Fredriksvern | |
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Stavern, Norway | |
Type | Fortress and naval base |
Site information | |
Controlled by | Norway |
Site history | |
Built | 1677, 1750 |
In use | 1677-2002 |
Materials | Stone |
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. [1]