Fortification Upgrades
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Fortification Upgrades (1673 to 1675)
In 1673 Denmark dispatched Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, Count of Laurvig as statholder to Norway to organize the military forces and strengthen the defenses of the kingdom. After a tour of facilities, he recommended upgrades to both the fortresses and the military forces.
In the summer of 1675. 1800 men were kept at work on the fortresses at Akershus, Fredrikstad, and Fredrikshald.
The Norwegian army in this period was much better prepared for conflict than in any of the previous Swedish wars. It numbered 12,000 men in five regiments of infantry, 6 companies of cavalry, and an artillery division with 76 field pieces. An additional Norwegian regiment was serving in Denmark.
[edit] References
- History of the Norwegian People, by Knut Gjerset, MacMillan, 1915
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