Hegra Fortress

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• Knut Egil Sundt

  28 October 2017

  Historic site from WW2 and the invation of Norway by German forces.

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• Vegar Christoffersen Walsø

  13 September 2017

  Nice place for a coffee, when the cafe is open. It is also a very interesting place for a historic walk around the fortress.

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• Erik Smistad

  10 September 2017

  Quite large fortress built in the mountain from the 1900s

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• Jeff Crane

  03 September 2017

  Always a cool place to visit.
  History:
  Hegra Fortress (Norwegian: Hegra festning) is a small mountain fortress in the village of Hegra in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. Originally known as Ingstadkleiven Fort (also Ingstadkleiva Fort), it was built between 1908–1910 as a border fort as a defence against the perceived threat of a Swedish invasion.
  
  The intent behind Ingstadkleiva Fort was to block Swedish advances into Central Norway, as had happened repeatedly during the Swedish-Norwegian conflicts in the preceding centuries, for example the Hannibal War, Northern Wars, and Great Northern War.[5] After the 1905 dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden, the Norwegian military harboured continued fears of a Swedish invasion to retake Norway.
  
  As a successful attack into the centre of the country could split it in half, the Norwegian general staff in February 1906 suggested the construction of a blocking fort in the Stjørdalen valley. Ingstadkleiva was early on pointed out as a good location to block an advance from the east. Already in March that year the Minister of Defence, commanding general, and chief of the Fortress Artillery surveyed the site and agreed to the plan. In a closed meeting on 26 April 1906, the Norwegian Parliament authorized the construction of Ingstadkleiva Fort, but no funds were allocated until 12 July 1907. In May 1908, the work began on the road up to the construction site and by January 1910 the fort was ready for use.

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• Jamie Rollinson

  07 April 2017

  I liked looking round the old Fort and some of the views are good. May not be everyone's cup of tea.

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• Chris A.F.H.

  03 October 2016

  Veldig trang vei og utdaterte fasiliteter

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• Elenore Österberg

  20 August 2016

  Mycket intressant bit av norsk historia

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• Murt Lundgren

  19 August 2016

  En mycket intressant plats.

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• Harald Brombach

  14 August 2014

  A lot of guns, trenches and tunnels - free to visit. Also a cafeteria and a very nice view. Even my wife found the site exiting :-)

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