• Thumbnail for Oscarsborg Fortress
    Oscarsborg Fortress (Norwegian: Oscarsborg festning) is a coastal fortress in the Oslofjord, close to the town of Drøbak in Akershus County, Norway. The...
    15 KB (1,576 words) - 10:47, 26 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Austrått Fort
    the woods intended to protect the entrance of the complex. Oscarsborg Fortress "Austrått Fort". Innovation Norway. 11 August 2011. Archived from the original...
    3 KB (389 words) - 18:46, 21 November 2023
  • Bolærne Fort Breiviknes Fort Grøtsund Fort Grøtsund Fort (Variant) Herdla Fort Korshamn Fort Kråkvåg Fort Meløyvær Fort Nes Fort Oscarsborg Fortress...
    143 KB (6,292 words) - 00:49, 19 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Birger Eriksen
    the German invasion force outside Oslo. Eriksen was the commander of Oscarsborg Fortress when Nazi Germany attacked Norway in the early hours of 9 April...
    12 KB (1,069 words) - 08:52, 4 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Drøbak Sound
    Haakon VII and his government. The fleet was engaged in the fjord by Oscarsborg Fortress, an aging coastal installation near Drøbak, that had been relegated...
    32 KB (3,845 words) - 07:37, 24 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kvarven Fort
    maneuvering into position nearby. The other land-based torpedo battery, at Oscarsborg Fortress, defended Oslo against the simultaneous German invasion there...
    9 KB (1,095 words) - 02:36, 27 May 2023
  • Thumbnail for List of forts in Norway
    (Alta) Hegra Fortress Helgøya Fortress Kvarven Fort Odderøya Fortress Oscarsborg Fortress Trondenes Fort Meløyvær Fortress Møvik Fortress Nielsen, Jens...
    6 KB (597 words) - 06:07, 11 March 2022
  • possible future museum. Odderøya Fort (1667–1999), at Odderøya near Kristiansand. Oscarsborg Fortress (1643–2003) Rauøy Fort Disbanded and partly demolished...
    4 KB (394 words) - 04:36, 15 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Coastal artillery
    invasion fleet. The first salvo from the Norwegian defenders, fired from Oscarsborg Fortress about 950 meters distance, disabled the center propeller turbine...
    29 KB (3,177 words) - 20:17, 8 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Royal Norwegian Navy
    German invasion fleet heading for Oslo was significantly delayed when Oscarsborg Fortress opened fire with two of its three old 28 cm guns, followed by...
    33 KB (2,944 words) - 10:11, 31 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Action in the Oslofjord
    from their forts over the next few days. Torpedo boat Albatros ran on shore and sank on 10 April west of Fredrikstad. Following Oscarsborg's capitulation...
    8 KB (783 words) - 16:03, 14 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for Norwegian campaign
    outer fjord. It was not until the cruiser was at point-blank range that Oscarsborg Fortress opened fire, hitting with every shell. Within a matter of minutes...
    134 KB (15,861 words) - 01:01, 22 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Junkers Ju 87
    The failures in Poland, and of the Stukas of I./StG 1 to silence the Oscarsborg fort, ensured even more attention was paid to pin-point bombing during the...
    135 KB (19,341 words) - 09:09, 22 April 2024
  • Sturzkampfgeschwader I./StG 1, who failed to silence the batteries of the Oscarsborg Fortress thus contributing to the loss of the heavy cruiser Blücher and...
    91 KB (13,266 words) - 16:53, 4 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of naval battles
    Eidsvold 9 April Battle of Drøbak Sound Norwegian coastal defenses at Oscarsborg Fortress sink the German heavy cruiser Blücher 9 April Action off Lofoten...
    184 KB (19,890 words) - 23:49, 27 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for National Fortifications Heritage
    National Fortifications Heritage (category Forts in Norway)
    Retrieved 4 March 2013. "Oscarsborg Fortress". Innovation Norway. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2013. "Trondenes Fort". Innovation Norway. 11 August...
    21 KB (598 words) - 14:13, 15 June 2022
  • Thumbnail for German torpedo boat Möwe
    the Norwegian coast defenses crippled Blücher as she attempted to pass Oscarsborg Fortress, she was ordered to unload her troops at Son. Around 17:30 Möwe...
    15 KB (1,798 words) - 13:38, 19 April 2024
  • the Southwest of Fredrikstad Mørvika Fort near the border with Sweden Oscarsborg Fortress with an underground torpedo battery (in Akershus county) In 1989...
    32 KB (3,222 words) - 00:46, 19 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Sturzkampfgeschwader 1
    group attacked Akershus Fortress. In the late morning the group attacked Oscarsborg Fortress after the Norwegian coastal fortress had sunk the heavy cruiser...
    67 KB (9,466 words) - 21:14, 11 February 2024
  • Norwegian neutrality protection duties during the First World War, mostly at Oscarsborg Fortress. Remaining in military service after the end of the First World...
    25 KB (2,623 words) - 05:13, 26 December 2023
  • Oscar Dickson  Sweden The cargo ship collided with Alpha ( Norway) off Oscarsborg Fortress in the Oslofjord, Norway and sank. Her crew were rescued....
    220 KB (5,941 words) - 07:05, 13 November 2023