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Kongsvinger Fortress

🇳🇴 Norway · 17th century

Kongsvinger Fortress in Norway
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Country
🇳🇴 Norway
Type
Fortress
Fame
Hidden gem
Century
17th century
Founded
1673
Coordinates
60.19952°, 12.01161°
Open data
Wikidata Q4994285

Kongsvinger Fortress (Norwegian: Kongsvinger festning) is located in the city of Kongsvinger which is located within Kongsvinger Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is situated on a hill west and north of the Glomma river, standing astride the ancient Vinger Royal Road, which connected Norway and Värmland, Sweden as well as on the north-south Norwegian route along the Glomma. As Kongsvinger formed a key junction point for these routes, fortifications were constructed there to protect against invasion from the east.

Text adapted from “Kongsvinger Fortress” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kongsvinger Fortress ranks #2,188 of 2,435 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #14 of the 15 mapped in Norway. Founded 1673, it is older than 30% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 174 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. See how Norway compares in the castle statistics.

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