s. Borg represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 in Cannes.
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Knut Birgersson, Riksjarl of Sweden Knut Birgersson (Old Norse: "Knútr jarl Birgisson", died 1208) was Riksjarl of Sweden. He was the eldest surviving son of Riksjarl Birger Brosa and a member of the powerful House of Bjälbo.
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Margaret I of Denmark Margaret I (Danish: "Margrete Valdemarsdatter" , Norwegian: "Margrete Valdemarsdatter" , Swedish: "Margareta Valdemarsdotter" , Icelandic: "Margrét Valdimarsdóttir" ; 1353 – 28 October 1412), was queen consort of Norway 1363-1380 and Sweden 1363-1364, and later ruler in her own right of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, from which later period there are ambiguities regarding her specific titles. She was the founder of the Kalmar Union, which spanned Scandinavia for over a century. Margaret was known as a wise, energetic and capable leader, earning the nickname "Semiramis of the North", or "the Lady King". Though the latter was a derisive nickname invented by her rival Albert of Mecklenburg, it became widely used in recognition of her capabilities.
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Albert Ulrik Bååth Albert Ulrik Bååth (13 July 1853 Malmö, Sweden – 2 August 1912 Gothenburg, Sweden) was a Swedish poet and author, often seen as A.U. Bååth. He was a senior lecturer in Old Norse literature at Göteborgs högskola from 1881 until 1911. He was the brother of Cecilia Bååth-Holmberg.
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Carl Johan De Geer Baron Carl Johan Louis De Geer af Finspång (born July 13, 1938) is a Swedish artist, writer, musician and "friherre" (baron) of the De Geer noble family.
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Beata Rosenhane Beata Rosenhane (21 January 1638 in Norrköping – 1 June 1674) was a Swedish Baroness and writer. She was known for her learning and received an education unusual for a female of her epoch, and has as such been the subject of research.
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Marya Krasińska Graciosa Maria "Marya" Krasińska (1854-1884), was a Polish noble. She is known as the controversial marriage candidate of King Charles XV of Sweden in 1871-1872.
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Brita Biörn Brita Biörn, or "Brita Biörns" (1667–fl. 1745), was a Swedish cunning woman. She was active on Gotland and as one of the most reputed cunning women in contemporary Sweden, accused in two court cases.
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Juliana of Hesse-Eschwege Juliana of Hesse-Eschwege (14 May 1652 – 20 June 1693) was a German noblewoman. In her teens she was brought up at the Swedish royal court as the future queen of King Charles XI of Sweden, her cousin. However, on two separate occasions before the wedding Juliana became pregnant, and the engagement was eventually broken off. In 1679 or 1680, Juliana married a Dutchman and lived the rest of her life in the Netherlands, while Charles married Ulrike Eleonora of Denmark in 1680.
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Prince Harald of Denmark Prince Harald of Denmark ("Harald Christian Frederik"; 8 October 1876 - 30 March 1949) was a member of the Danish Royal Family. He was the third son of Frederick VIII of Denmark and his wife, Lovisa of Sweden, and thus brother to Christian X of Denmark.
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Charles Schilling Venerable Charles Schilling, CRSP (9 June 1835 - 2 January 1907) was born in Christiania, Norway. He was an atheist (nominally Lutheran) convert to Roman Catholicism, which he first came into contact with when he was nineteen years old and studying art in Düsseldorf. He was received into the Catholic Church on 11 November 1854. Gradually, as he spent more and more of his time in prayer and charity work, he gave up his painting. He was ordained a priest at Bourges, France, on 18 December 1875.
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Gustaf Adolfs torg, Gothenburg Gustaf Adolfs torg ("Gustaf Adolf's square") is a town square located in central Gothenburg, Sweden. It was named "Stortorget" (the Big Square) until 1854 when a statue of the founding father of Gothenburg, king Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was raised. Surrounding the square are the city hall, including the law court extension (by Gunnar Asplund), the bourse, and the main harbour canal of Gothenburg.
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Name of Sweden The name of Sweden (Swedish "Sverige" ]    ) is ultimately derived from the ethnonym of the "Swedes".
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Instrument of Government (1719) The Instrument of Government of 1719 (Swedish: "1719 års regeringsform" ) adopted on 21 February 1719 by the Riksdag of the Estates was one of the fundamental laws that made up the constitution of Sweden from 1719 to 1772. It came about after the succession crisis which occurred after the death of Charles XII of Sweden, when the monarch died childless during the Great Northern War, leaving two potential heirs: his sister Ulrica Eleonora of Sweden, and his nephew Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. The constitution was a result of the agreement made between Ulrica Eleonora and the Riksdag of the Estates, were the latter acknowledged her as queen regnant in exchange for signing a new constitution of reduced royal power and introduction of a parliamentarian system. The Instrument of Government of 1719 was only revised to a very small extent in the following Instrument of Government (1720), and it can therefore said to be in effect during the entire age of liberty, and represent the political system in Sweden until the Swedish Constitution of 1772.
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Archduchess Mechthildis of Austria Archduchess Mechthildis of Austria (11 October 1891 – 6 February 1966) was a daughter of Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria and a first cousin of King Alphonso XIII of Spain. She was member of the Teschen branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Bohemia, Hungary, and Tuscany by birth. In 1913 she married Prince Olgierd Czartoryski. The couple had four children and lived in Poland until the outbreak of World War II when they emigrated to Brazil.