Sven Åderman was a

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and officer who created a

musket A musket is a muzzle-loaded long gun that appeared as a smoothbore weapon in the early 16th century, at first as a heavier variant of the arquebus, capable of penetrating plate armour. By the mid-16th century, this type of musket gradually dis ...

capable of firing more rapidly than other conventional

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ry of the late 17th century. This musket was first used in the

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. For his efforts King Frederick I of Sweden bestowed upon him the

estate Estate or The Estate may refer to: Law * Estate (law), a term in common law for a person's property, entitlements and obligations * Estates of the realm, a broad social category in the histories of certain countries. ** The Estates, representativ ...

of Halltorp in the year 1723.''Halltorps Gastgiveri Description''
Halltorps Gasgiveri,

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(2004) At this time Åderman was a

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. Halltorp had been a royal

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belonging to the Swedish Crown for centuries.

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{{Sweden-mil-bio-stub 17th-century Swedish inventors Swedish Army officers

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