Oskar-Fredriksborg Fortress
Oskar-Fredriksborg Fortress is a fort in Vaxholm socken, Stockholm County. Oskar-Fredriksborg Fortress is situated nearby to the island Skarpö, as well as near the hamlet Lillsved.Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Fort
- Description: was built in 1877 to protect the strategic fairway to Stockholm
- Also known as: “Oskar Fredriksborg fortress”, “Oskar-Fredriksborg fort”, and “Oskar-Fredriksborg Fort”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Skarpö and Brödstycket lighthouse.
Skarpö
Island
Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 3.0.
Skarpö is an island in the Stockholm archipelago in Sweden. It is situated in Vaxholm Municipality and Stockholm County. The southern and western half of the island comprises the Skarpö urban area. Skarpö is situated 3 km northwest of Oskar-Fredriksborg Fortress.
Brödstycket lighthouse
Islet
Photo: Esquilo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brödstycket lighthouse is an islet, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Oskar-Fredriksborg Fortress.
Stora Berteln
Lighthouse
Photo: Esquilo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stora Berteln is a lighthouse, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Oskar-Fredriksborg Fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lillsved and Norra Lagnö.
Lillsved
Hamlet
Photo: Nordelch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lillsved is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km east of Oskar-Fredriksborg Fortress.
Norra Lagnö
Village
Photo: Larske, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Norra Lagnö is a locality situated on a peninsular on the northern shore of the island of Värmdö in Sweden's Stockholm archipelago. From an administrative perspective, it is located in Värmdö Municipality and Stockholm County and has 332 inhabitants as of 2010. Norra Lagnö is situated 5 km south of Oskar-Fredriksborg Fortress.
Vaxholm
Town
Photo: Szilas, Public domain.
The Stockholm archipelago, Stockholms skärgård or skärgården, is a group of thousands of islands in the Svealand region, extending east of Stockholm in the Baltic Sea. Vaxholm is situated 6 km west of Oskar-Fredriksborg Fortress.
Oskar-Fredriksborg Fortress
- Categories: fortress, architectural ensemble, tourist attraction, heritage site in Sweden, building, historic site, and tourism
- Location: Vaxholm socken, Vaxholm, Vaxholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.39846° or 59° 23′ 55″ northLongitude
18.43558° or 18° 26′ 8″ eastElevation
22 metres (72 feet)Open location code
9FFW9CXP+96OpenStreetMap ID
way 23991916OpenStreetMap feature
building=historicOpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortGeoNames ID
12104321Wikidata ID
Q10612991
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Oskar-Fredriksborg Fortress” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Oskar-Fredriksborg”
- Dutch: “Vesting Oskar-Fredriksborg”
- Finnish: “Oskar Fredriksborg”
- Finnish: “Oskar-Fredriksborg linnake”
- Finnish: “Oskar-Fredriksborgin linnoitus”
- French: “Forteresse d’Oskar-Fredriksborg”
- German: “Festung Oskar-Fredriksborg”
- Russian: “Крепость Оскар-Фредриксборг”
- Russian: “Оскар-Фредриксборг”
- Russian: “Форт Оскар-Фредриксборг”
- Swedish: “Oskar Fredriksborg”
- Swedish: “Oskar-Fredriksborg fästning”
- Swedish: “Oskar-Fredriksborg”
- Swedish: “Oskar-Fredriksborgs fästning”
- Swedish: “Oskar-Fredriksborgs fort”
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