A historic site with a dramatic backdrop: Stabben Fort is located on the island of Frøya and was part of the infamous Atlantic Wall – a 5,000km-long defensive line built by Nazi Germany during World War II from the Bay of Biscay to Kirkenes.
In the spring of 1941, the German occupiers began building a coastal fort on the Stabben Plateau. Houses were expropriated or demolished, and families were displaced. The entire area was sealed off with barbed wire and minefields. The main weapons were three 15cm cannons with a range of 22km.
In the following years, the fort was massively expanded. Starting in 1942, around 150 Soviet and Yugoslav prisoners of war were used as forced laborers. They lived in squalid barracks near the coast; many died of exhaustion and malnutrition – some are buried in the Titran cemetery.
In October 1944, the fort was suddenly abandoned and the guns removed. Today, you can still discover numerous traces here: from cannon emplacements and underground bunkers to the remains of command posts and searchlight emplacements.
A particularly impressive site is the large concrete ring of a former cannon platform with an unobstructed view of the sea – a silent witness to a dark time.
Tip: A circular trail with information boards and QR codes begins at the main entrance, near the striking log cabin with the Norwegian flag. For more information, visit kulmin.no/stabben