Zürich, Switzerland
1898
Lausanne, Switzerland
1918
Basel, Switzerland
1894
Geneva, Switzerland
19th century
Geneva, Switzerland
1824
Geneva, Switzerland
1903
Lausanne, Switzerland
1993
Bern, Switzerland
1894
Riehen, Switzerland
1997
Basel, Switzerland
1931-1936
Zürich, Switzerland
1967
Delémont, Switzerland
1909
Geneva, Switzerland
1877
Zürich, Switzerland
1952
Fribourg, Switzerland
1774
Geneva, Switzerland
1755
Brugg, Switzerland
1912
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2001
Schwyz, Switzerland
1936
Towering 52 meters above the sea, Bengtskär lighthouse is the tallest one in Scandinavia. The building started in in 1905 after the shipwreck of S/S Helsingfors and was completed in 1906. The lighthouse was designed by architect Florentin Granholm. On December a special petrol lantern, designed and built in Paris, was brought to Bengtskär and installed atop the tower.
German fleet bombarded Bengstkär in the First World War in 1914. Since the Gulf of Finland was heavily mined, it was not until 1919 that the surrounding seas were declared safe for shipping, that the light was lit again.
After the war the military value of Bengtskär increased as part of the defence system of independent Finland. In Second World War (1941) Soviet Union made a suprise attack to island. After a bloody battle, the small Finnish garrison emerged victorious. Intermittent repairs to the facility continued during the post-war period.