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Siknäsfortet

Siknäsfortet

Also known as Siknäs Fort

Year

1960

Type

fortification

Four levels were cut into the Hömyrberget on the Siknäs peninsula, reaching some forty meters down, and the whole installation rests on springs meant to absorb shock in the bedrock from a nuclear detonation. Blasted out during the 1950s…

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Timeline

  1. 1985

    Completion

    De sista skarpa skotten sköts vid en krigsförbandsövning

  2. 1999

    Conversion

    Anläggningen tömdes på ammunition och avvecklades som militär installation

  3. 2013

    Conversion

    Anläggningen övergick i civil ägo och bevaras som museum

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