Fredrikshald

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Fredrikshald is the former name of the Norwegian town now known as Halden, a historic border city near Sweden noted for its fortress and role in Norwegian-Swedish conflicts.

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Fredrikshald canonical 4

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic town name ⓘ
associatedWithDeathOf Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ
borderCityWith Sweden ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
defendedAgainst Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ
formerNameOf Halden ⓘ
governedBy Halden municipal council ⓘ
hasClimate temperate oceanic climate ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage memorials to Charles XII ⓘ
monuments commemorating sieges ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity sawmills ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
timber trade ⓘ
hasFortress Fredriksten Fortress ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus historic urban area ⓘ
hasHistoricBuilding Fredriksten Fortress walls ⓘ
Halden town hall ⓘ
hasHistoricEvent Siege of 1716 ⓘ
Siege of 1718 ⓘ
hasHistoricFunction fortified border town ⓘ
hasLanguage Norwegian ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatus town ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature Iddefjorden granite quarries ⓘ
hasPort Halden port ⓘ
linked to: Port of Halden
hasRegion Southeastern Norway ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Norway
hasReligiousCenter Immanuel Church in Halden ⓘ
hasRoleIn Great Northern War ⓘ
Scanian War ⓘ
hasTopography coastal landscape ⓘ
hilly terrain ⓘ
hasTransport railway connection to Oslo ⓘ
road connection via E6 ⓘ
knownFor Fredriksten Fortress ⓘ
military history ⓘ
role in Norwegian–Swedish conflicts ⓘ
locatedIn Viken county ⓘ
Østfold ⓘ
locatedNear Sweden ⓘ
locatedOn Iddefjord ⓘ
Tista River ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Oslo ⓘ
namedAfter King Frederick III of Denmark–Norway ⓘ
nowKnownAs Halden ⓘ
partOf Bohuslen front in wars with Sweden ⓘ
Halden municipality ⓘ
historic Østfold county ⓘ
usedNameUntil 1901 ⓘ

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