Tvistein Lighthouse () is a
coastal lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Ligh ...
in
Larvik Municipality
Larvik () is a municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Vestfold. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik. Other main population centres in the municipality include the ...
in
Vestfold
Vestfold () is a county and a current electoral district in Norway. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it borders Buskerud and Telemark counties. The county administration is located in Tønsberg, Norway's oldest city, and the larg ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. The lighthouse is located on the island of Tvistein, about to the southeast of the village of
Nevlunghavn
Nevlunghavn (sometimes also spelled Nevlunghamn) is a village in Larvik Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located along the Skaggerak coast in the Brunlanes area of Larvik. It is located about to the south of the village of ...
, near the entrance to the
Langesundsfjorden
Langesundsfjord (), also known as the Breviksfjord (), is a stretch of fjord in Telemark county, Norway. The long fjord flows from the Skagerrak, between the islands of Sandøya, Bjørkøya, and Siktesøya in Porsgrunn Municipality and the ma ...
. It was first lit in 1908, and was automated in 1988.
Gallery
File:Tvistein, Brunlanes - S-1602U1 034.jpg, Up until 1951 the Tvistein lantern room and the foghorn were sat on top of the machine house roof.
See also
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List of lighthouses in Norway
The following is a sortable, but partial list of active and some decommissioned Lighthouses in Norway, lighthouses along the Norwegian coastline.
The sequence number follows the convention of listing lighthouses from the coastal border in the sou ...
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Lighthouses in Norway
The coast of Norway is long and there have been a total of 212 lighthouses along it, but no more than 154 have ever been operational at the same time. The first, Lindesnes Lighthouse, opened in 1655; the newest Lighthouse, Anda Lighthouse, w ...
References
External links
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Norsk Fyrforening
Lighthouses completed in 1908
Lighthouses in Vestfold
1908 establishments in Norway
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