Femöre battery

Femöre battery is a facility previously operated by the Swedish Coastal Artillery arm of Swedish Armed Forces. Also known as "Battery OD", it is located only a short trip south-east of on the east coast, and is blasted into the rock on the Femöre peninsula.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: coastal artillery fort and museum, was part of a series of similar facilities built in the 1960‘s and 1970’s as a defence against potential attacks from the Soviet Union.
  • Also known as: “Batteri OD”, “Battery OD”, “Femöre Coastal Artillery Battery”, “Femöre fort”, “Femorefort”, “Femorefortet”, and “Femørefortet”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Femörehuvud lighthouse and Saint Botvid Church.

Lighthouse
Photo: Sören T Eriksson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 210 metres south of Femöre battery.

Church
Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 2½ km north of Femöre battery.

Beach
Photo: Kavelgrisen, CC BY 3.0.
is a beach, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Femöre battery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stjärnholm and Buskhyttan.

Hamlet
Photo: Tmsser, CC BY 3.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 7 km northwest of Femöre battery.

Village
is a locality situated in , Södermanland County, with 225 inhabitants in 2010. is situated 10 km west of Femöre battery.

Femöre battery

Latitude
58.64904° or 58° 38′ 57″ north
Longitude
17.10811° or 17° 6′ 29″ east
Open location code
9FCVJ4X5+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3670738519
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q3366184
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Femöre battery” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Femöre”
  • Danish: “Femörefortet”
  • Dutch: “Femöre Fort”
  • Dutch: “Femörefort”
  • Finnish: “Femören linnake”
  • French: “fort de Femöre”
  • French: “Fort de Femöre”
  • German: “Femöre Festung”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Femörefortet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Femörefortet”
  • Norwegian: “Femörefortet”
  • Russian: “Батарея береговой артиллерии Фемёре”
  • Swedish: “Femörefortet”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Radarstation and Femörefortets 2:a pjäs.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Fyrbiträdesbostaden and Femörehuvud.

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Worth a closer look: Eskilstuna and Nyköping.

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