Fredrikshald

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Fredrikshald is the former name of the Norwegian town now known as Halden, a historic border city near Sweden noted for its fortress and role in Norwegian-Swedish conflicts.

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Fredrikshald canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic town name
associatedWithDeathOf Charles XII of Sweden
borderCityWith Sweden
country Norway
defendedAgainst Charles XII of Sweden
formerNameOf Halden
governedBy Halden municipal council
hasClimate temperate oceanic climate
hasCulturalHeritage memorials to Charles XII
monuments commemorating sieges
hasEconomicActivity sawmills
shipping
timber trade
hasFortress Fredriksten Fortress
hasHeritageStatus historic urban area
hasHistoricBuilding Fredriksten Fortress walls
Halden town hall
hasHistoricEvent Siege of 1716
Siege of 1718
hasHistoricFunction fortified border town
hasLanguage Norwegian
hasMunicipalStatus town
hasNearbyFeature Iddefjorden granite quarries
hasPort Halden port
linked to: Port of Halden
hasRegion Southeastern Norway
linked to: Eastern Norway
hasReligiousCenter Immanuel Church in Halden
hasRoleIn Great Northern War
Scanian War
hasTopography coastal landscape
hilly terrain
hasTransport railway connection to Oslo
road connection via E6
knownFor Fredriksten Fortress
military history
role in Norwegian–Swedish conflicts
locatedIn Viken county
Østfold
locatedNear Sweden
locatedOn Iddefjord
Tista River
locatedSouthOf Oslo
namedAfter King Frederick III of Denmark–Norway
nowKnownAs Halden
partOf Bohuslen front in wars with Sweden
Halden municipality
historic Østfold county
usedNameUntil 1901

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