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St. Olaf's Castle: Olavinlinna Olofsborg Savonlinna: 1475 Largely restored Turku Castle: Turun linna Åbo slott Turku: 1280 Largely restored Häme Castle: Hämeen linna Tavastehus slott Hämeenlinna: 1320 Largely restored Suomenlinna: Suomenlinna Sveaborg Helsinki: 1748 Largely restored Kastelholm Castle: Kastelholman linna Kastelholms slott ...
This is intended to collect link to each medieval Finnish castle which was inhabitable. For fortresses of post-medieval ages, see Category:Forts in Finland. Note that Oulu and Kajaani Castles are post-medieval. They are however considered to be castles in Finland, not fortresses, so they are included in this category.
Olavinlinna (Swedish: Olofsborg), also known as St. Olaf's Castle, is a 15th-century three-tower castle located in Savonlinna, Finland. It is built on an island in the Kyrönsalmi strait that connects the lakes Haukivesi and Pihlajavesi. It is the northernmost medieval stone fortress still standing. [1]
The castle was at its peak in the mid-16th century during the reign of Duke John of Finland and Catherine Jagellon. It lost its status as an administrative center in the 17th century, after Per Brahe's period as governor-general of Finland came to an end. Turku Castle is Finland's most visited museum. Visitations reach well over 100,000 people ...
Kastelholm Castle (Swedish: Kastelholms slott, Finnish: Kastelholman linna) is a Swedish-built [1] medieval castle located off Road 2 [2] in Sund, Åland, Finland, approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Mariehamn, overlooking a fjord to the south of the village of Kastelholm. [3]
The three high-medieval Finnish "castle fiefs" were ruled until the 1360s from the castles of Turku, Hämeenlinna and Vyborg. By the beginning of the 14th century, Turku Castle was one of the largest in northern Europe, with over 40 rooms and by the mid-16th century received further changes to withstand cannon fire.
Häme Castle or Tavastia Castle (Finnish: Hämeen linna, Swedish: Tavastehus slott) is a medieval castle in Tavastia Proper, Finland. It is located in Hämeenlinna, the city between Helsinki and Tampere. Originally located on an island, the castle now sits on the coast of lake Vanajavesi.
Vyborg Castle was one of the three major castles of Finland, the three being the castles of Turku (Åbo in Swedish) and Hämeenlinna (Tavastehus), and Vyborg (Viborg). It was built as the easternmost outpost of the medieval Kingdom of Sweden : it is located on the Karelian Isthmus , on a little islet in the innermost corner of the Gulf of ...