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Nordre Skanse
Frederikshavn, or Fladstrand as it was earlier named, has on many occasions been the starting point for the operations of the Navy throughout the 400-year history of the Navy. However, not until modern times was there a real stationing of units in the town.
The natural and ideal port facilities of the small fishing town gradually formed the basis of a flourishing trade and thereby a port which quite naturally could support the operations of the Navy.
The first really military installations in the area were established with the fortification of Fladstrand. Paradoxically enough, the original fortress construction was erected as a protection against the Danish Navy as it was built in 1627-29 by German troops who after King Christian IV’s unfortunate participation in the Thirty Years’ War occupied Jutland. The Danish Navy controlled the waters and the Germans wanted to protect themselves against any landing. The remains of these fortifications named "Nordre Skanse" ("The Northern Entrenchment"), including this old canon, can be found north of Frederikshavn.
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