#mälaren

[ljussangen]

[eiraisnthere]

A room with a view.

[roberteklund]

Stockholm City Hall. (Shot on Sony A7SIII, Sony FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS, February 26, 2022) • ISO 80, 22mm, f/8, 1/250 • #byroberteklund #photography #SonyA7SIII #sonyalpha #sonyalphaphotography #sonyalphaphotos #roberteklund #instagram #sweden #stockholm #kungsholmen #norrmälarstrand #riddarfjärden #mälaren #landscape #landscapephotography #bluesky #cityhall #stockholmcityhall #stadshuset #landmark #building #trekronor #reflection #clouds #nature #natureinthecity #goodmood #outdoors #nofilter (på/i Stockholm City Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpMorf2scES/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[hsundholm]

A Windy River by Henrik Sundholm Via Flickr: Dramatic clouds over the old thermal power station in Västerås.

[panphotosweden]

Frozen landscape

[swedishlandscapes]

Calm foggy morning at lake Mälaren.

[huariqueje]

Sunday by Mälaren - Bengt Abrahamsson

Swedish , 1924-1989

Oil on canvas, 47 x 38 cm.

[haveyouplayedthisttrpg]

Have you played TALES FROM THE LOOP ?

By Free League Publishing

In 1954, the Swedish government ordered the construction of the world’s largest particle accelerator. The facility was complete in 1969, located deep below the pastoral countryside of Mälaröarna. The local population called this marvel of technology The Loop.

In this roleplaying game, you play teenagers in the late 1980s, solving Mysteries connected to the Loop. Choose between character Types such as the Bookworm, the Troublemaker, the Popular Kid and the Weirdo. Everyday Life is full of nagging parents, never-ending homework and classmates bullying and being bullied. Explore the secrets of the Loop in two main game settings – one based on the Swedish Mälaren Islands, the other on Boulder City, Nevada.

The Mysteries let the characters encounter the strange machines and weird creatures that have come to haunt the countryside after the Loop was built. The kids get to escape their everyday problems and be part of something meaningful and magical – but also dangerous.

[ljussangen]

[theroyalsandi]

To mark World Ocean Day, Crown Princess Victoria and Princess Estelle of Sweden picked up garbage at Lake Mälaren. | June 08, 2023

[kiki-de-la-petite-flaque]

Ingrid Bergman on Lake Mälaren, in Sweden 1932.

[roberteklund]

Västerbron. (Shot on Sony A7SIII, Sony FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS, March 13, 2022) • ISO 80, 16mm, f/8, 1/250 • #byroberteklund #photography #SonyA7SIII #sonyalpha #sonyalphaphotography #sonyalphaphotos #roberteklund #instagram #sweden #stockholm #kungsholmen #långholmen #riddarfjärden #mälaren #landscape #landscapephotography #bluesky #ice #icephotography #bridge #landmark #winter #winterphotography #longshadows #shadows #nature #natureinthecity #goodmood #outdoors #nofilter (på/i Västerbron) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpUWelxMkjE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[vintage-sweden]

Rolf Ärnström with his homemade canoe by lake Mälaren in Sweden.

[panphotosweden]

Sunset II

[leibal]

Bredören is a minimal home located in Mälaren, Sweden, designed by Arrhov Frick. The gabled roof utilizes a semi-transparent polycarbonate with eaves that overhang beyond the terrace to provide additional shelter and coverage. A glass facade framed by a wooden grid overlooks the peaceful surrounding.

[scotianostra]

Alexander Leslie, the Earl of Leven died April 4th 1661.

Leslie’s birthdate is unknown, he was born circa 1580 illegitimate, the son of a Captain at Blair Castle and a mother sometimes described as "a wench in Rannoch" At an early age, Alexander was fostered out to the Campbells of Glenorchy. The fosterage bond was strong and still written about by Leslie into the 1640s. Indeed, it was this link that brought Leslie into the orbit of the House of Argyll as Lord Lorne, the son of the marquis of Argyll was also a Glenorchy fosterling. This relationship perhaps explains the presence of Campbells in the same regiments as Leslie in Sweden, most notably Captain Charles Campbell (Karl Kammel), whose portrait hangs to this day in the beautiful Skokloster Castle on Lake Mälaren.

Leslie was a soldier who plied his trade very well serving in the Dutch Army before being offered a captaincy in the Swedish Army by King Gustavus Adolphus and in 1622 he raised the Vermlands Regiment for the King. He spent 30 years in Sweden, rising to the rank of Field Marshal before retiring in 1638.

But he was not finished with soldiering, in 1639 he was made Lord General of the Army of the Covenant, approaching 60 he was no spring chicken in those days. He faced Charles I at Duns (this is the origin of the rhyme 'There was a Crooked Man' see below), where a price of £500 was put on his head. To me his greatest victory was when captured Edinburgh Castle with a thousand men, not losing a single soldier. He went on to march into England in 1640 and defeated the King’s soldiers at the Battle of Newburn. They held Newcastle, obtaining a stranglehold on London's coal supply. Charles I had no choice but to agree to a truce, under which the Scottish army in northern England would be paid daily expenses, pending a final treaty of peace.

To raise the necessary funds Charles had to call the Long Parliament, thus setting in motion a process that would lead to the outbreak of the English Civil War two years later. In 1644 another victory came when he commanded combined armies of Scottish and English at what is said to be the largest battle fought on the British Isles. Leslie's reputation, guile and discretion were frequently noted and he was much admired.

His army held Charles I as a prisoner for a time before handing the king to his Presbyterian allies unaware that these would soon lose power to the Independents. He stood his ground though occupying the north of England with his Scottish soldiers refusing to hand over control until all his men had been given the back pay they were due. The final instalment of this came in January 1647 after which Leven marched his army back across the Scottish border.

General Alexander retired after this and took no part in the battles that saw Cromwell's army invade Scotland. During these times Cromwell had him arrested and held in the Tower of London for some time, until he was released on providing a bond of £20,000. He was again arrested in London but Christina, Queen of Sweden negotiated his release.

Sir Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven died in 1661 at Balgonie Castle, Fife in his late 70's a good age at any time, let alone in the 17th century.

When you look back at all of our Military men through the centuries Alexander Leslie is certainly a man who can stand proud with them all, he’s often overlooked due to the circumstances surrounding the wars of the Three Kingdoms and the way Charles I was executed after Leslie handed him over to the English.