Karnan

Karnan is a medieval tower in Helsingborg, Scania, in southern Sweden. It is the best component final of a larger Danish citadel which, in conjunction with the citadel Kronborg on the alternative of Oresund, controlled the entranceway among Kattegat and Oresund and further south the Baltic Sea.

The origins of the Helsingborg fortress is disputed but Danish legend places its beginning to the reign of the mythical King Frodi. However, this legend has not been supported by means of archaeological proof. Dendrochronological relationship has proven that the middle was built within the 1310s, when Eric VI of Denmark changed into King of Denmark. It become taken into consideration the maximum critical fort in Denmark, and became critical in securing manipulate over the strait between Scania and Zealand. It was surrendered to Sweden along side the relaxation of Skaneland as part of the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658. The fort changed into retaken by using Danish forces in 1676 in the course of the Scanian War, and its capture celebrated by flying a massive Flag of Denmark above it.