Fredriksberg Fortress

Fredriksberg fort is a Norwegian fortification located at the highest point of Nordnes in Bergen.

The Norwegian fortress Fredriskberg lay strategically placed on Nordnes’ highest point with a precipitous cliff face to the sea on the west side.

Dutch Engineer Major General Henrik Ruse (1624-79)[1] initiated the fortress construction, planned with three bastions and a half bastion on the land side and a wall on the side adjacent to the cliff.

By 1706 construction had been completed, albeit in a less complicated layout than originally planned.

Katten, the bastion, was also built in 1666 in what today is the Nordnes Park.