Carlsten Fortress
Carlsten is a stone fortress located at Marstrand, on the western coast of Sweden. The fortress was built on the orders of King Carl X of Sweden following the Treaty of Roskilde, 1658 to protect the newly acquired province of Bohuslän from hostile attacks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Fort
- Description: fortress in Marstrand, Sweden
- Also known as: “Carlsten”, “Carlstens fästning”, “Karlstens Faestning”, “Karlstens fästning”, “Karlstens Fästning”, and “Karlstensfästning”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Marstrand Church.
Marstrand Church
Church
Photo: Kemitsv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Marstrand Church is a church building in Marstrand, Sweden. It belongs to the Marstrand Parish of the Diocese of Gothenburg of the Church of Sweden. Marstrand Church is situated 280 metres east of Carlsten Fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marstrand and Åstol.
Marstrand
Marstrand is in the municipality of Kungälv, in Bohuslän on the west coast of Sweden. Many tourists come here in the summer to swim in the ocean.
Åstol
Hamlet
Photo: Pål-Nils Nilsson, Public domain.
Åstol is a locality situated south of Tjörn Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 210 inhabitants in 2010. Åstol is an island and a locality in Tjörn Municipality in Rönnäng Parish situated in the Province of Bohuslän. Åstol is situated 4 km north of Carlsten Fortress.
Tjuvkil
Village
Photo: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tjuvkil is a locality situated in Kungälv Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 501 inhabitants in 2010. Tjuvkil is situated 9 km east of Carlsten Fortress.
Carlsten Fortress
- Categories: fortress, tourist attraction, cultural property, heritage site in Sweden, military unit, and tourism
- Location: Kungälv Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Ukrainian—“Carlsten Fortress” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Carlsten”
- Danish: “Carlstens fæstning”
- Danish: “Karlsten”
- Dutch: “Vesting Carlsten”
- Dutch: “Vesting Karlsten”
- Finnish: “Carlstenin linnoitus”
- Finnish: “Carlstens fästning”
- Finnish: “Karlstens fästning”
- French: “Carlsten”
- French: “fort de Carlsten”
- French: “Fort de carlsten”
- French: “Fort de Carlsten”
- French: “Fort De Carlsten”
- French: “Forteresse de Carlsten”
- German: “Festung Carlsten”
- German: “Festung Karlsten”
- Macedonian: “Карлстен”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Carlstens festning”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Karlstens festning”
- Norwegian: “Carlstens festning”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Carlsten”
- Russian: “Karlstens fästning”
- Russian: “Карлстен”
- Russian: “Карлстенская крепость”
- Russian: “Крепость Карлстен”
- South Azerbaijani: “کارلستن”
- Spanish: “Carlsten”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza de Carlsten”
- Swedish: “Carlstens fästning”
- Swedish: “Karlstens fästning”
- Swedish: “Marstrands fästning”
- Ukrainian: “Карлстенська фортеця”
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