Långe Erik

Borgholm Municipality, Sweden

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Långe Erik, officially Ölands norra udde, is a Swedish lighthouse built in 1845 on Stora Grundet, a small island in Grankullaviken bay at the northern tip of Öland, Sweden's second-largest island. Designed by H. Byström and constructed by Jonas Jonsson, the whitewashed limestone tower stands 32.1 meters tall. Originally equipped with a large lens that operated until the 1990s, the lighthouse is now controlled remotely by the Swedish Maritime Administration via an aerobeacon installed on the lantern's balcony. The keeper's house and associated early twentieth-century structures remain adjacent to the tower. Connected to Öland by a bridge built in 1965, the complex is a governmental listed building and functions as a working life museum, with the tower open to summer visitors.

Built: 1845
Type: lighthouse, working life museum
Materials: limestone
Heritage: governmental listed building complex, governmental listed building
Height: 32.1 m
Place: Borgholm Municipality, Sweden

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