{"id":2113,"date":"2023-03-24T10:03:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T09:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fjordsandmountains.com\/?p=2113"},"modified":"2023-03-24T10:03:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T09:03:36","slug":"nyholmen-skandse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fjordsandmountains.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/24\/nyholmen-skandse\/","title":{"rendered":"Nyholmen skandse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the northern part of Bod\u00f8, on the narrow Bur\u00f8ya peninsula, at the entrance to the port, there is a fortified fort dating back to the early 19th century. At that time, Bod\u00f8 (the settlement was called Hundholmen then) was not a strategic important place. It was a rather small village. The decision to build a defensive object can be understood if we look at the political situation two centuries back. Europe was then torn by Napoleonic wars, and the continent was divided into two camps. The first camp were Napoleon\u2019s allies, like Italy, the Netherlands, Poland which was not exist on the map or Denmark. Denmark has been associated with Norway for five centuries, and the Danish king reigned on all this political creation. Fortification of the Norwegian coast was therefore to prevent the invasion of British troops. England, then the number one naval military force in Europe, belonged to the forces of the anti-French coalition, along with countries such as Austria and Russia. The British sea blockade effectively prevented the transport of goods from port to port, and there was a threat of landing troops or occasional robberies of port cities. Sources say that the construction of Nyholmen Fort in Hundholmen in 1810 was due to the protection of grain stocks. That year, both sea fishing and harvested from the fields were unsuccessful and the people were starving. Shipments of grain from allied Russia (after signing the peace treaty in Tylza, in 1807, Tsar Alexander I became an ally of the French emperor) proved to be a salvation. The grain warehouse was in the center of today\u2019s Bod\u00f8. Interestingly, Nyholmen fort together with the fort at Hammerfest were the only defensive structures in northern Norway.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n