Category: Scandinavia
On KUNGSHOLMEN (King’s Island), separated from the rest of the town by a narrow channel, is the ‘Town Hall (.Stadshuset), the great landmark and emblem of Stockholm. At the …
Population The Scandinavian countries enjoy good-neighbourly relations, as reflected for example in the relaxation of controls on travel between the different countries. There is no sign, however, of any …
Kaupanger (Husum Motell, 32 b.), on the N shore oftbeAmlabugt, is connected by ferry with Revsnes, Gudvangen and Ardalstangen. It has a fine 13th c. stave church (restored 1862) …
County: Finnmark fylke. Altitude: sea level. Population: 7600. Postal code: N-9600. Telephone code: 0 84. RSdhusplassen; tel. 1 21 85. HOTELS. Grand Rica Hotel, 120 Finnmarksbo Gjestehus, 36 b.: …
Province: Lapin laani (Lapplands IanLapland). Altitude: 255 m (837 ft). Population: 18,000. Postal code: SF-93600. Telephone code: 9 89. ‘ NKuusamon Lomat Oy ‘ (Tourist Information Office), HOTELS. Kuusamo,. …
SWEDEN This gifted energetic king beats back attacks by Denmark, Poland and Russia (battle of Narva, 1700) and carries the war into the enemy countries. On an adventurous expedition …
SURROUNDINGS. 2 km (Hmiles) N of the town, in the Trondheimfjord, is the fortified island of Munkholmen (motorboats from Ravnkloa, at the N end of Munkegata; hourly service, 10-minute …
Sweden’s railways have a total length of 12,000 (7500 miles). Almost the whole system, practically all of which is run by the Swedish State Railways (Svenska Statens Jarnvagar, SJ), …
Province: Norrbottens Ian. Region: Lapland. Altitude: 395 m (1296 ft). Postal code: S-98024. Telephone code: 0980. Kiruna TuristbyrS, Mangigata 12, S-98131 Kiruna; tel. (09 80) 1 86 60. HOTELS. …
In the 19th c. many Swedish painters went to Dusseldorf and later to Paris for training. Notable among them were the landscape artist C. J. Fahlcrantz (1774-1861), Peter Krafft …