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Guided tour of the fortress

Fredriksborg is located in the middle of history. The fortress was part of the Vaxholm Line, which has protected the capital since the 1500s. The fortress was considered the country's strongest fortress when it was completed in 1735. Oxdjupstornet and Strandverket were armed with 86 cannons and up to 2000 men were to man the facility if needed and also withstand a siege.

Guided tours of Fredriksborg are available every opening day 1 May – 30 September. At 5 pm in Swedish and at 6 pm in English. October – April, Kaponjären, the cannon tower by the water, is shown. Groups, conferences, etc. can book their own time.

Watch the short film about Fredriksborg Fortress, Oxdjupet and how the defense of Stockholm along the Vaxholm Line has looked since the 1500s.

Our exciting history

We guide and tell you about Fredriksborg Fortress, the wrecks in Oxdjupet and can arrange hikes along the Myttinge Line. Fredriksborg Fortress is guided daily on all the hotel's open days. For other requests for your own guided tours or at conferences, please ask us.

We collaborate with Vaxholm's fortress museum at Vaxholm's Citadel, which in addition to all the museum's history on 3 floors and the building, can also guide Oskar Fredriksborg and Rindö Redutt. The museum's schedule/guided tours can be found here. Tickets/gift cards can be purchased from us or directly at the museum.

We would also like to recommend city walks in Vaxholm and the surrounding area, selected dates or for ordering. More tips on exciting history can be found via Archaeology Events, or Vaxholm's tourist office.

For history tours in Stockholm City and the surrounding area, we recommend Swedish History Tours. A number of weekends a year, the Maritime Museum's exhibition hall with small historical and leisure boats on Rindö is open.

If you are a group or conference, we are happy to help you put together a historically exciting package, along the entire Vaxholm line and also possibly transport by charter bus or boat.

Fortresses along the Vaxholm Line are state listed buildings and are owned by the National Property Board of Sweden. More about fortresses and historic buildings and places to visit throughout the country can be foundhere.

Guided tours at Fredriksborg

Fredriksborg Fortress: 17:00-18:00 in Swedish. 18:00-19:00 in English. 1 May – 30 Sep, all hotel open days. In winter, we tell about the beachwork and the cannon tower at Oxdjupet.

Free for hotel guests, others 120SEK (Children up to 12 years free, 12-18 years 50%)

Self-guided tour: 500 SEK start fee and 120 SEK p.p.

School classes: 1.000kr

Other groups (min 8p. Pre-booked. Per person)

Lunch + guided tour: Lunch price + 120kr

Dinner + guided tour: Dinner price + 0kr.

Drinks, snacks etc. in the observation tower at regular price (ex. prosecco 120kr, gl.vin 120kr, beer 50cl 85kr)

And not just history

Lecture for 100+ guests on the cannon level, aperitif in the observation tower, art exhibition, music, maybe a proposal, wedding or wedding party and dance? If you have the ideas, we have the premises.

The grand setting has attracted film recordings of Sandhamn Murders, Married at First Sight, My Historical Boyfriend and Summer with Family. As well as DJs and rock bands.

Fredriksborg as a Hotel

Fredriksborg's old officers' residences became a hotel in 2013. The Red Officers' Residence from the 1720s and the yellow Stone Barracks from the 1750s today house 5+10 rooms in preserved older style but fully modern under the surface with bathroom, WiFi and TV.

Fredriksborg is classified as a national listed building and includes the fortress, the hotel buildings and the beachworks with a cannon jetty down at Oxdjupet. Completed with a guest jetty for a pleasure boat, an orangery for dinner or a party and a large wedding tent with wooden deck, on almost 5 hectares of nature and garden land with incomparable views of the archipelago and passing cruise ships.

A warm welcome!