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    Fårösund Fortress (Swedish: Fårösunds fästning) is a decommissioned fortification in Fårösund on Gotland, Sweden, which was built from 1885 to 1886. Sweden's...
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    from Fårösund. Fårösund is the northernmost town in the municipality of Gotland in Gotland County, about 56 km (35 mi) north of Visby. Fårösund is situated...
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    a number of well-designed, major artillery forts, like Fårösund Fortress and Enholmen Fortress, were constructed. These and other fortifications on Gotland...
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    ownership. The National Property Board manages Karlsvärd Fortress ruin since 2015. Fårösund Fortress Westrin, Theodor, ed. (1910). Nordisk familjebok: konversationslexikon...
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  • Svartholm fortress 19C Union with Norway after Norway ceded to Sweden by Denmark Fårösund Fortress Karlsborg Fortress [‡] Vaberget Fortress Vaxholm Fortress -...
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    i Fårösund ("Navy's Batteries and Mine Positions in Fårösund") and Fårösunds kustartilleriposition och Fårösunds kustartilleridetachement ("Fårösund Coastal...
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    regiment manned Vaxholm and Oskar-Fredriksborg [sv] fortresses as well as the coastal positions of Fårösund on the northern tip of Gotland and Hörningsholm...
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    Kastellholmen, (Stockholm) Kungshall, (Karlskrona) Kungsholms fort, (Karlskrona) Fårösund, (Gotland) Bodens fästning, (Boden) Kusthöjden, (Härnösand) Vaxholms fästning...
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    pieces have been placed at museums like Beredskapsmuseet, Skåne and at Fårösund, Gotland. Norway Series 3 Battery Bolærne is preserved, including radar...
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  • each of Kungsholm Fortress next to Karlskrona and Fårösund Coastal Position. Another such position, intended for Älvsborg Fortress, was added by decision...
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