Långe Erik
Långe Erik, official name Ölands norra udde, is a Swedish lighthouse built in 1845 and located on a little island, Stora Grundet, in Grankullaviken bay at the north point of Öland, the second largest island in Sweden.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: lighthouse in Borgholm Municipality, Baltic coast, Sweden
- Also known as: “OElands Norra Udde”, “Öland north head”, and “Ölands Norra Udde”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest
Highlights include Getterum and Swiks.
Swiks
Photo: Jan kask, Public domain.
The Swiks was a three-masted schooner from Åland that sank in the Baltic Sea, off the island of Öland, Sweden, on 21 December 1926. Swiks is situated 2½ km southeast of Långe Erik.
Naturum Trollskogen
Museum
Photo: Fry72, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Naturum Trollskogen is a museum, which is situated 3 km southeast of Långe Erik.
Långe Erik
- Categories: lighthouse, working life museum, building, tourism, and public building
- Location: Borgholm Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.36704° or 57° 22′ 1″ northLongitude
17.09693° or 17° 5′ 49″ eastElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Height
32 metres (105 feet)Operator
Statens fastighetsverk;SjöfartsverketOpen location code
9F9V938W+RQOpenStreetMap ID
way 128130333OpenStreetMap feature
building=publicOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noGeoNames ID
2687189Wikidata ID
Q1024406
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Långe Erik” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Дългият Ерик”
- Czech: “Långe Erik”
- Czech: “Maják Långe Erik”
- Czech: “Ölands norra udde”
- Danish: “Långe Erik”
- Danish: “Ölands norra udde”
- Dutch: “Lange Erik”
- Dutch: “Långe Erik”
- Finnish: “Långe Erik”
- French: “phare de Långe Erik”
- French: “Phare de Långe Erik”
- German: “Långe Erik”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Långe Erik”
- Norwegian: “Långe Erik”
- Norwegian: “Ölands Norra Udde”
- Norwegian: “Ølands Norra Udde”
- Polish: “Långe Erik”
- Portuguese: “farol Cabo norte de Öland”
- Portuguese: “Långe Erik”
- Swedish: “Fyren Långe Erik”
- Swedish: “Långe Erik”
- Swedish: “Ölands Norra Udde”
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