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  Nyslott - Encyclopedia.com
Swedish troops attacked the fortress at Nyslott, Gustav issued Catherine an ultimatum...
one-armed old man is the commander at Nyslott.
Several important towns are missing-Viborg, Villmanstrand, Fredrikshamn, Nyslott, Kexholm--the result, as Gronroos points out in his densely written and extraordinarily informative introduction, of political...
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-X-Nyslott.html   (140 words)

  
 sw-Jagerhorn-1788
The 1 of july a detachment of 40 jaegers are left at Pumala, while the rest moves by boats to Nyslott on the Russian side of the border.
On the 3rd of july the forces are united at the gates of Nyslott and starts the blockade.
A patrol of an officer and four soldiers from the Savolax light infantry regiment was sent out on the 4th of July to Tunansari and Pungansalmi to remove all boats from the Russian side of the pass.
hem.bredband.net /b111807/English/Eng-gustavian/Eng-jagerhorn-1788.htm   (1823 words)

  
 Med "Lucinda" genom SÖDRA FINLANDS SKÄRGÅRD till Nyslott 2001.
Sommaren 2001 eskaderseglade jag tillsammans med 10 båtar från Svenska Kryssarklubben genom sydfinska skärgården och vidare in på Saimen och till operafestspelen i Nyslott.
Av någon anledning kommer vi att tala om Saimen och operafestspelen i Nyslott.
Alla, vilka besökt operafestivalen i Nyslott har varit överväldigade av framföranden och atmosfären.
minerva.se /seglaifinland/intro.htm   (252 words)

  
 Meet the Middle Ages - The Town - Towns on the Baltic Sea - Nyslott/Savonlinna
Savonlinna or Nyslott lies in the south-east of Finland.
Here, the Castle of Olofsborg was built in 1475 in order to give protection the growing population of the Savolax region.
Nowadays, the best known cultural event of Finland, "The Opera Festival in Nyslott, takes places at Olofsborg in July every year.
medeltiden.kalmarlansmuseum.se /e-niva3/2-9-11.phtml?userid=0   (168 words)

  
 Regional info - Savonlinna Holiday Region - savonlinna.travel
The town of Savonlinna was established in 1639, having developed from the settlements that sprung up around the medieval castle of Olavinlinna.
the name of the town in Swedish is Nyslott, which means "new castle".
The town has 27 400 inhabitants and its surface area is 1374 km²;, of which 40% is comprised of lakes.
www.savonlinna.travel /In_english/Summer/Regional_info   (241 words)

  
 Fin throws cellphone 82.62m : World: News: News24
As Finland reels from a school massacre, here is a list of recent deadly school shootings.
Nyslott - Far from the World Athletics Championships in Osaka a Finn has emerged at the top of his game - in cellphone-throwing, organisers of the event said on Sunday.
Competitors were reduced to silence when Tommi Huotari threw his cellphone 82.62m at the eighth annual tournament in Finland, home of Nokia, the world's number one handset manufacturer.
www.news24.com /News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2171547,00.html   (169 words)

  
 Horizons - Voyage Gallery 1900-1920 - Detail
The landscape A Barge is typical in style of painting in the 1910s.
It was painted in Finland in the summer of 1911 and shows the banks of the small maritime town of Nyslott.
The same formal pattern can be found in various parts of the work: in the semi-circular lines of the boats, in the curve of a woman's silhouette, in the contours of the barge and the multicoloured, mirrored reflections on the surface of the water.
www.virtualmuseum.ca /Exhibitions/Horizons/En/voy-c-195.html   (195 words)

  
  Savonlinna (Nyslott in Swedish): Finland | Europe Travel
Savonlinna (Nyslott in Swedish): Finland :: Europe Travel
Savonlinna (Nyslott in Swedish, literally Newcastle) is a municipality of about 28,000 inhabitants in the southeast of Finland, in the heart of the Saimaa lake region.
The city was founded in the 17th century based around St. Olaf’s Castle.
europe-chronicle.com /general-info/1307/savonlinna-nyslott-in-swedish-finland   (468 words)

  
  Institutionen för interkulturell kommunikation i Nyslott | Joensuu universitet
Enheten för översättningsvetenskap i Nyslott är den ena delen av ämnesgruppen för främmande språk och översättningsvetenskap vid den humanistiska fakulteten vid Joensuu universitet.
Ämnesstudier och fördjupade studier undervisas normalt och lika effektivt som tidigare i Nyslott.
*Lägg märke till att den före detta Institutionen för interkulturell kommunikation i Nyslott inte finns längre.
kvl.joensuu.fi /sv   (361 words)

  
  Viborg, Finland - LoveToKnow 1911
Orivesi, HOytianen and Kallavesi, all of which are navigated by steamers, as far north as Iisalmi in 63° 30' N. lat.
Viborg is. thus the seaport of Karelia and eastern Savolaks, with the towns of Vilmanstrand (2393 inhabitants in 1904), St Michel (3933), Nyslott (2687), Kuopio (13,519) and Iisalmi, with their numerous saw-mills and iron-works.
Viborg stands most picturesquely on the glaciated and dome-shaped granite hills surrounding the bay, which is protected at its entrance by the naval station of BjorkS and at its head by several forts.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Viborg,_Finland   (326 words)

  
  Viborg and Nyslott County - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the area in Denmark, see Viborg County.
Viborg and Nyslott County, Viborgs och Nyslotts län or Viipurin ja Savonlinnan lääni, was a county of Sweden from 1634 to 1721, when by the Treaty of Nystad Vyborg was ceded to Russia.
The remaining areas were renamed Kymmenegårds and Nyslott County.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Viborg_and_Nyslott_County   (192 words)

  
 Erik Axelsson Totts andra ryska krig 1479-1482
Anläggningen av Nyslott (Olofsborg) fortsätter trots den år 1476 förnyade freden att vara en nagel i ögat på ryssarna.
Nyslott byggs nu ut från att ha varit en jord- och träfästning till att bli ett fäste av sten.
Fästet Nyslott, även kallat Olofsborg, enligt en sentida bild.
www.smb.nu /svenskakrig/1479.asp   (366 words)

  
 the GASTROLAB Home Page: From Savonlinna to Punkaharju - on an old steam ship
Ångfartygen i Nyslott trafikerar denna rutt dagligen på sommaren - resan tar ett par timmar, och sedan kan man äta på Statshotellet i Punkaharju.
* Nyslott ligger mitt i ett av Europas vackraste sjödistrikt och staden är sedan ett par hundra år tillbaka en populär tillflykt för turister.
Operafestivalen i Nyslott besöks av gäster från många av världens länder.
www.kolumbus.fi /hans/yasavo.htm   (834 words)

  
 Counties of Sweden - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
They are still in use in Sweden, 370 years hence.
The counties in current-day Finland established in 1634 were: Åbo and Björneborg County, Nyland and Tavastehus County, Viborg and Nyslott County, Österbotten County and Kexholm County.
Over time the number of subdivisions in Finland increased to twelve, until a reorganization in 1997 reduced their number to six provinces, while keeping the administrative model intact.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Counties_of_Sweden   (725 words)

  
 Wikipedia: Karelia
Sweden got western Karelia and Novgorod got Ingria and Ladoga Karelia or East Karelia.
In 1635 Savonia and the parts of Karelia around Vyborg were incorporated in the Viborg and Nyslott County.
After the Treaty of Nystad in 1721 Viborg and the Kexholm County were ceded to Russia and the rest was incorporated into the Kymmenegårds and Nyslott County.
www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/k/ka/karelia.html   (557 words)

  
 Amazon.com: NYSLOTT
bombarded the border fortress of Nyslott on 22 June, supposedly in...
I spent the summer in Nyslott, near Olaf Castle'"-the place where...
bombarded the border fortress of Nyslott, supposedly in retaliation for raids...
www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=NYSLOTT&index=blended&page=1   (308 words)

  
 WHKMLA : Swedish-Russian War, 1479-1482
The construction of Nyslott, also called Olofsborg, by Erik Axelsson Tott, Swedish commander of Viborg fortress, in 1475, on territory disputed between Sweden and the Republic of Novgorod, had caused a brief war in 1475-1476.
In 1479 a Russian force invaded and raided the territory around Nyslott.
In 1480, Erik Axelsson Tott retaliated by raiding deep into Russian territory, a raid which according to later written chronicles was exceptionally brutal.
www.zum.de /whkmla/military/15cen/swedrus14791482.html   (198 words)

  
 Savonlinna History
Eerik Axel’s son Tott founded Olavinlinna castle in 1475 on the island in the Kyrönsalmi straight.
The castle, which was also called the New Castle (Savonlinna is still called Nyslott in Swedish, the New Castle), was built to protect the eastern border between the Greater Sweden and Russia.
Vääräsaari received the city rights in 1639, when a small group of settlers began living on the island.
www.world66.com /europe/finland/savonlinna/history   (176 words)

  
 List of Swedish regiments Information
Savolax och Nyslotts läns regemente (Savolax and Nyslott County Regiment)
Nylands och Tavastehus läns kavalleriregemente (Nyland and Tavastehus County Cavalry Regiment)
Viborgs och Nyslotts läns kavalleriregemente (Viborg and Nyslott County Cavalry Regiment)
www.bookrags.com /wiki/List_of_Swedish_regiments   (692 words)

  
 Gulf Times – Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper - Europe/World
Eija Laaksoandnbsp; tosses a mobile phone during the Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships in Savonlinna Finland.
NYSLOTT, Finland: Far from the World Athletics Championships in Osaka, a Finn has emerged at the top of his game – in mobile phone-throwing, organisers of the event announced yesterday.
Eija Laakso tosses a mobile phone during the Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships in Savonlinna Finland.
www.gulf-times.com /site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=169093&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21   (347 words)

  
 Gränsintermezzot vid Nyslott 1499
I augusti år 1499 får hövitsmannen på Viborg, Erik Turesson Bielke, alarmerande rapporter från sina fogdar på Nyslott (Olofsborg).
Rapporterna berättar om strider med ryska styrkor som försöker flytta gränspålarna så att Nyslott hamnar på ryskt område.
Vi känner inte till fler detaljer kring striderna, som tycks vara begränsade till området kring Nyslott.
www.smb.nu /svenskakrig/1499.asp   (197 words)

  
 Viborg and Nyslott County at AllExperts
For the area in Denmark, see Viborg County.
Viborg and Nyslott County, Viborgs och Nyslotts län or Viipurin ja Savonlinnan lääni, was a county of Sweden from 1634 to 1721, when by the Treaty of Nystad Vyborg was ceded to Russia.
The remaining areas were renamed Kymmenegårds and Nyslott County.
en.allexperts.com /e/v/vi/viborg_and_nyslott_county.htm   (225 words)

  
 GCPJGA - A Traditional Cache in Estonia called Syrenetz created by Carolina & Aigar
Castle was quite soon destroyed by Russians but later (1427-1442) it was restored as Livonian Order Headmaster's residence.
As it was quite a new building, compared to the Narva castle, it was also called so - from old German name Nyslott originated also castle's name in Estonian.
At the end of 17th century castle was renovated once again, but at the end of that century it completely turned into ruins - in Northern War chronicles that castle is no more mentioned.
www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCPJGA   (655 words)

  
 Westerlund
Ivan was a merchant in Nyslott (Savonlinna) and later in Geta, Åland.
Karl Albert and his wife Alexandra received on 12.4.1886 passports for travelling to USA.
The earliest records of Stefan Sittkoff discovered so far are from the end of the 1740s as merchant in Nyslott, obviously mainly serving the Russian forces lodged at the Olofsborg castle after the peace in Åbo 1743, when Russia gained some of the southeastern parts of current Finland from Sweden.
personal.inet.fi /clan/bpr   (400 words)

  
 FakeBase.dk - Fournier's Finland 1mk 'serpentine'
Fournier has used several different cancels on his fakes.
This Nyslott town cancel is not known in Ossa's book about forgeries of Finnish stamps.
This stamp was for sale in eBay US openly as a Fournier forgery.
www.fakebase.dk /showitem.asp?item=494   (231 words)

  
 Research Institute for the Languages of Finland :: What’s Jakobstad in English?
But how do we deal with place names when the texts are written in another language?
Should we write Nyslott or Savonlinna in Norwegian, Jakobstad or Pietarsaari in English?
The Research Institute for the Languages of Finland has been faced with this question several times lately, and it has been discussed at a joint meeting of the Finnish and Swedish language Boards.
www.kotus.fi /index.phtml?l=en&s=2112   (1655 words)

  
 →    Savonlinna (Nyslott) — Orldway Imetay — Pig Latin / Igpay Atinlay
Informationway aboutway Savonlinna (Nyslott), Itä-Suomen Lääni (Eastern Finland), Inlandfay:
Ethay 5 igitday itycay odecay orfay Savonlinna (Nyslott) isway FISVL.
Use of this web site indicates acceptance of our disclaimer.
pig.timegenie.com /city.time/fisvl   (250 words)

  
 Finland  - maritime postmarks
Postmark is often unclear and the number of small differences that can be found in this postmark but they are often very difficult to distinguish.
Similar types known used at Turku, Helsinki, and Savonlinna (Nyslott),
Turku-ship cancellation - also called Torpedo - only known used on 4 dates 7th, 8th, 11th and 13th May 1911
www.jiv.dk /finland/pm_ship.htm   (222 words)

  
 →    Current time in Savonlinna (Nyslott)
Current time difference compared to UTC/GMT is 2 hours 0 minutes.
The 5 digit city code for Savonlinna (Nyslott) is FISVL.
You can enter the 5 digit city code on the advanced preference page.
www.timegenie.com /city.time/fisvl   (251 words)

  
 Treaty of Peace between Sweden and Russia at Teusina, 18 May 1595
Both sides should send voivodes to these boundaries at three sites in this summer of the year ninetyfive, at the time of Petrus-Paulus
Siestarjoki or Rajajoki] to Puumala 'constabulary' in the province of Nyslott
) This Nyslott is what is called nowadays Olavinlinna in the town of Savonlinna, eastern Finland.
www.histdoc.net /history/teusina.html   (2590 words)

  
 Mobile throwing competition
Then head to Finland for a cellphone-throwing competition in the town of Nyslott.
It's been held for the past eight years and this year was won by Tommi Huotari who threw his phone 294 feet to win the men's division.
Click here to learn how to put Breitbart headlines on your site.
www.breitbart.com /article.php?id=paPars_Tue_03_Mobile_throwing&show_article=1   (146 words)

  
 1851
We started in the May 9th and went through Borgå
In some towns, for example in Nyslott they said that they saw a coach there for the first time from the creation - so out-of-the-way and poor was inner Finland at the time.
The schoolchildren in a moment went to the coach and one by one enter inside to see all the smallest details.
heninen.net /sortavala/1851/english.htm   (740 words)

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