Wings of Bornholm Wings of Bornholm Wings of Bornholm was a Danish airline operating from the island of Bornholm, Denmark. The airline was owned by Swedish Wings of Europe Sverigeflyg and 9 companies from Bornholm. Tickets went on sale starting on 10 July 2009 for the airline's first flight between Bornholm Airport and Copenhagen Airporton 23 August 2009. On 12 April 2010 the airline announced that it would cease flights on 30 April 2010. The company did not own their own aircraft. Swedish company Avitran was responsible for operating the flights, and ran them under the same codes and callsigns as Avitrans Nordic
Battle of Bornholm (1563) Battle of Bornholm (1563) The Battle of Bornholm (1563) was the first naval battle of the Northern Seven Years' War (1563–70). The naval engagement took place on 30 May 1563 near Bornholm. A Danish squadron of 10 ships under the command of Jacob Brockenhuus (1521-1577) at anchor near Bornholm, saw a Swedish squadron of 19 ships approaching under the command of Jakob Bagge (1502–1577). Brockenhuus sent only the three ships; "Hercules" 81 (flag), "Hector" 38 and "Hjort" 46, toward it to show that they didn't want to fight. However, when firing three shots as a challenge, they managed to hit