On the 6th of November, Sweden – and Gothenburg in particular – remembers perhaps its most famous and successful King: Gustav II Adolf, who reigned from 1611 until his death in 1632. Monday will be ...

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THE BATTLE OF LÜTZEN, 1632, WITH KING GUSTAV ADOLF II OF SWEDEN, 1635; 69 x 92.5 cm. (27.2 x 36.4 in.) close. Medium oil on oak panel Size 69 x 92.5 cm. (27.2 x 36.4 in.) Description Keffiyeh truffaut ...

The magnificent Vasa had been forgotten for nearly 300 years, when shipwreck explorer Anders Franzén located the ship in 1956. Now she is a much-visited source of Swedish pride.