If you've seen my other blogs you will know that I like history, and this is another history blog.
About two weeks ago I went on a small vacation to Sweden and it's a 10 hour drive from where I live in Norway to Gothenburg.
A little backstory: I moved to Norway 2 years ago, and when I moved from Sweden to Norway we moved from Gothenburg to Stavanger, and the road you drive when you drive from/to Gothenburg is pretty much the only way you can make a side stop to Halden without spending more than an hour for the whole side stop. Keep in mind it takes 10 hours to drive so you kinda dont wanna do alot of stops and do other things other than driving. Now, we drive to Sweden alot to visit grandparents, family etc but since we dont live in Gothenburg anymore and none of our other relatives do, we never take the Gothenburg road, so Halden has never been an option unless you wanna do a 2hour off road on a 12 hour drive. (takes 10 hours to Gothenburg and 12 hours to where my relatives live)
But anyways, the point is that for 2 years ive wanted to visit Halden and now ive finaly had the chance to do so.
The only thing that is really to any interest for me in Halden is the fortress called Fredriksten.
Fredriksten is mostly known for being the place where the swedish king Karl XII was killed. And that pretty much put an end to the swedish empire ( the swedish empire was never really that big and you pretty much only learn about it in Sweden)
Aside from being the place where Karl XII was killed it's still a very nice place to be at with fantastic view. So I guess that means it's picture time.
There wasnt really any good spot to take a picture that would include the whole fortress.
And now to the main attraction at the place.
The monument for Karl XII
Im gonna translate what it says to the best of my ability.
Karl XII fell here 1718 (why it has a C instead of K I dont know.
Fredriksten deffended/served it's fatherland
Swedes and norweigans raised this monument.
This is a place I dont regret visiting, and I took the chance when I could to visit. Because I dont wanna live thinking what it would've been like not visiting.
This historic place obviously doesnt matter that much to countries other than Sweden, Norway and Denmark.