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    Olavinlinna (redirect from Olofsborg)
    Olavinlinna (also known as St. Olaf's Castle; Swedish: Olofsborg; German: Olafsburg; lit. 'Olof's Castle') is a 15th-century three-tower castle located...
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    a fortress in the inner parts of Finland, which was named Nyslott or Olofsborg. It was located on an islet in the strait between Saimen and Haukivesi...
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    the key Finnish castles and fiefdoms of Viborg, Tavastehus (and built Olofsborg), and was always on the Swedish side, accepting the Danish monarch when...
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    northern Ostrobothnia. Sweden established castles at Uleåborg circa 1375 and Olofsborg in 1475. These fortresses were clearly on the Novgorodian side of the...
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  • Olsborg Castle (Swedish: Olsborg), also Olofsborg, was a fortified castle located in Tanum Municipality in Bohuslän, Sweden. It is situated on a steep...
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    and Ivar Fleming had taken control of most of Finland except Viborg and Olofsborg, however, these would later capitulate after Ivar signed the conditions...
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    Insurance building, 1900–1901 Fabianinkatu 17 (Agronomitalo), 1900–1901 Olofsborg (apartment building) [fi] (Swedish for Olavinlinna, which the top resembles)...
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    eastern Savonia; the building of a Swedish castle at Olavinlinna (Swedish: Olofsborg) in 1475 was especially provocative. However, Novgorod was not in a position...
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    Swedish name Location Date Condition Picture St. Olaf's Castle Olavinlinna Olofsborg Savonlinna 1475 Largely restored Turku Castle Turun linna Åbo slott Turku...
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  • holding the northern border. In the 1470s, they established another castle, Olofsborg, over 100 km north of Viborg. During the whole Middle Ages, that fortress...
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