My friend Anne has finally started to travel again after the forced breake due to covid. I think that now that she's back to airports and planes, she'll travel again soon. I don't know where she'll go next but I know where she has been to last month. She visited Oslo and sent me this nice card of the Akershus Castle, which I've never heard about before.
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Foto: iStock / Tomas Sereda
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The Akershus Fortress was built in the late 1290s by King Håkon V to ward off attacks from the Norwegian nobleman, Earl Alv Erlingsson of Sarpsborg. The fortress’s value came from its strategic location near the sea, and it has survived numerous sieges, never being captured in active battle. However, during the Second World War, occupying German forces captured the fortress (without a fight) and used it as a prison and execution center.
However Akershus Castle was used as a prison prior to WWII too. It housed many famous prisoners, including early Norwegian socialists.
The fortress houses a castle, church, the Norwegian Armed Forces Museum, a model of Christiania (Oslo’s former name), and a prison museum. In addition, many members of the Norwegian royal family are buried in the castle’s mausoleum.
The Akershus fortress has the status of a national symbol because of its role as seat of the king and government and the many important and dramatic historical events that have taken place here. The national importance is underlined by the fact that the castle now used as government's premier entertainment venues and hosts the Royal Mausoleum. - in: http://www.everycastle.com
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