Suomenlinna

English: Suomenlinna, (Sveaborg in Swedish, until 1918 Viapori in Finnish), is a fortress in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is an inhabited sea fortress built on six islands. The building was started in 1748. Building the fortress became a life's work for Augustin Ehrensvärd, Swedish military architect and a lieutenant colonel in the artillery. Augustin Ehrensvärd was also a painter.

Maps

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  Map of Sveaborg at the 1790s
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  Suomenlinna during The Finnish War (1808–1809)

Views

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  Suomenlinna seen from a ferry
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  Merisotakoulu – Finnish Naval Academy in an autumn morning
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  Panorama
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  Panorama in August 2006
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  Tykistölahti
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  Part of the wall
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  A tiny beach in Susisaari
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  The bridge from Iso Mustasaari to Pikku Mustasaari
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  A park and some homes near Piperin puisto
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  A view in April 2005

Kustaanmiekka

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  Walls in Kustaanmiekka
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  A view to the south from the west coast of Kustaanmiekka

Kuninkaanportti

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  Kuninkaanportti – King's Gate
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  Inscription on the wall of King's Gate
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  Inscription on the wall of King's Gate

Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710–1772)

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  Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710–1772) – Painting in Helsinki City Museum
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  Field Marshal Augustin Ehrensvärd
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  Field Marshal Augustin Ehrensvärd's grave in Suomenlinna
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  Field Marshal Augustin Ehrensvärd's grave
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  Field Marshal Augustin Ehrensvärd's grave

Museums

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  Rannikkotykistömuseo – Coastal Artillery Museum and Russian 6 inch 200 pood siege gun model 1904
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  Finnish submarine Vesikko, 1933-1946.

Artillery

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  An old cannon
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  Russian coastal artillery gun manufactured in 1909
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  Russian coastal artillery gun
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  Russian coastal artillery gun
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  Russian coastal artillery guns
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  Russian 152 mm mortar M1867
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  Russian 152 mm /35 gun M1877 (produced in 1889)
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  Swedish Bofors M1927 76 mm anti-aircraft gun (WW II)
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  Imperial Russian Torpedo boat Sveaborg
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  Imperial Russian battleship Tsesarevich in Helsingfors, 1914–1917

Buildings

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  Suomenlinna Church
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  An old house in Susisaari

Boats

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  Ferry Suomenlinna II
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  M/S Suomenlinna-Sveaborg
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  The ferry Tor
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  Götheborg visiting Suomenlinna in Helsinki June 2008
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  Götheborg visiting Suomenlinna in Helsinki June 2008
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  Götheborg visiting Suomenlinna in Helsinki June 2008

Suomenlinna in Art

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  A drawing by Peter Krapotkin (1876) showing Skanslandet at Sveaborg fortress
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  Suomenlinna / Sveaborg. Picture from year 1856 by L. Morel-Fatio
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  Construction works at the galley dock by Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710–1772), Helsinki City Museum
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  The Galley docks of Suomenlinna fortress during the construction
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  View over Sveaborg, painting by Augustin Ehrensvärd