[2] The lighthouse was constructed in the 1870s and was completed in 1882, on Sweden's initiative.

Of steel construction, it was erected on a three-metre granite plinth.

In an 1894 repair, it was strengthened and to add weight, the space between its inner and outer shells was filled in with concrete up to the third floor.

In 1905, a wireless telegraph was installed, replacing the previous communication via light signals to passing ships.

[3] In 1915 under the First World War, a German warship destroyed the original lighthouse.