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Karl XII - Hero or villain?
20 February 2011 - 22:23

I am starting a new course of debate, or blog rather, on the theme ... -"it is always easy to second guess history!".

From my very own, amateurish but personal point of view I attempt to scrutinise, analyse and give judgement to the course of European history through several centuries, its leaders and figureheads. First stop will be the great conflict of ...

The Great Northern War 1700-21 and it's repercussions:
At the end of 1699, cornered by a mighty alliance of
History preservation politically incorrect - WHY?
13 July 2010 - 10:30
All nations have a history. A history of culture, struggles, development, people and their traditions.



Swedish dominion of the Baltic established after the 30-years wars


Sweden used to be a very powerful and belligerent country, sometimes through will but mostly out of sheer necessity.

In the 17th century the Swedish Kingdom enjoyed it's peak, ending up dominating the Baltic sea and most of the nations around it.

In the 18th century the tide started to turn against the Swedish. The sheer numerical
Long, cold winter at an end
20 April 2010 - 15:15
Winter hibernation
The well documented climate changes ... are they now showing a glimpse of what's to come?

A long, very cold and extremely snowy winter has finally been laid to rest ... at long last! The general feeling being that it really sucked out all energy that was stored from last summer.

People have been bleak, tired and almost in a state of "mild hibernation", and no wonder!

I declared spring as soon as the ice melted from the seas, and that wasn't too long ago, I am sad to say ... but
Historical revival
12 January 2010 - 11:08

Sweden has been spared the horrors of war for almost 200 years, the last engagements coming in the short and relatively unbloody campaign against the Norwegians in 1814.

Perhaps this is one reason that history has been a relatively "forgotten" theme for most Swedes, in some cases even something people shy away from.

Today, the nation can barely defend itself in the unlikely event of war, due to the enormous cutdowns of the defence forces.

Expensive technology, skilled workforce and regiments
2009
03 November 2009 - 09:23
Events of the year.



In the far, northern outskirts of Europe the main historical events have been eclipsed around the theme of the 200th anniversary of the 1808-09 war between Sweden (and Finland) and Russia.

Albeit a minor pinprick in the midst of the Napoleonic wars, this war had a great impact on both Sweden and Finland.

The Swedish lion, squeezed between the mighty eagles of France and Russia was faced with the unenviable risk of being obliterated from the ranks of independent nations because
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