East Norway
Østfold
Halden

Fredriksten

Fredriksten is a fortress in the city of Halden in Halden Municipality, county, .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: fort at Halden on the Norwegian-Swedish border
  • Also known as: “Fredriksten fortress”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hovedvakten and Øvre magasin, Fredriksten festning.

Public building
Photo: Ida Heen Hansen, Public domain.
is a public building.

Public building
Photo: Ida Heen Hansen, Public domain.
is a public building.

Public building
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0 no.
is a public building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Halden.

Town
Photo: Dark Apostrophe, CC BY 3.0.
is a town.

Fredriksten

Latitude
59.11991° or 59° 7′ 12″ north
Longitude
11.39651° or 11° 23′ 47″ east
Elevation
103 metres (338 feet)
Open location code
9FFH499W+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 228874452
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
3156528
Wiki­data ID
Q1408884
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Satellite Map

Discover Fredriksten from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Fredriksten” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Fredriksten”
  • Danish: “Frederikssten”
  • Danish: “Frederiksten”
  • Danish: “Fredriksten”
  • Dutch: “Fredriksten”
  • Esperanto: “Fortikaĵo Fredriksten”
  • Esperanto: “Fredriksten”
  • Estonian: “Fredrikshaldi kindlus”
  • Estonian: “Fredriksten”
  • Estonian: “Fredriksteni kindlus”
  • Finnish: “Fredrikstenin linnoitus”
  • French: “fort Fredriksten”
  • French: “Fort Fredriksten”
  • German: “Festung Frederiksten”
  • German: “Festung Fredriksten”
  • Italian: “Fredriksten”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fredriksten festning”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fredriksten”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fredriksten festning”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fredriksten”
  • Norwegian: “Fredriksten festning”
  • Polish: “Twierdza Fredriksten”
  • Portuguese: “Fredriksten”
  • Spanish: “Fortaleza de Fredriksten”
  • Spanish: “Fredriksten”
  • Swedish: “Frederikssten”
  • Swedish: “Frederikstens fästning”
  • Swedish: “Fredrikssten”
  • Swedish: “Fredriksten”
  • Swedish: “Fredrikstens fästning”
  • Swedish: “Rolandsskansen”

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