Sweden
Svealand
Stockholm County

Pålsund’s Artillery Battery

Pålsund’s Artillery Battery is a fort in , . Pålsund’s Artillery Battery is situated nearby to the islet , as well as near the ruins .
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  • Type: Fort
  • Description: At Pålsundet there have been defense fortifications ever since the 16th century. The battery was armed with four cannons.
  • Also known as: “17:e batteriet”, “Pålsund Battery”, and “Pålsundsbatteriet”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tenöbadet and Eriksöbadet.

Beach
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is a beach, which is situated 790 metres southeast of Pålsund’s Artillery Battery.

Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0.
is situated 1¼ km northwest of Pålsund’s Artillery Battery.

Church
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is a church in central , Sweden. The chapel is a single-nave building built in the Neoclassical style. It was completed in 1803 according to drawings by Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz and Olof Tempelman. is situated 1½ km east of Pålsund’s Artillery Battery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vaxholm and Kummelnäs.

Town
Photo: Szilas, Public domain.
The Stockholm archipelago, Stockholms skärgård or skärgården, is a group of thousands of islands in the region, extending east of in the Baltic Sea.

Suburb
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is a locality situated on the island of in 's Stockholm archipelago. From an administrative perspective, it is located in and , and has 3,848 inhabitants as of 2010. is situated 6 km southwest of Pålsund’s Artillery Battery.

Village
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is a locality situated in , , with 1,636 inhabitants in 2010. is situated 6 km north of Pålsund’s Artillery Battery.

Pålsund’s Artillery Battery

Latitude
59.39797° or 59° 23′ 53″ north
Longitude
18.32136° or 18° 19′ 17″ east
Open location code
9FFW98XC+5G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1263218905
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Wiki­data ID
Q10647906
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In Other Languages

From Finnish to Swedish—“Pålsund’s Artillery Battery” goes by many names.
  • Finnish: “17:e batteriet”
  • Finnish: “Pålsundin tykistöakku”
  • Finnish: “Pålsundsbatteriet”
  • German: “Pålsund Artilleriestellung”
  • Russian: “17:e batteriet”
  • Russian: “Pålsundsbatteriet”
  • Russian: “Артиллерийская батарея Pålsund”
  • Swedish: “17:e batteriet”
  • Swedish: “Pålsundsbatteriet”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pannkakan and Montebello.

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