Northern Sweden

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  Air Force Museum F21

  LuleåThe museum is situated just outside the enterence of the Norrland Air Wing, F21, which is still active.

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  Border Defence Museum

  AbiskoAbisko Border Defense Museum is located at an annexe within the Abisko tourist station.

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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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  The Defence Museum

  BodenThe main exhibition is about the 20th century military history up to today with local, regional and international perspectives. In the exhibition there is a big model of the garrison and fortress of Boden among a lot of other things.

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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 Optand Technical Experience

  ÖstersundThe Optand airfield in Östersund (central northern Sweden) is a new attraction for the whole family! Welcome to The Technical Experience, a retro technological world with veteran vehicles, aircraft and military history.

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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.