Sven Nordlund
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LOCATION: S-90187 Umea, Sweden
Docent Emeritus in Economic History, University of Umeå, Sweden. Author of Upptäckten av Sverige. Utländska direktin-vesteringar i Sverige 1895–1945 and others.
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Charles XII was the king of Sweden (1697–1718), an absolute monarch who defended his country for 18 years during the Great Northern War and promoted significant domestic reforms. He launched a disastrous invasion of Russia (1707–09), resulting in the complete collapse of the Swedish armies and the…
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