Gothenburg Municipality
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New Elfsborg Fortress

New Älvsborg, so-called to distinguish it from the earlier fortress at , is a sea fort on the island of Kyrkogårdsholmen within the urban area of modern , .
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Photo: Pål-Nils Nilsson, CC BY 2.5.
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: fortress built to defend the city Gothenburg against the Danish fleet
  • Also known as: “Alvsborg Fortress”, “New AElvsborg Fortress”, “New Älvsborg”, “New Älvsborg Fortress”, and “Nya Älvsborgs fästning”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Älvsborg Bridge and Röda Sten Konsthall.

Bridge
Photo: Claes Krantz, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a suspension bridge over in , , connecting the island of with the mainland. It was designed by Sven Olof Asplund, and inaugurated on 8 November 1966 by Swedish communication minister Olof Palme. is situated 4 km east of New Elfsborg Fortress.

Arts center
Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a contemporary art center located in the district of Majorna under in , . Konsthall roughly translates to "Art Gallery" however the organization is much more similar to a German Kunsthalle. is situated 4 km east of New Elfsborg Fortress.

Power station
Photo: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a power station, which is situated 3 km east of New Elfsborg Fortress.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nya Varvet and Bräcke.

Suburb
Photo: Dagjoh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb, which is situated 3 km east of New Elfsborg Fortress.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a suburb, which is situated 4½ km northeast of New Elfsborg Fortress.

Suburb
Photo: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb, which is situated 5 km east of New Elfsborg Fortress.

New Elfsborg Fortress

Latitude
57.68543° or 57° 41′ 8″ north
Longitude
11.83855° or 11° 50′ 19″ east
Open location code
9F9HMRPQ+5C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1770252341
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­yes
Geo­Names ID
2688048
Wiki­data ID
Q1481707
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“New Elfsborg Fortress” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Älvsborg gotorlekua”
  • Cebuano: “Nya Älvsborg”
  • Chinese: “新埃尔夫斯堡”
  • Dutch: “Nya Älvsborgs fästning”
  • Dutch: “Nya Elfsborgs fästning”
  • Dutch: “Vesting Nieuwe Elfsborg”
  • Finnish: “Nya Älvsborgs fästning”
  • Finnish: “Nya Elfsborgs fästning”
  • Finnish: “Uusi Älvsborgin linnoitus”
  • French: “Älvsborg”
  • French: “fort de Nya Elfsborg”
  • French: “Fort de Nya Elfsborg”
  • French: “Forteresse d’Älvsborg”
  • German: “Festung Neue Älvsborg”
  • German: “Festung Nya Älvsborg”
  • German: “Festung Nya Elfsborg”
  • German: “Neue Festung Elfsborg”
  • German: “Nya Älvsborg Fästning”
  • German: “Nya Älvsborgs fästning”
  • German: “Nya Elfsborg”
  • German: “Nya Elfsborgs fästning”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Älvsborg festning”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nya Elfsborg”
  • Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Nova Alvsburgo”
  • Portuguese: “Nya Älvsborg”
  • Russian: “Nya Älvsborgs fästning”
  • Russian: “Nya Elfsborgs fästning”
  • Russian: “Новая крепость Эльфсбург”
  • Russian: “Новый Эльфсборг”
  • Slovenian: “Nya Elfsborg”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آلوسبورگ سارای”
  • Spanish: “Nueva fortaleza de Elfsborg”
  • Swedish: “Älvsborg”
  • Swedish: “Älvsborgs Fästning”
  • Swedish: “Nya Älvsborg Älvsborg 855:752 f.d. stg 7518)”
  • Swedish: “Nya Älvsborg”
  • Swedish: “Nya Älvsborgs fästning”
  • Swedish: “Nya Elfsborg”
  • Swedish: “Nya Elfsborgs fästning”
  • Thai: “นียาเอ็ลฟส์บอร์ย”
  • Ukrainian: “Новий Ельфсборг”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “New Elfsborg Fortress”. Photo: Pål-Nils Nilsson, CC BY 2.5.