Varberg Fortress

Varberg Fortress is a former fortification in Varberg, Halland County, Sweden, which currently serves as a museum. Varberg Fortress was constructed in 1287 to 1300 by using Count Jacob Nielsen as safety against Eric VI of Denmark, who had d him an outlaw after the murder of his father King Eric V of Denmark. Jacob had near connections with King Eric II of Norway and as a end result got substantial Norwegian assistance with the development.

The fort, in addition to half the county, have become Norwegian in 1305. In the fourteenth century the fort changed into increased to include a castle. King Erik's grand daughter, Ingeborg Hakansdotter, inherited the vicinity from her father, King Haakon V of Norway. She and her husband, Erik, Duke of Södermanland, set up a semi-impartial state out in their Norwegian, Swedish and Danish counties until the demise of Erik. They spent big time on the fort. Their son, King Magnus IV of Sweden, spent a whole lot time at the citadel as well.