Karljohansvern
Karjohansvern at Horten was the main base for the Royal Norwegian Navy from 1850 to 1963.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jensens, Public domain.
- Type: Fort
- Description: Royal Norwegian Navy main base from 1850 to 1963
- Also known as: “Carl Johansværn”, “Karl Johnsvern”, and “Karljohansværn”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Preus Museum and Royal Norwegian Navy Museum.
Preus Museum
Museum
Preus Museum is the national museum for photography located in Horten, Norway. Preus Museum was founded in 1976 by Leif Preus and the members of the Preus family as a private museum. Preus Museum is situated 200 metres south of Karljohansvern.
Royal Norwegian Navy Museum
Museum
Photo: Ulflarsen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Royal Norwegian Navy Museum is a museum documenting the history of the Royal Norwegian Navy. It is located at the former main naval base of Karljohansvern in Horten. Royal Norwegian Navy Museum is situated 230 metres south of Karljohansvern.
Horten Church
Church
Horten Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Horten Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the town of Horten. It is one of the churches for the Horten parish which is part of the Nord-Jarlsberg prosti in the Diocese of Tunsberg. Horten Church is situated 240 metres east of Karljohansvern.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moss.
Moss
Photo: Douglaspperkins, CC BY 4.0.
Moss is a coastal town and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Moss. The city of Moss was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 and City in 1720.
Karljohansvern
- Categories: cultural property, shipyard, naval base, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Horten, Vestfold, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Karljohansvern” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Karljohansvern”
- Belarusian: “Карлёхансверн”
- Danish: “Karljohansvern”
- Dutch: “Karljohansvern”
- Finnish: “Karljohansvern”
- French: “Karljohansvern”
- German: “Karljohansvern”
- Japanese: “ホルテン海軍基地”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Carljohansvern”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Karljohansvern orlogsstasjon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Karljohansvern”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Karljohansvern”
- Norwegian: “Karjohansvern orlogsstasjon”
- Polish: “Karljohansvern”
- Russian: “Карлйохансверн”
- Slovenian: “Karljohansvern”
- Spanish: “Karljohansvern”
- Ukrainian: “Карлйохансверн”
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Karljohansvern”. Photo: Jensens, Public domain.