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Oscarsborg Fortress

🇳🇴 Norway · 19th century

Oscarsborg Fortress in Norway
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Country
🇳🇴 Norway
Type
Fortress
Fame
Notable
Century
19th century
Founded
1848
Coordinates
59.67361°, 10.60667°
Open data
Wikidata Q2033069

Oscarsborg Fortress (Norwegian: Oscarsborg festning) is a coastal fortress in the Oslofjord, close to the town of Drøbak in Akershus County, Norway. The best known part is situated on two small islets: Nordre Kaholmen and Søndre Kaholmen. In addition, the main artillery batteries were on the island Håøya and smaller batteries were on the mainland to the west and east of the fjord. The fortress is best known for sinking the German heavy cruiser Blücher on 9 April 1940. The fortress was military territory until 2003 when it was made into a publicly available museum and resort. In 2014, Oscarsborg Fortress was given protected status.

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

Oscarsborg Fortress ranks #530 of 2,435 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #3 of the 15 mapped in Norway. Founded 1848, it is older than 10% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 167 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how Norway compares in the castle statistics.

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