Lindholmen
Lindholmen is a small island to the immediate south of the city of Karlskrona in the south east of Sweden. Since the end of the 17th century, it has formed part of the Karlskrona Naval Base.Photo: Boatbuilder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Blekinge, Sweden
- Also known as: “Lindholmen, Karlskrona”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Karlskrona Naval Base and Karlskrona Admiralty Church.
Karlskrona Naval Base
Naval base
Photo: Nordelch, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Karlskrona Naval Base is the largest naval base of the Swedish Navy. Located in Blekinge in southern Sweden, the base has close ties with the city of Karlskrona.
Karlskrona Admiralty Church
Church
Photo: Sendelbach, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Karlskrona Admiralty Church is a church in Karlskrona, Sweden. The church is also known as the Ulrica Pia in honor of Queen Ulrike Eleonora of Denmark, Queen consort of King Charles XI of Sweden.
Polhem dry dock
Dock
Photo: Boatbuilder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Polhemsdockan, the Polhem dry dock, is situated in the World heritage Örlogsstaden Karlskrona, was built in 1717–1724 and was the first dry dock in Sweden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karlskrona and Drottningskär.
Karlskrona
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karlskrona, archaic spelling Carlskrona, is a city in Blekinge in southern Sweden. While the city has 37,000 inhabitants, around 60,000 live in the municipality, Karlskrona kommun.
Drottningskär
Village
Photo: L.G.foto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Drottningskär is a locality situated on the island of Aspö in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 328 inhabitants in 2005. It gives its name to a nearby 17th-century naval citadel, now part of the Karlskrona naval city World Heritage Site. Drottningskär is situated 4½ km southwest of Lindholmen.
Sjuhalla
Village
Sjuhalla is a locality situated in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 204 inhabitants in 2010. Sjuhalla is situated 4½ km north of Lindholmen.
Lindholmen
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Karlskrona socken, Karlskrona stadsförs., Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge, Götaland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.15178° or 56° 9′ 6″ northLongitude
15.58866° or 15° 35′ 19″ eastElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
9F8Q5H2Q+PFOpenStreetMap ID
way 90146011OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
2694873Wikidata ID
Q6552486
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Lindholmen” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lindholmen”
- Dutch: “Lindholmen, Karlskrona”
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