by Karen Nyenhuis | Mar 2, 2025 | Great Northern War
In 1699, Sapherson gives a total of 12848 total soldiers in Norway, with 1838 of those hvervede infantry, or professional soldiers, and 8668 national, or conscripted infantry. The rest of the soldiers, primarily artillery and garrison soldiers, appear to be...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Feb 13, 2025 | Great Northern War
c”Bringing Home the Body of Karl XII,” Gustaf Cederström, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. In the collections of the National Museum of Stockholm King Karl XII of Sweden lives on in legend. Stories circulate that he used to throw snowballs to break...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Feb 12, 2025 | Great Northern War
Stordenskjold i Dynekilen, by Carl Neumann – http://www.tordenskjold.nu/tordenskjold.html, Public Domain, via wikimedia commons. A Sneak Attack on the Swedes Finding sources for the Great Northern War written in English has been a challenge. I stumbled on a...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Dec 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
Gustaf Cederström, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, “Karl XII and Ivan Mazepa after the Poltava Battle.” The painting depicts Swedish King Karl XII, his name often Anglicized as Charles XII, during the Battle of Poltava. Karl had been injured in the...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Dec 14, 2024 | Great Northern War
By Unknown author – National Archives of Sweden, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=112777804 The Battle of Poltava occurred in what is modern-day Ukraine, although in 1709 it was part of mainland Russia under Peter the Great. I found...
