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Carlsten Fortress
Marstrand westcost of Sweden
Gothenburg
Southern Sweden
Sweden
Type: Historical Interest
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Gothenburg
Southern Sweden
Sweden
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The Carlsten Fortress was built as a prison in the mid-17th century by the prisoners themselves. Most of the inmates carried life sentences and one of them is still famous in Sweden. Lasse-Maja, as he was known, shown at right, had a striking talent as an actor and storyteller and would dress up in women’s clothes to charm his audiences. He was eventually reprieved of his sentence and released in 1839 after 25 years in captivity. If the legend is true, he was released because he served King Karl XIV Johan an excellent meal. He would spend the following years traveling and entertaining people until he died in 1845 at age 60.
It took 200 years to complete Carlsten Fortress and, ironically, in 1854, shortly after completion, King Oskar I decided that it was no longer suitable as a prison. Today the fortress is the main attraction in Marstrand, mostly thanks to the legend of Lasse-Maja.
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