Djursten

Djursten is a Swedish lighthouse located at Västerbyn on the west side of the island of Gräsö in the northern Roslagens archipelago. The nearest community is Öregrund.

Djursten lighthouse
Djursten

Djursten Lighthouse, August 2006
Location	Gräsö Östhammar Municipality Uppsala County Sweden
Coordinates	60.368994°N 18.401187°E / 60.368994; 18.401187
Tower
Constructed	1767 (first)
Construction	stone tower
Automated	1962
Height	15 metres (49 ft)
Shape	massive cylinder tower with octagonal prism observation room, balcony and lantern
Markings	white tower with black horizontal band
Power source	rapeseed oil, kerosene, electricity, mains electricity
Operator	Swedish Maritime Administration[1]
Heritage	governmental listed building complex, governmental listed building
Light
First lit	1839 (current)
Focal height	20 metres (66 ft)
Lens	6th order molded drum lens of acrylic glass
Range	11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi)
Characteristic	LFl WRG 9s.
Sweden no.	SV-2152

History

The location has had a lighthouse since 1767. The first lighthouse built to guide sailors from Öregrund was a stone tower topped by a charcoal fire in an iron pot. In 1809 the ship Bellona ran hard aground outside Djursten.^[2]

The lighthouse was replaced by a new tower built in 1839, which still stands on the site. The current lighthouse was at first equipped with an oil lamp and parabolic mirrors that focused the light. In the 1870s a kerosene lamp was installed. The lighthouse became a state monument in 1935. In 1945 the lighthouse was finally electrified. It was occupied until the 1960s.^[2]

Status

Today Djursten holds a small modern light visible for 11 nautical miles mounted outside the original lighthouse lantern.^[2]

Gallery

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  Lighthouse from the south
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  Lighthouse from the north

See also

• Sweden portal

• Engineering portal

• List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Sweden