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Poll - King Karl XII of Sweden - 8/28/2003 8:15:10 PM

Kung Karl

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The great northern war broke out in 1700 and were fought by numerous countries in northern europe between 1700 - 1721. The war was mainly fought by Sweden against Poland-Saxony, Russia and Denmark, other countries did later in the war declare war on Sweden though.

Sweden was by that time ruled by a King named Karl XII (Charles XII). He is considered a Warrior king because he spent his entire adult life in the fields fighting the enemies of Sweden. (18 years)

Now to the point, he was considered a tactical genius and won many great victories for Sweden. An example is the battle of Narva were 8000 swedes defeated 30 000 russians. All of europe great powers feard him becasue of his brilliant army and exeptional leadership. In the year of 1706 the army of Sweden could be considered not the largest but the greatest fighting machine in europe.

How many of you none scandinavian knows anything about this war and king? Many people say that his victories and the entire war is largly forgotten in western europe because it was fought in eastern europe and did not get that much attention.

(Sweden lost the war after 21 years of struggeling)

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- 8/28/2003 8:18:00 PM

Belisarius

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And for you English speakers here, King Karl XII is probably more known to you as "Carolus", which is the latin version of Karl, and also the name he used himself when signing documents. :)

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- 8/29/2003 6:54:05 PM

Energizer

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[QUOTE=Kung Karl]...How many of you none scandinavian knows anything about this war and king?...[/QUOTE]
Since Finland is not a part of Scandinavia, I guess I'll qualify... :D

Let�s see. Last six books I've read are:

Ofreds�r (Englund)
Poltava (Englud)
Berlin 1945 (Beevor)
O�vervinnelige (Englund)
Sie kommen (Carell)
Die W�stenf�chse (Carell)

(Hope I got spelling right, I read all these in Finnish though)

So yes, Poltava was about Karl XII - Kaarle XII in Finnish. Also his exploits are well teached in Finnish schools. And besides, I love k�ldolmar!

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