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Military Base Construction Begins in Karlskrona Forest

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Military Base Construction Begins in Karlskrona Forest
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  • A 15,000-square-meter forest area in Karlskrona is being cleared to build a new military base for the Swedish Armed Forces.
  • The project includes storage facilities, maintenance halls, a driving track, and ground workshops, with completion targeted for 2028.
  • Public access to a previously open illuminated ski trail on the site has been closed due to safety concerns during construction.

Fortifikationsverket is now beginning work on the extensive construction in the Rosenholm area in Karlskrona. The project at Rosenholm is now starting – forest will become a military base and the navy will move onto land. The Swedish Armed Forces is building new facilities to meet the expansion they are facing, though the specific nature of that expansion has not been detailed.

" A large area of 15,000 square meters is being cleared of forest now. Storage facilities, maintenance halls, and ground workshops will also be built. A driving track will be built to train new drivers within the defense.

It is a large area of 15,000 square meters where we are clearing forest now.

Gustav Lindström, Fortifikationsverket representative

The plan is for everything to be ready by 2028. On the area that the Swedish Armed Forces bought back last year, a three-kilometer-long illuminated ski trail has previously been open to the public. Now that Fortifikationsverket's work is starting, people are no longer allowed to be there.

" It is dangerous for people to be on site during the clearing. The total cost of the construction project has not been disclosed. What will happen to the illuminated ski trail after construction is completed remains unclear.

It is dangerous for people to be on site here during the clearing.

Maria Olsson, Fortifikationsverket representative
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