Svartklubben

Svartklubben lighthouse
Svartklubben

Location	East of Singö Åland Sea Sweden
Coordinates	60.174413°N 18.824993°E / 60.174413; 18.824993
Tower
Constructed	1820
Construction	stone tower
Automated	1961
Height	12 metres (39 ft)
Shape	massive cylindrical tower with gallery and lantern
Markings	white tower with a black band on the top
Power source	bituminous coal, rapeseed oil, kerosene, electricity
Operator	Swedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket)
Heritage	governmental listed building complex, governmental listed building
Racon	K
Light
First lit	1920
Focal height	19.5 metres (64 ft)
Lens	open fire (original), 4th order Fresnel lens (1899)
Range	16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi)
Characteristic	LFl (2) WRG 15s.
Sweden no.	SV-2228

Svartklubben is a Swedish lighthouse located on a small island east of the island Singö in the province of Uppland.

This massive lighthouse was constructed to carry a coal fire. In 1842 it was updated with a colza oil lamp and in 1849 parabolic mirrors were installed. In 1875 it was updated with a kerosene lamp, and in 1899 the current lens and lantern were installed. It got a gas mantle light in 1935, and was finally electrified and automated in 1961. The keeper's house is now sold as a private residence, but the Swedish Maritime Administration still owns and maintains the lighthouse.

The lighthouse has been a listed building in Sweden since 1935.

See also

• List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Sweden

References

• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Sweden: Stockholm Area". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120314190711/http://www.fyr.org/indexe.htm

External links

• Sjofartsverket Archived 2016-04-08 at the Wayback Machine (in English)
• The Swedish Lighthouse Society