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Elisabeth Stride – the Swedish victim of Jack the Ripper
When Elisabeth Gustavsdotter was born on November 27, 1843, in Torslanda, it is highly unlikely that anyone would have looked at the little child and thought that she would become a person whose fate would be debated over a hundred… Continue reading
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The Princess and the Vadstena Rumble
On November 6, 1540, a baby girl was born at the royal palace Tre Kronor in Stockholm. She was named Cecilia, and if princesses at that time had surnames, it was Gustavsdotter. However, just as her father is not primarily… Continue reading
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