Skänninge : Sweden
Sknninge is a town in the province of stergtland, Sweden. It has about 3500 inhabitants.
The town is located on the Skena river and goes back to the 11th century, making it one of the oldest towns in Sweden.
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Vadstena : Sweden
Vadstena is a Municipality in Östergötland County, in southeast Sweden. The municipality covers an area of 183.2 km². Of the total population of 7668, 3751 are male, and 3917 are female. The population density of the community is 42 inhabitants per km². It is located by Lake Vättern. Vadstena Castle is one of Sweden’s best-preserved castles from the Vasa period (circ. 1520-1650). Here, in 1350, Saint Birgitta, also known as St Bridget of Sweden, founded the first monastery of the Bridgettine Order.
Söderköping : Sweden
Söderköping is a municipality in Östergötland County, in southeast Sweden. Covering an area of 671.9 km², the municipality has a total population of 13,936 (6,967 males and 6,969 females), giving a population density of 20.7 inhabitants per km². In 1595 the Riksdag of the Estates assembled at Söderköping and elected Duke Charles regent of Sweden in place of the Catholic Sigismund, who was king of both Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Söderköping stands at the eastern end of the Göta kanal, a 390-km long canal opened in 1832 to connect Gothenburg to the Baltic Sea by inland waterway.
Skara : Sweden
Skara is a Municipality in Västra Götaland County, in western Sweden. The municipality covers an area of 439.3 km². Of the total population of 18 305, 8 971 are male, and 9 334 are female. The population density of the community is 42 inhabitants per km². Skara was, according to local legend, founded in AD 988, making it one of the oldest cities in Sweden. At this time it was one of only two cities in what was to become Westrogothia, the other being Lödöse. In AD 1050 it became a bishop's see, which it remains to this day.
Torshälla : Sweden
Torshälla is a city in the province of Södermanland, Sweden. Its population is approximately 9000 inhabitants. Torshälla is one of the oldest cities in Sweden and received city rights as early as 1317 from King Birger. Part of the Church of Torshälla is from 1100 but there are proofs that the city already existed in the year 700 as an old heathen gathering place where the god Thor was worshipped. The name Torshälla origins from "Thors hällar" which means place for sacrifying to Thor.
Mariefred : Sweden
Mariefred is a city in Sweden. The grave of Kurt Tucholsky can be found here.
