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3 days ago · Gotland is usually the part of Sweden which receives the most hours of sunlight during a year with Visby statistically the location with the most sunshine in Sweden. In 2007 approximately 750,000 people visited Gotland.
3 days ago · Visby, on the island of Gotland, functioned as the leading centre in the Baltic before the Hansa. Sailing east, Visby merchants established a trading post at Novgorod called Gutagard (also known as Gotenhof) in 1080. In 1120, Gotland gained autonomy from Sweden and permitted traders from its southern and western regions.
3 days ago · The earliest known sequential listing of the full set of 24 runes dates to approximately AD 400 and is found on the Kylver Stone in Gotland, Sweden. Most probably each rune had a name, chosen to represent the sound of the rune itself. The names are, however, not directly attested for the Elder Futhark themselves.
1 day ago · Gotland är en plats som lever året runt, runt hela vår ö. Det vill vi visa upp. Därför har vi skapat ett stafettkonto på Instagram där vi tillsammans kan visa olika perspektiv på hur livet på ön är. Vill du vara med och berätta? Stafettkontot Livet på ön. Frågor och svar. Hur tar jag mig runt på ön utan egen bil? Resa. Hur länge är Gotland "öppet"?
1 day ago · Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is King of Sweden. Carl Gustaf was born during the reign of his paternal great-grandfather, King Gustaf V. He is the youngest child and only son of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. His father died in January 1947 in an ...
3 days ago · The County Administrative Board of Gotland has decided to recommend the Swedish government to grant a permit for the 5.5GW Aurora offshore wind farm being developed by OX2 and Ingka Investments. If approved, the first phase of the wind farm will be operational by 2030, delivering more than 6 terawatt hours (TWh) of clean energy annually to ...
2 days ago · The monarchy of Sweden is centred on the monarchical head of state of Sweden, by law a constitutional and hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system. There have been kings in what now is the Kingdom of Sweden for more than a millennium.
