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    New Älvsborg, so-called to distinguish it from the earlier fortress at Old Älvsborg, is a sea fort on the island of Kyrkogårdsholmen within the urban...
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    Stigberget. In addition to Gothenburg city fortress, the coastal fortress Nya Älvsborg in the river entrance of Göta älv, as well as Carlsten in Marstrand had...
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  • Älvsborg or Elfsborg may refer to: Old Älvsborg, a ruined mediaeval castle on the Göta River in Gothenburg, Sweden New Älvsborg, a sea fort on the island...
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    The Älvsborg Regiment (Swedish: Älvsborgs regemente), designation I 15 and I 15/Fo 34, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traces its origins back...
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    Älvsborg) or Älvsborg Castle (Swedish: Älvsborgs Slott) to distinguish it from the later New Älvsborg and Älvsborg Fortress, was a medieval castle situated...
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    Fort Nya Elfsborg was a fortification and settlement established as a part of New Sweden. Built in 1643 and named after the Älvsborg Fortress off Gothenburg...
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    Lööf, LarsOlof (1998). "Ostindiefararen Götheborg: förlisningen vid Nya Älvsborg och omständigheterna kring olyckan". Göteborg förr och nu. 1998 (27)...
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    Drawing, showing a hornwork, of the fortress Nya Älvsborg in Gothenburg, Sweden from 1811....
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    name "Älvsborg Town" (Swedish: Älvsborgs Stad). However, in 1563, at the outbreak of the Northern Seven Years War, a Danish army attacked Älvsborg, captured...
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    the land batteries Billingen and Rya Nabbe with 12 guns each, and the Älvsborg fortress, who had 400 soldiers with 90 guns. The Danish-Norwegian attack...
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