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9 June 1815
The Congress of Vienna, which took place in Vienna, Austria from October 1814 to June 1815 to regulate and restore Europe's political conditions after the Napoleonic Wars, was concluded. During the congress, it was decided that Norway should be... Read more ...
The Congress of Vienna was concluded
The Congress of Vienna, which took place in Vienna, Austria from October 1814 to June 1815 to regulate and restore Europe's political conditions after the Napoleonic Wars, was concluded. During the congress, it was decided that Norway should be transferred from Denmark to the Swedish king.
The Congress of Vienna was the third large peace congress in modern times, and almost all of Europe's states and princely houses took part. The five major powers' delegation leaders were Metternich for Austria, Castlereagh for Great Britain, Tsar Alexander I and Nesselrode for Russia, Hardenberg and Humboldt for Prussia, and Talleyrand for France.
Representing Sweden was Count Carl Axel Löwenhielm, and representing Denmark was Foreign Minister Count Niels Rosenkrantz. King Frederick VI was also present.
The congress came about as the work of the Austrian Foreign Minister Prince Metternich, and his rejection of the liberal and national ideas of the time left its mark on it.
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About svartkrutt.net
About
Svartkrutt.net is owned and maintained me whose name is Øyvind Flatnes. I'm a Norwegian black powder shooter and I started this web site in February 2000. The ambition was to provide Norwegians with a black powder site in our native language, but since then most of the content is also translated to English. I'm also the author of a black powder book, which was published in March 2005. This book is currently available in Norwegian only.
On svartkrutt.net you can read my articles about various black powder related activities, participate on the international discussion board, chat or find interesting black powder or antique firearms on the market pages. The discussion forum has become a valuable archive of interesting articles. Sign up and participate!
About Øyvind Flatnes
Born: 1978 in Norway.Location: Bergen.
Education:
- 1994-1997: Skeisvang upper secondary school.
- 1997-1998: Infantry squad leader in the Royal Navy's coast artillery.
- 2000-2003: BA from the University of Bergen (UiB) with history and media science as subjects.
- 2003-2005: MA in history from UiB. Specialised in medieval military history.
Publications by Øyvind Flatnes
From left to right: The book "Vakre våpen - svart krutt", the MA thesis about the peasant levies in operational service and various articles for magazines such as Våpenjournalen, Muskedunderen, Krudtslam and Krutkorn.
Muskedunderen
From July 2003 to July 2007 I was the editor of Muskedunderen ("The Blunderbuss"), the publication of the Norwegian Black Powder Union. Below you see some of the covers I was responsible for.
