The remains of permanent installations from the Second World War (1939-45) are undoubtedly a part of Lovo's inheritance from the past.
These include prepared positions for ant-aircraft guns anc searchlights, as well as structures for the protection of personnel and transport roads. The air detences of Stockholm consisted of a fighter wing at Barkeby and anti-aircraft batteries. Radar did not exist in Sweden at that time. Instead, we had a system of observation towers, manned by personnel with binoculars who sent in reports by telephone to an air defence centre. intormation on the direction of approaching aircraft and eventual orders to respon were then sent to the hahters and anti-aircraft batteries. It was
important to distinguish between friendly aircraft and the enemy.
The general rule was to open nre ortre warni
cases i was toroidden to hre
automatkanoner med 40 mm kaliber som skov automatelo.
mellan egna och fiender. Ryskt flyg lyckades 1944 falla nàgra
bomber mot Eriksdal Stockholm samt nara Strananas. Lute varnet vid Skanstull uppfattade en lysbomb som nodsignal ch skot dartor inte. 1942 skot ett batteri i Bergshamra ned ett tyskt
kurirplan som lamnat den bestamda fardvägen
Kalla: Sveriges militära beredskap
1939-1945, Militärhistoriska
förlaget, Sthlm 1982)
A system of anti-aircraft batteries was built around Stockholm, amona other places on Lovo. At that time these consisted of
in canore dunsamrine o snors a minute orso mm
omarccannons.Urnernenoursordarknessnese
were completely dependent on guidance from the searchlights. which needed to be positioned relatively near the guns. it was dificult to distinguish between friend and toe. In 1944, Russian aircraft dropped several bombs on Eriksdal in Stockholm, as well
as near Strananas, further to the south. The anti aircraft unit at Skanstull, near Eriksdal, interpreted a target illumination flare as an emergency flare and held their fire. In 1942, the batter at Bergshamra shot down a German courier plane which had left the determined flight pat
(Source: Sweden's military emergency 1939-1945, Military History