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See also:KARLSTAD [CARLSTAD] , a See also:town of See also:Sweden, the See also:capital of the See also:district (lan) of Vermland, on the See also:island of Tingvalla under the See also:northern See also:shore of See also:Lake See also:Vener, 205 M . W. of See also:Stockholm by the See also:Christiania railway . Pop . (19oo), 11,869 . The See also:fine Klar See also:River here enters the lake, descending from the mountains of the frontier . To the See also:north-See also:west lies the Fryksdal or valley of the See also:Nora River, containing three beautiful lakes and fancifully named the " See also:Swedish See also:Switzerland." In this and other parts of the district are numerous See also:iron-See also:works . See also:Karlstad was founded in 1584 . It is the seat of a See also:bishop and has a See also:cathedral . See also:Trade is carried on by way of the lake and the See also:Gota See also:canal . There are See also:mechanical works, match factories and stockinet factories, and a See also:mineral See also:spring See also:rich in iron, the See also:water of which is bottled for export . Under the constitution of See also:united Sweden and See also:Norway, in the event of the See also:necessity of electing a See also:Regent and the disagreement„ of the parliaments of the two countries, Karlstad was indicated as the See also:meeting-See also:place of a delegacy for the purpose . Here, on the 31st of See also:August 1905 the See also:conference met to decide upon the severance of the See also:union between Sweden and Norway, the delegates concluding their See also:work on the 23rd of See also:September .
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