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Vasa

Vasa may refer to more than one article:

• The House of Vasa, older Swedish spelling Wasa (Polish Waza), was a family of the medieval Swedish nobility, which was the royal house of Sweden 1523-1654 and of Poland 1587-1668. The dynasty took its name after a heraldic charge, usually referred to as the Vase. A number of other things called "Vasa" or "Wasa" have been named after this dynasty.
• Vasa, the Swedish name of the city of Vaasa in Finland.
• Vasa County, a historic county in current Finland
• The Regalskeppet Vasa, a Swedish galleon that sank in 1628, since restored and displayed at the Vasa Museum.
• Wasa is a brandname used by the Swedish crisp bread producer AB Wasabröd.
• The Vasaloppet or "Vasa race", an annual long distance cross-country ski race
• The Order of Vasa, one of the Royal Swedish orders of knighthood
• Vasa Township, Minnesota
• Vasa parrot An ununsual black feathered Genus of parrots found only on Madagascar
• Robert F. Vasa, Bishop of Baker

See also

• Wasa

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