Visby

Vis·by

(vĭz′bē, vēs′bü)

A city of southeast Sweden on western Gotland Island on the Baltic Sea. It was a member of the Hanseatic League and a commercial center from the 10th to the 14th century but declined after its capture by the Danes in 1361. Visby was a pirate stronghold for the next two centuries and passed to Sweden in 1645.

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Visby

(Swedish ˈviːsbyː)

(Placename) a port in SE Sweden, on NW Gotland Island in the Baltic: an early member of the Hanseatic League and major N European commercial centre in the Middle Ages. Pop: 22 017 (2000 est)

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Vis•by

(ˈvɪz bi)

n.

a seaport on the Swedish island of Gotland, in the Baltic: an important member of the Hanseatic League. 55,346.

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Normative institutionalism is used as a theoretical framework for the discussion, which draws from studies on and experiences of the establishment of two joint use libraries in Sweden: Sambiblioteket in Harnosand and Almedalsbiblioteket in Visby. Conclusions are drawn that show that the establishment of joint use libraries is a very complex process of change.

Just collaboration or really something else? On joint use libraries and normative institutional change with two examples from Sweden

The leaders of its main town, Visby, are convinced that the promotion of clean energy is compatible with modern economic development and competitive business.

SWEDISH ISLAND WANTS TO DROP FOSSIL FUELS BY 2025

Bjorkanderska magasinet, Skeppsbron 24, SE-621 57 Visby,

Sweden

24) who analysed nine samples from the 19 m thick section: five samples from the Lower Visby Formation, two samples from the Upper Visby Formation and two from the Hogklint Formation (the highest sample, from the top of the cliff, is not shown in Fig.

Chitinozoan biostratigraphy and lithological characteristics of the Lower and Upper Visby boundary beds in the Ireviken 3 section, Northwest Gotland/Kitinosoade biostratigraafia ning Alam- ja Ulem-Visby piirikihtide iseloomustus Ireviken 3 paljandis (Loode-Gotland)/[TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]

The stealthy Visby corvette put to sea on her maiden voyage late last year on the first leg of her engineering trials under the shipbuilder Kockurns' supervision.

Invisible Visby puts out to sea. (Digest)

The Swedish Navy's Visby corvette is designed to be virtually invisible in pursuit of hostile submarines and underwater mines.

Stealth on the water

First North-listed CybAero has been selected by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to conduct test and demonstration flights from Sweden's world-leading Visby class corvette in Q3, 2015.

Swedish Armed Forces to test CybAero RPAS from Visby corvette

Leaving Liverpool on July 31, Boudicca will call at Kristiansand in Norway, Visby in Gotland, Sweden, Tallinn, St Petersburg and Copenhagen.

GET ONBOARD

Each year the walled city of Visby on the island of Gotland, Sweden (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) is transformed into a carnival fit for King Arthur.

BOOKIT

Four of the properties are located in Sollentuna, near Stockholm, and one property is in Visby, on the island of Gotland.

Kungsleden sells five properties for SEK151m

Flights to Berlin and Prague will be available throughout the year, while the third destination, Visby, on the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, will be available in the period June to August.