Libertus fyr
| Libertus fyr | ||
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| Place: |
 Libertas
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| Location: | On the northwest tip of the island | |
| Geographical location: | 59 ° 19 '56.2 " N , 18 ° 10' 35.1" E | |
| Fire carrier height : | 7 m | |
| Fire height : | 6 m | |
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| Identifier : | Fl (3) WRG.9s | |
| Construction time: | 1931 | |
| Operating time: | since July 6, 1931 | |
| International ordinal number: | C 6550 | |
Libertus fyr is a lighthouse on the Swedish island of Libertas in the Stockholm archipelago .
location
The lighthouse is located on the northwest tip of the small island belonging to the Fjäderholmarna archipelago . In the north, the shipping routes from the Baltic Sea to the nearby port of Stockholm pass.
History and architecture
The lighthouse was built in 1931. The decision to build this and another tower on Värtagrundet was made on January 27, 1931. Commissioning took place on July 6, 1931.
The tower is operated with acetylene gas . The equipment is still original from the construction period and is based on the method of the engineer Gustav Dalén , for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1912 . Libertas fyr is one of the last lighthouses of this type to have been preserved in its original state. On September 25, 1995, the tower was placed under monument protection as Byggnadsminne .
