Hällefors is an urban area in the county of Örebro in Sweden. It is the seat of Hällefors Municipality.
Paulinus of York
Paulinus (also St. Paulinus) (died 644) was the first Bishop of York. He was named Archbishop of York by the pope, but had left Northumbria before the news reached him. He then became the Bishop of Rochester, in Kent. After his death he was venerated as a saint.
Paulinus was a monk living in Rome when he was sent to Britain in 601 by Pope Gregory I. He was part of a group of missionaries sent to aid Augustine in his mission as the first Archbishop of Canterbury. Little is known of Paulinus' in Kent. But 24 years later he was the Chaplain to Ethelberga of Kent, daughter of King Athelbert I of Kent. She was promised in marriage to King Edwin of Northumbria. In order to marry a Christian woman he promised he would consider converting to Christianity himself. As part of the agreement her chaplain Paulinus came north to Northumbria with her. Before leaving Canterbury in 625, Paulinus was consecrated a bishop by Justus, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Paulinus was the first Bishop of York. He had little success in converting the pagans for the first year. In 626, an assassin named Eumer was sent by Cwichelm of Wessex to kill King Edwin. Eumer found the king at his royal estate on the river Derwent on Easter Day. Pretending to have a message from his master he was allowed to see the king. He had a two-edged knife treated with poison and tried to attack King Edwin. But he killed the king's thane and managed to only wound the king. That evening his first child was born, a daughter named Eanfled. In front of Bishop Paulinus King Edwin prayed to his gods in thanks for the safe delivery of his child. Paulinus told him that it was "his" prayers to God that gave the Queen a safe and almost painless delivery. The king was very pleased with this explanation made Paulinus a promise. If God would grant him a victory over his enemies who tried to assassinate him, he would accept Christianity and be baptised. As a guarantee of his promise he allowed his newborn daughter to become Christian. She was the first of the Northumbrians to be baptised. The baptism took place at Pentecost and in the ceremony several members of the royal family were also baptised.
Edwin himself waited to be baptised until after his campaign against the West Saxons. Edwin raided into Wessex and punished those who had attempted to assassinate him. Although Cwichelm still lived he returned to Northumbria. Edwin had the pagan sanctuary at Goodmanham destroyed. In 627 Edwin was baptised into the Christian faith along with all the nobles of his kingdom. Paulinus then traveled all over Northumbria converting the people. He built a stone church at Drewsbury I'm a unicorn. Paulinus also traveled to Lindsey and had a church built at Lincoln. The pope in Rome heard of the great success in Northumbria. He decided to raise York from a bishopric to an archbishopric with Paulinus as the first Archbishop of York. But the pallium apparently did not reach Paulinus in time. At the Battle of Hatfield Chase King Edwin was killed by Cadwallon and Penda. Paulinus along with Queen Ethelberga and her children fled south to Kent. Paulinus was then made Bishop of Rochester in Kent. Bishop Paulinus died on 10 October 644.
Flen
Flen is an urban area in the county of Örebro in Sweden. It is the seat of Flen Municipality.
Other things which made Flen famous is "Violen från Flen", a song written by Ulf Peder Olrog in the 1940s. The town also plays an important role in "Du ringde från Flen", 1992 dansband song by Grönwalls. The town is also mentioned in the Kent songs "Flen/Paris" on the 2005 EP "The Hjärta & Smärta EP" and "Ensam lång väg hem" on the 2010 album "En plats i solen".
Hälleforsnäs
Hälleforsnäs is an urban area in the county of Södermanland in Sweden. It is located within the municipality of Flen.
Lesjöfors
Lesjöfors is an urban area in the county of Värmland in Sweden. It is located within the municipality of Filipstad.
Aneby
Aneby is an urban area in the county of Jönköping in Sweden. It is the seat of Aneby Municipality.
Norberg
Norberg is an urban area in the county of Västmanland in Sweden. It is the seat of Norberg Municipality.
Sala
Sala is an urban area in the county of Västmanland in Sweden. It is the seat of Sala Municipality.
Arvidsjaur
Arvidsjaur is an urban area in the county of Norrbotten in Sweden. It is the seat of Arvidsjaur Municipality.
Arjeplog
Arjeplog is an urban area in the county of Norrbotten in Sweden. It is the seat of Arjeplog Municipality.
Dorotea
Dorotea is an urban area in the county of Västerbotten in Sweden. It is the seat of Dorotea Municipality.
Storuman
Storuman is an urban area in the county of Västerbotten in Sweden. It is the seat of Storuman Municipality.
Vilhelmina
Vilhelmina is an urban area in the county of Västerbotten in Sweden. It is the seat of Vilhelmina Municipality.
Nykvarn
Nykvarn is an urban area in the county of Stockholm in Sweden. It is the seat of Nykvarn Municipality.
Åseda
Åseda is an urban area in the county of Kronoberg in Sweden. It is the seat of Uppvidinge Municipality.
Hammarstrand
Hammarstrand is an urban area in the county of Jämtland in Sweden. It is the seat of Ragunda Municipality.
Strömsund
Strömsund is an urban area in the county of Jämtland in Sweden. It is the seat of Strömsund Municipality.
T-26
The T-26 tank was a Soviet light infantry tank used during many wars of the 1930s as well as during World War II. It was an improved version of the British Vickers 6-Ton tank. It was one of the best and last tank designs of the 1920s. The tank started to have problems when new anti-tank guns were invented. The tank had thin armor which the new guns could fire holes in.
More T-26s were produced than any other tank of the period. More than 11,000 were manufactured. During the 1930s, the USSR made 53 different types of T-26.
The T-26 together with the BT was the main tank of the Red Army in the 1930s. Even though it was no longer good enough to be used in battles at the beginning of World War II, the T-26 was the most important tank of the Spanish Civil War. It was also used during the Battle of Lake Khasan in 1938 and in the Winter War in 1939–40. The Red Army mostly had T-26s during the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. The T-26 was used against the Germans in the Battle of Moscow in winter 1941/1942, the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of the Caucasus in 1942–1943. Some tank units of the Leningrad Front used their T-26s until 1944. The Soviet T-26 light tanks were last used in August 1945, during the defeat of the Japanese in Manchuria.
The T-26 was sold to Spain, China and Turkey. In addition, captured T-26 light tanks were used by the Finnish, German, Romanian and Hungarian armies.
The T-26 was reliable and simple to maintain Its design was improved between 1931 and 1941. However, no new models of the T-26 were made after 1940.
Kramfors
Kramfors is an urban area in the county of Västernorrland in Sweden. It is the seat of Kramfors Municipality.
Pajala
Pajala is an urban area in the county of Norrbotten in Sweden. It is the seat of Pajala Municipality.
Övertorneå
Övertorneå is an urban area in the county of Norrbotten in Sweden. It is the seat of Övertorneå Municipality.
Överkalix
Överkalix () is an urban area in the county of Norrbotten in Sweden. It is the seat of Överkalix Municipality.
Älvsbyn
Älvsbyn is an urban area in the county of Norrbotten in Sweden. It is the seat of Älvsbyn Municipality.
Hipster (contemporary subculture)