Karlsborg Fortress
Karlsborg Fortress is situated on the Vanäs peninsula in Karlsborg by lake Vättern, the province of Västergötland, Sweden. Construction on the fortress began 1819 to realize the so-called central defense idea adopted by the Swedish military after the Finnish and Napoleonic Wars.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Västgöten, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Fort
- Description: Swedish fortress
- Also known as: “Karlsborgs fästning”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Karlsborg Fortress Museum and Garrison Church, Karlsborg.
Karlsborg Fortress Museum
Museum
Karlsborg Fortress Museum is situated 210 metres southwest of Karlsborg Fortress.
Garrison Church, Karlsborg
Church
Photo: Västgöten, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Garrison Church, Karlsborg is situated 210 metres southwest of Karlsborg Fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mölltorp and Forsvik.
Mölltorp
Village
Photo: Ulkl, Public domain.
Mölltorp is a locality situated in Karlsborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 1,050 inhabitants in 2010. Mölltorp is situated 8 km southwest of Karlsborg Fortress.
Forsvik
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Forsvik is a locality situated in Karlsborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 342 inhabitants in 2010. Forsvik is situated 8 km northwest of Karlsborg Fortress.
Karlsborg Fortress
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Karlsborg Fortress” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Karlsborg要塞”
- Danish: “Karlsborgs fæstning”
- Danish: “Karlsborgs fästning”
- Dutch: “Karlsborgs fästning”
- Dutch: “Vesting Karlsborg”
- Estonian: “Karlsborgi kindlus”
- Finnish: “Karlsborgin linnoitus”
- Finnish: “Karlsborgs fästning”
- French: “forteresse de Karlsborg”
- French: “Forteresse de Karlsborg”
- German: “Festung Karlsborg”
- German: “Karlsborg Fästning”
- German: “Karlsborgs fästning”
- Japanese: “カールスボルグ砦”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Karlsborgs fästning”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Karlsborgs festning”
- Norwegian: “Karlsborgs festning”
- Portuguese: “Forte de Karlsborg”
- Russian: “Karlsborgs fästning”
- Russian: “Крепость Карлсборг”
- Swedish: “Karlsborgs fästning”
- Swedish: “Vanäs fästning”
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