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Founded: 1767-1774Category: Palaces, manors and town halls in Sweden
Historical period: The Age of Liberty (Sweden)
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Forsmark Manor was built between 1767-1774 to the site of the ironworks established in the late 1500s. The Ironworks was burned down by Russians army during the Great Northern War (1719). Samuel af Ugglas bought Forsmark in 1782 and it belonged to his family near two centuries. Today the manor is owned by Forsmark Power Group.
References:Kristiansten Fortress was built to protect the city against attack from the east. Construction was finished in 1685. General Johan Caspar von Cicignon, who was chief inspector of kuks fortifications, was responsible for the new town plan of Trondheim after the great fire of 18 April 1681. He also made the plans for the construction of Kristiansten Fortress.
The fortress was built during the period from 1682 to 1684 and strengthened to a complete defence fortification in 1691 by building an advanced post Kristiandsands bastion in the east and in 1695 with the now vanished Møllenberg skanse by the river Nidelven. These fortifications were encircled by a continuous palisade and thereby connected to the fortified city. In 1750 the fortress was modernized with new bastions and casemates to protect against mortar artillery.