by Karen Nyenhuis | Feb 12, 2025 | Great Northern War
Original rendering of a snow brig by @kris_tinsart. A Sneak Attack on the Swedes Finding sources for the Great Northern War written in English has been a challenge. I stumbled on a volume written by Danish-born U.S. Air Force Colonel Hans Christian Adamson which has...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Dec 18, 2024 | Great Northern War
Original rendering of a snow brig by @kris_tinsart. King Karl XII – The Decline Battle of Poltava Swedish King Karl XII, his name often Anglicized as Charles XII, was injured during the Battle of Poltava. Karl had been injured in the foot by misplaced cannon...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Dec 14, 2024 | Great Northern War
Original rendering of a snow brig by @kris_tinsart. Battle of Poltava 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 an excellent lecture on the Battle of Poltava from the...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Nov 29, 2024 | Great Northern War
original rendering of a snow brig by @kris_tinsart Battle of Narva Russian forces surrendered to Sweden in one of the opening conflicts of the Great Northern War at Narva in 1700. Sweden, under King Charles XII, defeated a Russian force that was three times its size....
by Karen Nyenhuis | Aug 15, 2024 | Just Knud Qvigstad, Sami History, Tales from Sapmi
photo by Karen Nyenhuis. Antique lead reindeer stamped “GERMANY.” Sami doll from a family collection. Where Animals Came From in Sami Folk Tales One in a series on the rich storytelling tradition of the eighteenth century Sami. For the next post in the...
