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The Prisoner at Karlsten Fortress / Fången på Karlstens fästning (1916)

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Archive: FILMARKIVET by Svenska Filminstitutet

Director: Georg af Klerker

Director of Photography: Gösta Stäring

Performers: Nils Olaf Chrisander, Maja Cassel, Manne Göthson, Arvid Hammarlund

Languages: Swedish intertitles, English subtitles

Music: Lotta Hasselquist Nilsson

Runtime: 64 min.

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rabbitcruiser · 3 years

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Carlsten Forstress, Marstrand (No. 2)

In 1658, under the leadership of Johan Wärnschöld, a makeshift fortification was built in the form of a wooden Wahlen skans, at the top of the mountain above the city's "big weather mill". This fortification was of great use in the fall of 1659 to fight back the attack carried out by Norwegian forces. In 1666, the construction of a replacement building for the wooden edging, which "struck", began. This new fortress was in the form of a Roman redoubt, or tower building with four small ravelins. In 1671–73, the tower, which was then called Karlsten, was built on one floor and was equipped with a roof battery. Initially a square stone tower was constructed, but in 1681, the construction of a large round shaped tower began, following the commander Carl Gustaf Frölich's design, but otherwise new construction, on drawings created by Erik Dahlbergh, was approved in general in 1685, and as early as 1689 the fortress itself was almost completed, consisting then of a brick redoubt and a high multi-storey tower, which included the former square.

The work was carried out by prisoners sentenced to penal labour. Successive additions to the fortress were carried out until 1860 when it was finally completed. Carlsten was exclusively a prison for men. Nonetheless, Metta Fock, a female prisoner, was to have been kept there 1806-1809. The most famous prisoner of Carlsten was arguably Lasse-Maja, who was imprisoned here in 1813-1838.

Source: Wikipedia

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