Pater Noster Lighthouse
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Pater Noster, is a Swedish
lighthouse
, and the name of a small archipelago in Bohuslän
on the Swedish west coast. There were plans to build a lighthouse on the island in the 1750s but a light was instead placed on the fortification of Carlsten
in Marstrand
. That light was replaced by Pater Noster in 1868. The lighthouse is of engineer Nils Gustaf von Heidenstams typical iron design.
Pater Noster originally had a large first order Fresnel lens
in its lantern and the flame originally ran on colza oil
. A paraffin
lamp was installed in 1887. The lighouse was automated in 1964 and the large lens replaced by a small of 4th order. In 1977 Pater Noster lighthouse was deactivated in favor of the modern lighthouse Hätteberget
placed in open water. Pater Noster started to fall out of repair as the salt water made the iron construction rusty and weak.
In 2002 a large restoration project began. The lighthouse was transported to the town of Uddevalla
, and later to Gothenburg
. The tower was very rusty and overall in bad condition and restoration took much longer than originally planned, mostly because of insufficient funding. But many local companies and persons volunteered to complete the work. In the summer of 2007 the lighthouse was shipped back to Hamneskär. In the autumn it was reactivated.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
lighthouse
Lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....
, and the name of a small archipelago in Bohuslän
Bohuslän
' is a Swedish traditional province, or landskap, situated in Götaland on the northernmost part of the country's west coast. It is bordered by Dalsland to the northeast, Västergötland to the southeast, the Skagerrak arm of the North Sea to the west, and the county of Østfold in Norway to the north...
on the Swedish west coast. There were plans to build a lighthouse on the island in the 1750s but a light was instead placed on the fortification of Carlsten
Carlsten
Carlsten is a stone fortress located at Marstrand, on the western coast of Sweden. The fortress was built on the orders of King Carl X of Sweden following the Treaty of Roskilde, 1658 to protect the newly acquired province of Bohuslän from hostile attacks....
in Marstrand
Marstrand
Marstrand is a seaside locality situated in Kungälv Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 1,432 inhabitants in 2005. It has held city privileges since 1200. The most striking feature about Marstrand is the 17th century fortress Carlsten, named after King Carl X Gustav of Sweden. The...
. That light was replaced by Pater Noster in 1868. The lighthouse is of engineer Nils Gustaf von Heidenstams typical iron design.
Pater Noster originally had a large first order Fresnel lens
Fresnel lens
A Fresnel lens is a type of lens originally developed by French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel for lighthouses.The design allows the construction of lenses of large aperture and short focal length without the mass and volume of material that would be required by a lens of conventional design...
in its lantern and the flame originally ran on colza oil
Colza oil
Colza oil is a nondrying oil obtained from the seeds of Brassica rapa, var. oleifera, a variety of the plant that produces turnips. Colza is extensively cultivated in France, Belgium, the United States, the Netherlands and Germany and Poland. In France, especially, the extraction of the oil is an...
. A paraffin
Kerosene
Kerosene, sometimes spelled kerosine in scientific and industrial usage, also known as paraffin or paraffin oil in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Ireland and South Africa, is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid. The name is derived from Greek keros...
lamp was installed in 1887. The lighouse was automated in 1964 and the large lens replaced by a small of 4th order. In 1977 Pater Noster lighthouse was deactivated in favor of the modern lighthouse Hätteberget
Hätteberget
Hätteberget is the name of a Swedish docking lighthouse situated in the sea west of Marstrand and south of Tjörn. It was built in 1977 as a replacement for the old Pater Noster Lighthouse. The lighthouse is a 26 meter high concrete tower with helicopter landing. It is painted with a red belt and...
placed in open water. Pater Noster started to fall out of repair as the salt water made the iron construction rusty and weak.
In 2002 a large restoration project began. The lighthouse was transported to the town of Uddevalla
Uddevalla
Uddevalla is a city and the seat of Uddevalla Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 30,513 inhabitants in 2005.It is located at the bay Byfjorden, of the south-eastern part of the sea known as Skagerrak...
, and later to Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
. The tower was very rusty and overall in bad condition and restoration took much longer than originally planned, mostly because of insufficient funding. But many local companies and persons volunteered to complete the work. In the summer of 2007 the lighthouse was shipped back to Hamneskär. In the autumn it was reactivated.