Siknäsfortet

About the museum

Siknäsfortet (Siknäs Fort) was built in secret in 1957–1960 at Hömyrberget on the Siknäs peninsula to protect Törehamn, Sweden’s northernmost deep-water harbour, and to prevent a hostile advance towards Boden via the E4. The fort was part of the Kalix Line (Kalixlinjen) and is a fixed army battery with four underground levels, armed with 15.2 cm guns from the armoured cruiser HMS Fylgia in rotating turrets. It was protected against ABC agents (ABC-stridsmedel) and had a combat control centre, quarters, a kitchen and emergency power.

The fort was decommissioned in 1998 after more than forty years of service. The Stiftelsen Siknäsfortet (Siknäs Fort Foundation) was formed in 2013 to preserve the fort as a museum and to increase knowledge of the importance of the Kalix Line. Two of the original installations remain: turret A is preserved both outside and inside, and turret B outside.

Today the museum offers guided tours through the fort during the season. In Töre harbour there is a submarine museum with HMS Spiggen II, Sweden’s only domestically built midget submarine, and in Morjärv the foundation also manages a First World War redoubt (skansen) and an air defence tower from 1940.

Highlights

• Underground fort 40 metres down in the mountain, on four levels
• Gun turrets with 15.2 cm guns from HMS Fylgia
• Combat control centre, quarters and kitchen in their original condition
• Submarine museum with the midget submarine HMS Spiggen II
• The Summer Cottage Gun (Sommarstugekanonen), a camouflaged coastal gun

Permanent exhibitions

• Guidad tur genom fortet – Guided tours through the underground battery from the start of the Cold War to its decommissioning, with gun turrets, combat control centre and quarters.
• Ubåtsmuseet – The midget submarine HMS Spiggen II, 11 metres long and Sweden’s only domestically built midget submarine, as well as the Summer Cottage Gun.

Founded

2013

Operated by

Stiftelsen Siknäsfortet och Föreningen Siknäsfortet

Admission & discounts

Adult means 17 years and older. Members of the association (SEK 100 per year) have free admission to the fort and the Submarine House during regular opening hours.

Accessibility

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Kids & families

Children aged 0–7 pay SEK 40, and youths aged 7–16 pay SEK 80.

Getting there & parking

From the E4 between Kalix and Luleå, at Töre, take the exit towards Siknäs and turn south; drive 6 km and turn right, then follow the signs for about 3 km to the fort. The submarine museum is located in Töre harbour.

Amenities & dining

• Café

Café in the fort with coffee, tea, soft drinks and freshly baked wienerbröd and cinnamon buns.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Corporate events

Meetings, conferences and seminars in the fort. Overnight stays in the mountain for groups of at least eight people, up to 25 beds in five rooms.

Plan your visit