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KARA LAUPIJUMI - KRIGSBYTE!

This is the name of an exhibition on Livrustkammaren (The Royal Armoury) during this year. If you are from Denmark, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Tjech Republic or Germany, you will find several artefacts from your country, put together in peacefulness. So you will be able to read about it in your native language. 
 During the many wars in Sweden's "Age of Greatness"  (the 17th century), objects such as weapons, armour, books, paintings and other cultural objects were captured, just the same way as lands were conquered and money seized.  In the 17th century this looting was a legitimate part of warfare and proceeded in accordance with the principles of international law as they then stood.

Exhibition is open until february 2009. Welcome to a peaceful Stockholm!