Swedish artist Johan Edvard Bergh (1828-1880).

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Johann Edward Berg ( Johan Edvard Bergh ) - Swedish landscape painter, born in Stockholm March 29 1828. His Mother Emma was born in 1809 in Swedish colony the Caribbean island of Saint- Barthelemy , where her father John Eric Forsström worked as pastor vrachom.V 1825 it reaches 16 years < /span> married a railroad manager in Stockholm Severin Berg dwelling in prison for, and in the same year, the young family moved to Stockholm. Edward was the second of their child. Edward studied legal science in the main Swedish University g.Uppsale since 1844 and received degree judge in 1849. Founded in 1477 Uppsala University and is now the oldest center of higher education in the Scandinavia . He began his career as a notary. just two years of his life abruptly pomenyalas.Prichinoy to become his trip Island Gotland, where he accidentally met with more < /span> artists . Gotland-not only the sun, but also the largest island in Scandinavia. (Wisby ) - the main town on the island of Gotland, Sweden, owned, in the Middle Ages was a very important harbor and was part of the Hanseatic League, but in 1361 was conquered by the Danish King Waldemar III and completely looted, and then could not quite recover . The impressive city wall of Visby, from ancient times around the old city. On the island you can find more than 100 medieval churches in the 12-14, Hundreds of prehistoric ruins, burial mounds and forts. Almost across the island are runic stones with ancient inscriptions Vikings height from one to three meters. Bdol coast can be seen raukary-limestone rocks bizarre.

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