The Galärvegen, or ‘Galley Road’, was a strip of land across which the forces of King Charles XII’s Swedish military transported twelve 30-ton ships. Charles had the ships carried across ...
In 1718, King Charles XII of Sweden instructed his military to haul 12 ships from Strömstad to Iddefjorden, a distance of about 15 miles, per the release. The purpose was to stage an unexpected ...