ERSTA-batteriet på Landsort
Preserved Cold War gun battery on Landsort (Öja) with five floors down into the rock; a listed building and museum shown at pre-booked visits.
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About the museum
ERSTA is an abbreviation of ersättning tungt artilleri (replacement heavy artillery). Six identical batteries were built between 1973 and 1983 along the Baltic coast, at Söderarm, Slite, Ystad, Trelleborg, Holmögadd and Landsort, to protect Sweden against a Soviet attack. They replaced older guns from the Second World War and were at the time among the world's most advanced artillery systems, with automatic-loading guns that could fire one shot every two seconds. The battery on Landsort, on the island of Öja outside Nynäshamn, was in operation from the late 1970s until 2000.
After the defence decision in 2000, all the ERSTA batteries were dismantled except the installation on Landsort, gun no. 3. The Statens fastighetsverk (National Property Board) took it over in 2010, and it was opened to the public as a museum in 2013. Since 2018 the battery has been a state-listed building (statligt byggnadsminne). The northern gun remains completely intact with its five floors straight down into the bedrock, while the other parts of the installation have been emptied and filled with concrete.
Today the installation on the northern point of Landsort is shown at pre-booked visits during the summer, and visitors experience the gun and the rock chambers from the inside.
Highlights
- Intact gun installation with five floors down into the rock
- Cold War secret coastal defence (ERSTA)
- State-listed building since 2018
- Visits on the northern point of Landsort
Permanent exhibition
- ERSTA-anläggningen – The preserved gun installation with the northern gun and five floors down into the rock, shown at guided visits.
- Founded
- 2013
- Operated by
- Statens fastighetsverk
Admission & discounts
| Adults | SEK 110 |
|---|---|
| Simpler visit at 16:00 | SEK 110Price per person. |
| Guided tour at 13:00 (at least five participants) | SEK 150Price per person. |
Advance booking required.
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
Landsort
Boat from Ankarudden to Landsort with Landsortstrafiken on behalf of Waxholmsbolaget (tariff 3).
Landsort lies on Öja south of Nynäshamn and is reached by archipelago boat; timetables are available from Waxholmsbolaget.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Visits are booked by telephone or e-mail. |
