Ursholmen

Lighthouse

58°49′57″N 10°59′24″E / 58.83262°N 10.99008°E / 58.83262; 10.99008Constructed1890

Constructionreinforced concrete

Shapecylindrical towers with balcony and lanternOperatorStiftelsen Ursholmen^[1]LightFirst lit13 November 1891

Sweden no.SV-8608 Ursholmen southern lighthouse
Ursholmen

Constructed1890

Constructionreinforced concrete

Automated1965

Height13.5 m (44 ft)

Markingswhite (tower), black (stripe, lantern)

Power sourcekerosene, electricity

First lit13 November 1891

Focal height33 m (108 ft)

Lensthird order Fresnel lens

Range10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi) (white), 7.6 nmi (14.1 km; 8.7 mi) (red), 6.4 nmi (11.9 km; 7.4 mi) (green)

CharacteristicLFl(2) WRG 15s (2000–)

Ursholmen northen lighthouse

Constructed1890

Constructionreinforced concrete

Height13 m (43 ft)

Markingswhite (tower), black (stripe, lantern)

Power sourcekerosene

First lit13 November 1891

Deactivated18 July 1931

Focal height33 m (108 ft)

Lensthird order Fresnel lens (–1932)

CharacteristicExting (1931–)

Ursholmen is a Swedish island and lighthouse located west of Strömstad town. It is the westernmost lighthouse in Sweden.

History

In 1891 two identical lighthouses were built on the island to replace two lighthouses on Nordkoster. It was the first time in Sweden lighthouses were built in concrete. In 1931 the north tower was deactivated and its lantern room removed, but the tower remains. In 1965 the south tower was electrified and automated. In 2000 solar cells was installed and the electric cable removed. In 2008 the Swedish Maritime Administration handed ownership of the towers to the Naturvårdsverket which already owned all of the other buildings on the island. SMA didn't find the lighthouse important for the modern commercial shipping any more, but they paid an amount of money to Naturvårdsverket for restoration of the two towers.

There is a very small lighthouse museum in a cabin on the island. The whole island is a nature reserve, a part of Kosterhavet national park.

References

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Sweden: Tanum Area (Northern Bohuslän)". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-04-09.

Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Sweden: Tanum Area (Northern Bohuslän)". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 February 2009.