Kongsvinger Fortress
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Kongsvinger Fortress is located in the city of Kongsvinger which is located within Kongsvinger Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is situated on a hill west and north of the Glomma river, st
Kongsvinger Fortress seen from the south
Arsenal at Kongsvinger Fortress.
Well and old barracks at Kongsvinger Fortress.
The Great Northern War was the war fought between a coalition of Denmark–Norway, Russia and Saxony-Poland on one side and Sweden on the other side from 1700 to 1721. It started by a coordinated attack
Kongsvinger Fortress
…laid out in the typical right angle square plan - by architect Major General Johan Caspar von Cicignon - popular in this period. In 1709, during the Great Northern War, Norway was mobilized and by the end of October 1709, 1,500 men were stationed at Kongsvinger. When in 1716 it became apparent that the Charles XII of…
Bringing Home the Body of King Karl XII of Sweden (Gustaf Cederström. 1884)
Battle of Poltava (Pierre-Denis Martin, 1726)
Victory at Narva (Gustaf Cederström, 1905)