Tampere, Finland
1890
Tampere, Finland
1883-1885
Tampere, Finland
Museum founded in 1993
Tampere, Finland
1820-1920
Tampere, Finland
1946
Tampere, Finland
1902-1907
Tampere, Finland
1510-1530
Tampere, Finland
1898
Tampere, Finland
1880-1970s
Tampere, Finland
1880-1881
Tampere, Finland
1906
Tampere, Finland
1964-1966
Tampere, Finland
1900s
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.