Bohus Fortress
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Bohus Fortress lies in Kungälv, Bohuslän, Sweden, north east from Hisingen where the Göta river splits into two branches. It commands the surrounding area from a cliff 40 m high, with the river formin
Bohus Fortress
Bohus Fortress
Picture of model of Bohus Fortress, as it was before it was ceded to the Swedes
Panorama from the Bohus Fortress of the Göta river dividing into Göta river and Norder river (down right)
Haakon V
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Haakon V Magnusson was King of Norway from 1299 until 1319. He was the younger son of King Magnus VI and succeeded his elder brother Eric II. His reign marked the end of the "golden age" of medieval N
Bohus Fortress
…along the old Norwegian–Swedish border. The construction of Bohus Fortress (Norwegian: Båhus festning, Swedish: Bohus fästning) began in 1308 under King Haakon V Magnuson, king of Norway from 1299 to 1319. Håkon V also initiated construction of Norwegian fortresses at Akershus and Vardøhus as part of a broader defensive…
Head from Nidaros Cathedral, considered to possibly represent an older Haakon.
Burial site of Haakon V in Oslo
A sculpture believed to depict Haakon V as Duke of Oslo, Oppland, Ryfylke, the Faroe Islands, and Shetland.
Seal of Haakon as Duke (obverse), in known use 1292–98; the Norwegian coat of arms appears on the reverse