Älvsborg or Elfsborg may refer to:
Military
Fortresses
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Old Älvsborg
Älvsborg (), now generally known as Old Älvsborg () or Älvsborg Castle () to distinguish it from the later New Älvsborg and Älvsborg Fortress, was a medieval castle situated on the rocky outcrop known as Klippan, on the south bank of the Gà ...
, a ruined mediaeval castle on the Göta River in Gothenburg, Sweden
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New Älvsborg, a sea fort on the island of Kyrkogårdsholmen in Gothenburg, Sweden
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Älvsborg Fortress
Älvsborg Fortress (), with its main facility Oscar II's Fort () built 1899–1907, is a now-defunct Swedish fortification located at the mouth of the Göta River in the Älvsborg district of Gothenburg, Sweden.
History
Construction of the fo ...
, a 19th-century fortress at the mouth of the Göta River
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Fort Nya Elfsborg
Fort Nya Elfsborg was a fortification and settlement established as a part of New Sweden. Built in 1643 and named after the Älvsborg Fortress off Gothenburg, Fort Nya Elfsborg was located on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River, between p ...
, a 17th-century colonial fort on the Delaware River in modern New Jersey
Other military uses
*, a minelayer of the Swedish Navy
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Älvsborg Regiment
The Älvsborg Regiment (), designation I 15 and I 15/Fo 34, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traces its origins back 1624. It was disbanded in 1998. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from the provinces of Västergötland, ...
, a former infantry regiment based in Borås
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Älvsborg Coastal Artillery Regiment, a former regiment of the Swedish Coastal Artillery
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Älvsborg Brigade, a former infantry brigade in Sweden's
Western Military District
The Western Military District () was a Military districts of Russia, military district of Russia, in existence from 2010 until its abolishment as a unitary military command on February 26, 2024, succeeded by the newly reconstituted Moscow Mil ...
Sports
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Älvsborgs FF, a football club in Gothenburg
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IF Elfsborg
Idrottsföreningen Elfsborg, more commonly known as IF Elfsborg or simply Elfsborg (), is a professional association football, football club based in Borås, Sweden, and is affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund. They play in the Alls ...
, a professional football club based in Borås
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SK Elfsborg, a swimming club in Borås; see
List of Swedish Swimming Championships champions (women)
Other uses
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Älvsborg, Gothenburg
Älvsborg is an urban district of Gothenburg in Sweden.
Älvsborg is a coastal district situated in western Gothenburg at the mouth of the Rivö Fjord and comprise 1,210 hectares. The Älvsborg Bridge connects the southern and northern parts of G ...
, a borough of Gothenburg, Sweden
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Älvsborg County
Älvsborg County () was a county of Sweden until 1997, when it was merged with the counties of Gothenburg & Bohus and Skaraborg to form Västra Götaland County.
The county corresponded to the traditional province of Dalsland and the central ...
, a former county in Sweden
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Älvsborg Line, a railway line in Sweden
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