Vaxholm Fortress
Vaxholm Fortress, also known as Vaxholm Castle, is a historic fortification on the island of Vaxholmen in the Stockholm archipelago just east of the Swedish town of Vaxholm.
- Fort
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (50 feet)
- Description: Swedish fortress
- Also known as“Vaxholm Castle”“Vaxholms fästning”“Vaxholms kastell”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vaxholm Fortress Museum and Vaxholms Hotell.
Vaxholms Hotell
Vaxholms Hotell is situated 250 metres southwest of Vaxholm Fortress.
Rindö Redoubt
Rindö Redoubt is situated 490 metres northeast of Vaxholm Fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vaxholm and Norra Lagnö.
Norra Lagnö
Norra Lagnö is a locality situated on a peninsular… Norra Lagnö is situated 6 km southeast of Vaxholm Fortress.
Österskär
Österskär is the eastern part of Åkersberga, Österåker Municipality, in Sweden. Österskär is situated 7 km northwest of Vaxholm Fortress.
Vaxholm Fortress
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Latitude
59.40312° or 59° 24′ 11″ north
Longitude
18.35888° or 18° 21′ 32″ east
Open location code
9FFWC935+6H
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Vaxholm Fortress” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Vaxholmeko gaztelua”
- Catalan: “Fortalesa de Vaxholm”
- Danish: “Vaxholm Fæstning”
- Danish: “Vaxholms fæstning”
- Dutch: “Fort Vaxholm”
- Dutch: “Vaxholms kastell”
- Dutch: “Vesting Vaxholm”
- Estonian: “Vaxholmi kastell”
- Estonian: “Vaxholmi kindlus”
- Estonian: “Vaxholmi loss”
- Finnish: “Vaxholmin linnoitus”
- Finnish: “Vaxholms fästning”
- French: “Château de Vaxholm”
- German: “Festung Vaxholm”
- German: “Vaxholms kastell”
- Italian: “Castello di Vaxholm”
- Malay: “Kubu Vaxholm”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vaxholms festning”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vaxholms kastell”
- Norwegian: “Vaxholms fästning”
- Persian: “قلعه وکسهلم”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Vaxholm”
- Russian: “Vaxholms kastell”
- Russian: “Ваксхольмская крепость”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vaxholms”
- Swedish: “Vaxholms fästning”
- Swedish: “Vaxholms kastell”
Localities in the Area
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