Krigsflygfält 16 Brattforsheden
Preserved secret wartime airfield from the Second World War in a cultural reserve, with guided walks, tracked-vehicle trips, a VR film and a summer café.
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About the museum
Krigsflygfält 16 (Wartime Airfield 16) at Brattforsheden between Molkom and Filipstad was built before the Second World War as one of some forty secret wartime airfields, which were to enable the air force to disperse its aircraft. The Riksdag (Swedish Parliament) granted funds in 1939, and the work was completed in 1940. The airfield was disguised as farmland with dummy roads and dummy ditches, and the buildings were hidden or designed to look like farms and cattle sheds.
After the war the field was used as a military training area, and in the 1960s parts of it were opened for civilian activities. Unlike most other wartime airfields, Brattforsheden was never expanded or modernised, and therefore the environment remains more or less intact. The preserved buildings include staff and orders barracks, a mess hut, barn-type aircraft shelters (ladvärn) and various storehouses. In 2003 the County Administrative Board of Värmland (Länsstyrelsen Värmland) established a cultural reserve of about 411 hectares.
The Stiftelsen Krigsflygfält 16 (Krigsflygfält 16 Foundation) works to preserve and bring to life the heritage of the wartime emergency years. In summer, guided walks, tracked-vehicle trips, a VR film from 1942 and a summer café are offered. The area can also be visited independently all year round.
Highlights
- The only preserved wartime airfield from the emergency years in the world, according to the County Administrative Board
- Camouflaged farmland with dummy ditches and dummy roads
- Preserved barracks, barn-type shelters and storehouses from the 1940s
- Guided walk and forest adventure by tracked vehicle
- The VR film Spaningsflyg i fält (Reconnaissance Flight in the Field)
- Summer café in the mess hut with an environment from the 1940s
Permanent exhibitions
- Kulturreservatet med bevarade byggnader – Walk among camouflaged field areas, barracks, barn-type shelters and storehouses from the wartime emergency years 1939–1945.
- VR-film: Spaningsflyg i fält – A ten-minute VR film that places the visitor on a reconnaissance mission in 1942.
- Operated by
- Stiftelsen Krigsflygfält 16 Brattforsheden
Admission & discounts
| Forest adventure by tracked vehicle, adult (about 2 hours) | SEK 295 |
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| Forest adventure by tracked vehicle, child | SEK 145 |
The price for the guided walk and the VR film is not stated on the website; the activities are booked via the website and paid for on site. Café: payment by Swish or card.
Accessibility
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
- Family tours & workshops
The tracked-vehicle trip is described as an outing for the whole family, and in the summer café children and adults meet people in costumes from the wartime emergency years.
Getting there & parking
By car
Parking available
Visitor car park; from the car park it is about a 4-minute walk to the mess hut.
From Karlstad on road 63 towards Filipstad (about 40 km), take the turn-off to the right at Lindfors and then follow the signs. From Filipstad on road 63 towards Karlstad (about 18 km), take the turn-off to the left at Brattfors. The last section is about 2 km.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Café
- Museum shop
Summer café in the mess hut with waffles, fika and hamburgers; webshop with, among other things, the book about Krigsflygfält 16.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Guided walks and tracked-vehicle trips are booked via the website. The gathering point for the walk is outside the mess hut, about a 4-minute walk from the visitor car park. |
