The Kattegat is a sea of roughly 24,000 km2 bounded by the Skagerrak in the north, Jutland in the west, the Danish Straits and Sjaelland in the south and the Swedish provinces of Bohuslän, Västergötla
Älvsborg at Gothenburg, a sea fortress in the Kattegat
Halland is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden, on the western coast of Götaland, southern Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Småland, Scania and the sea of Kattegat. Until 1645 and the Second T
The peace stone in Brömsebro is not a runestone even if it looks like one. The stone was made in 1915 to commemorate the peace between Denmark and Sweden and the text is written with Latin letters. The text on the stone says "Memory of the peace in Brömsebro – Gaspard Coignet de La Thuilerie – Axel Oxenstierna – Corfitz Ulfeldt". The three named persons were the negotiators. Thuilerie was an ambassador from France, Oxenstierna represented Sweden and Ulfeldt represented Denmark.