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An 18th-century ménage à trois involving the King of Denmark inspired the recent film, A Royal Affair. Stella Tillyard considers what makes it a story for our times. |
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Ed Dutton looks at how the experience of Finland during the period 1945 to 1989 has led to a historical identity crisis for the nation that remains unresolved. Published in History Today, Volume: 59 Issue 10, 2009
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 Patricia Cleveland-Peck goes on the trail of the scientist Linnaeus, whose tercentenary this year is being marked in Sweden at a variety of locations associated with the great man. |
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Stuart Burch considers the significance to Norway – both in terms of the past and the present – of the anniversary of 1905, when the country at last won its independence from Sweden. |
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Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Finland, Matthew Kirk, describes the impact of the Crimean War on that country and how it is being commemorated. |
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June 6th, 1654
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A.D. Harvey recalls the career of the Swedish king whose assassination inspired a famous opera. |
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Richard Cavendish marks the anniversary of an important Scandinavian battle, which originally took place on April 2nd, 1801 |
 A key battle in the Great Northern War was fought on November 29th, 1700. |
.jpg) Christian V died in Copenhagen on August 25th, 1699, following a riding accident. |
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An international exhibition run by the Swedish Royal Armoury on Tournaments and the Dream of Chivalry.
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Ragnhild Hatton on her memories - and the perspective of other historians - on Wartime Norway.
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Ann Hills on excavations in the Arctic and displays in the Tromso Museum.
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David Kirby discusses how Sweden's sudden rise to prominence in 17th-century Europe provoked much soul-searching both within and without the country on its nature, its culture and its destiny. |
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An exploration of the heroic period of 17th-century Sweden through a new Royal Academy exhibition.
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John Burrows presents this month's Today's History feature to coincide with the birth of N.F.S. Grundtvig, the Danish political reformer and father of further education. |
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Christopher Follett reads the 18th-century correspondence between Danish... |
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Jeremy Black reviews a new book on Swedish history by Michael Roberts. |
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