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See also: town of Sweden, the 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 Lake Vener, 205 M
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W. of See also: Stockholm by the See also: Christiania railway
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Pop
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(19oo), 11,869
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The See also: fine Klar See also: River here enters the lake, descending from the mountains of the frontier
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To the See also: north-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 iron-See also: works
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See also: Karlstad was founded in 1584
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It is the seat of a See also: bishop and has a See also: cathedral
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See also: Trade is carried on by way of the lake and the See also: Gota canal
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There are See also: mechanical works, match factories and stockinet factories, and a See also: mineral spring See also: rich in iron, the See also: water of which is bottled for export
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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 meeting-place of a delegacy for the purpose
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Here, on the 31st of See also: August 1905 the See also: conference met to decide upon the severance of the union between Sweden and Norway, the delegates concluding their See also: work on the 23rd of See also: September
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