Peter Tordenskjold
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Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold was a Norwegian naval officer and Vice-Admiral of the Royal Dano-Norwegian fleet during the Great Northern War. Born in Trondheim, he travelled to Copenhagen in 1704 a
1719 portrait by Balthasar Denner
1925 painting of Wessel toasting the crew of Olbing Galley by Christian Mølsted
1891 painting by Mølsted of Tordenskjold's destruction of the Gothernburg Squadron in 1719
Statue of Tordenskjold in Trondheim
Battle of Dynekilen
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The naval Battle of Dynekilen took place on 8 July 1716 during the Great Northern War between a Dano-Norwegian fleet under Peter Tordenskjold and a Swedish fleet under Olof Strömstierna. The battle re
Peter Tordenskjold
…posterity has chiefly known him. His greatest exploit came later that year, when he captured almost the entire transport fleet of the Swedish Navy at the Battle of Dynekilen, fought against the backdrop of the First Norwegian Campaign and concurrent preparations for a joint Russian-Danish crossing of Øresund. The Norwegian…
Tordenskjold i Dynekilen by Carl Neumann