The lantern of the Lågskär lighthouse and the slanted pane windows of the lantern room. Black and white photo.
The lantern of the Lågskär lighthouse and the slanted pane windows of the lantern room. Black and white photo.

Lågskär Lantern

starting at €90.00

The lens for the Lågskär Lighthouse—built to replace the one destroyed during World War I—was installed in the lighthouse lantern in the summer of 1920. That lens assembly, the largest AGA had manufactured up to that point, was among the very first automatically rotating flashing systems in the world. The lantern room, for its part, is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen.

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The lens for the Lågskär Lighthouse—built to replace the one destroyed during World War I—was installed in the lighthouse lantern in the summer of 1920. That lens assembly, the largest AGA had manufactured up to that point, was among the very first automatically rotating flashing systems in the world. The lantern room, for its part, is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen.

The lighthouse stands at the edge of the world. Smoothly worn steps lead up to the lantern room. From there, you can see the shadows of the clouds reflected in the sea—and the small world of the lighthouse island. Starting in the 1950s, lighthouses began to be left without keepers or even became completely obsolete. It was not until around the turn of the millennium that the cultural and architectural value of these navigational aids, abandoned to the mercy of the weather and vandalism, began to be understood, and efforts were made to save them. Everyone who has helped save even one of our lighthouses has given a gift to all Finns.

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