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For current affairs see: Blekinge County Map Swedish Provinces, Blekinge © Mic, 2003 Released under the GNU Free Documentation License See also: Provinces of Sweden File links The following pages link to this file: Blechingia User:Mic/Images Categories: GFDL images ...
Blekinge, coat of arms This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest. ...
Sweden was historically divided into four Lands or Landsdelar: Götaland Svealand Österland Norrland Götaland and Svealand were once, in prehistoric times known only in folklore, in fragmentary pieces of foreign sources, in legends which only later chronicles have written about, rival kingdoms before being united under one Crown...
Terra Scania, or Skåneland, once constituted the eastern part of the Danish kingdom. ...
Götaland, Gothia, Gothland [1], Gotland (AHD), Gautland or Geatland, is a historical land of Sweden, and was once divided into petty kingdoms. ...
A County, or Län, is an administrative and political subdivision of Sweden. ...
Blekinge County, or Blekinge län is a County or län in the south of Sweden. ...
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Blekinge County, or Blekinge län is a County or län in the south of Sweden. ...
Blekinge County has virtually the same boundaries as the province of Blechingia.
History Main article: History of Blechingia
Historically Blechingia belonged to the Danish Crown, as a part of Terra Scania, together with provinces Scania and Hallandia, which made up the eastern part of the Danish kingdom. Blekinge became a Swedish province in 1658 following the Treaty of Roskilde. Terra Scania, or Skåneland, once constituted the eastern part of the Danish kingdom. ...
Scania (Skåne) is the southernmost historical Province (landskap) of Sweden. ...
Hallandia (Halland) is a historical Province (landskap) on the western coast of Sweden. ...
Events January 13 - Edward Sexby, who has plotted against Oliver Cromwell, dies in Tower of London February 6 - Swedish troops of Charles X Gustav of Sweden cross from Sweden to Denmark over frozen sea May 1 - Publication of Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial and The Garden of Cyrus by Thomas Browne September...
The Treaty of Roskilde was signed on February 26, 1658 in the Danish city Roskilde, whereby the king of Denmark-Norway sacrificed nearly half his territory to save the rest. ...
Geography Main article: Geography of Blechingia
Blechingia was historically divided into chartered cities and into hundreds. This is a list of cities, towns, and market towns (köpings) in Sweden, that held their town privileges (Stadsprivilegium) by Royal Charter or by being established since ancient times. ...
A hundred is an administrative division which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller geographical units. ...
Cities Hundreds Blekinge has a scenic archipelago and it is sometimes called the "Garden of Sweden". Karlshamn is a city in Blechingia, and the seat of Karlshamn Municipality in Sweden. ...
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Karlskrona is a city in south-eastern Sweden. ...
Events First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there. ...
Ronneby is a city in Blechingia, and the seat of Ronneby Municipality in Sweden. ...
Events June 2 - John Holland, a maternal half-brother of Richard II of England, is created Earl of Huntingdon. ...
Sölvesborg is a city and the seat of Sölvesborg Municipality in Sweden. ...
Events Discovery of Senegal and Cape Verde by Dinas Diaz Births March 1 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance (d. ...
Bräkne Hundred, or Bräkne härad, was a hundred of Blechingia in Sweden. ...
The Eastern Hundred, or Östra härad, was a hundred divided between Blechingia and Smalandia in Sweden. ...
Lister Hundred, or Listers härad, was a hundred of Blechingia in Sweden. ...
Medelstad Hundred, or Medelstads härad, was a hundred of Blechingia in Sweden. ...
An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. ...
Culture Main article: Culture of Blechingia
In Blechingia a variety of the South Swedish dialect is spoken, formerly Eastern Danish. The variety is called Blekingska. The name "Blekinge" comes from the adjective bleke, which correspons to the sea term "dead calm". In western Blechingia, on the small peninsula called Listerlandet, an almost extinct separate germanic language is spoken called Listerländska. Allthough it has very few speakers, whom all are bilingual in Swedish. In biology and ecology, extinction is the ceasing of existence of a species or group of species. ...
The town of Karlskrona was for almost 300 years the principal Naval Base in Sweden, and in 1998 it be came a site of the UNESCO World heritage program. Karlskrona is a city in south-eastern Sweden. ...
1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
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Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ...
Heraldry Main article: Heraldry of Blechingia
Blechingia was granted its arms at the funural of Charles X Gustav of Sweden in 1660, based on an seal from the 15th century. Symobolically the three crowns from the Coats of Arms of Sweden had been placed on the trunk of the tree to mark the change in status of the former Danish province, that now belonged to Sweden. The arms is represented with a dukal coronet. Blazon: "Azure, an Oak Tree eradicated Or ensigned with three Crowns palewise of the same." Charles X or Karl X Gustav (1622-Sweden, son of John Casimir, Margrave of Pfalz-Zweibrücken, and Catherine, sister of Gustavus Adolphus, was born at the Castle of Nyköping on November 8, 1622. ...
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The Greater Coat of Arms of the Realm, or Stora Riksvapnet, and the Lesser Coat of Arms of the Realm, or Lilla Riksvapnet, are the official coats of arms of Sweden. ...
External links - Blekinge (http://www.blekingeturism.com/) - Official tourist site
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