Optand Teknikland
Teknikland is a military history and technology museum which is located at the Östersund-Optand airfield southwest of Östersund. Teknikland has one of Sweden's largest collections of civilian and military aircraft. On the grounds howitzers, Bofors guns and armoured personal carriers are also displayed.[1]
History[edit]
Teknikland was opened on 5 June 2010.[2] The basis for the museum was the Jämtlands Flyg- och Lottamuseum which opened in 1994.[3] The museum is run by the Aktiebolag Jämtland Teknikland AB. Shareholders are Jamtli and a number of nonprofit organizations. The museum is funded by Statens Försvarshistoriska museer, the European Regional Development Fund, and private donors.[4][5]
The museum consists of three permanent and a number of temporary exhibitions. One of the permanent exhibitions is called the Garage (Garaget) and consists of antique cars and buses. This building also hosts a workshop for kids based on the educational concept KomTek. The permanent aircraft exhibition Flyg- och Lottamuseum contains all the jet-aircraft that have previously been deployed by Jämtland Wing.[6]
There is also an exhibition dedicated to the Swedish Women's Voluntary Defence Organization which operated a canteen on the airfield during the 1930s–1940s (when the airfield was a secret military airbase in preparation for a German attack).[7]
The third permanent exhibition is the Garrison (Garnisonen) containing weapons, uniforms and other artifacts of Swedish Army history, mostly from the former Östersund regiments I 5 and A 4. The visitor is able to learn about the Carolean Death March; a disastrous retreat by a Swedish Carolean army under the command of Lieutenant-general Carl Gustaf Armfeldtt (1666–1736) across the Tydal mountain range in Norway around the new year 1718–1719.[8]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "About Teknikland". www.digitaltmuseum.se. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ Teknikland teknikland.se
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-28. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Teknikland". Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2011-03-01. (Official website in Swedish)
- ^ "Jämtlands Flyg- och Lottamuseum". flygolotta.se. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ "Jämtlands Flygflottilj". Försvarets Historiska Telesamlingar. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ "Svenska Lottakåren". svenskalottakaren. 22 June 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ "The Carolean death march". www.karoliner.com. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
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