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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Label Occurrences
Fredrikshald canonical 1

Statements (47)

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

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Arnstein Arneberg placeOfBirth Fredrikshald