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Ifrån ödemarker äro desse
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anchored his ship when he was coming to inspect the construction of the fortress. The name "the king's gate" comes from this.
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Sveaborg som rörer hafvet på den ena sidan och stranden på den andra, giver den kloke herravälde på både haf och land
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the last stone in the year", the year is left unwritten, because Gustav III never arrived to lay the last stone)
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