Skags fyr
Also known as Jävre fyr
1871
lighthouse
One of Sweden's oldest lighthouse towers does not stand where it was built. Skags fyr was erected in 1871 on the skerry of Gråklubben off Skagsudde, southeast of Örnsköldsvik, to light the approach to that town, and it was a manned light…
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- 1871
Gustaf Emil Höjer
- 1970-1971
The tower was moved from its original site and re-erected beside the E4 at Jävre, where it stands on show rather than working as a light. The rebuilding was finished in 1971 and the reopening was timed to the tower's centenary.
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