Castles & Fortresses

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  Aeroseum

  GöteborgAeroseum is a museum unique in the world. An experience centre for space and air travel is being created in what was previously a top secret underground Air Force-site.

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  Hemsö Fortress

  HärnösandDuring Second World War the goverment decided that the coastal defences of Norrland should be reinforced. The Hemsö Fortress was one component of this reinforcement, located in the Storrå Mountain (140 metres) on Hemsö, north of Härnösand, the fortress was ready for use in 1957.

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  Karlsborg Fortress Museum

  KarlsborgThe Karlsborg fortress was built in accordance with a defence plan from 1819, which determined that a central defence was to be created in the central part of Sweden. The fortress was principally for storage, but it could also serve as a secondary capital for the country.

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  Miliseum

  SkillingarydThe regionally regular Army units of the 1700s and 1800s used to meet annually at their exercise areas, which very often were sited on large open plains of heathland. The best preserved of these plains is the one in Skillingaryd.

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  The Kalix Line Museum

  KalixThe museum, which collaborates with Mariebergs Viltfarm (a company that runs a hotel and organises leisure activities), displays equipment, weapons and vehicles that have been used within the Kalix Line.

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  The Klintaberg redoubt

  JämtlandThe Klintaberg redoubt in Hotagen in Jämtland was built in 1943-1944. The units that were stationed here had the task of stopping a German invasion from Norway, if such an invasion was attempted.

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  The Red mountain fort

  BodenNow is your chance to visit the Red mountain fort, one of the five fortresses of the once top secret Fortress of Boden. The Red mountain forts was closed on 1 January 2000. It is preserved with all its equipment intact and now listed as an historic building open to the public.

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  The Victoria Fort

  VuollerimThe 1950s was dominated by the Cold War and the arms race between East and West, which involved atomic weapons, space and the establishment of spheres of influence around the world, with Sweden as a non-aligned country sitting on the border between the two sides. It was then the Lule defence line of which Victoria fortress was an important part of, was built.

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  Vaxholm Fortress Museum

  VaxholmThe Vaxholm Fortress at the northern approach to Stockholm consisted of the Vaxholm Fortress, the Rindö redoubt, and the forts of Fredriksborg and Oskar-Fredriksborg.