Fredriksvern

Fredriksvern
Stavern, Norway
Fredriksvern Verft - naval base in Stavern
Site information
TypeFortress and naval base
Controlled byNorway
Site history
Built1677, 1750
In use1677-2002
MaterialsStone

Fredriksvern (also called Friderichsværn (1801), Frederiksværn (1865), Fredriksværen (1900) and abbreviated Frsværn) was an important Norwegian naval base, just south of Larvik in Vestfold. It is named after Fredrik V Denmark-Norway. The town of Stavern has in many ways come to be because of this naval base.

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