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[[File:Oscarsborg festning og Drøbaksundet.JPG|thumbnail|The Drøbak Sound with the Oscarsborg fortress seen from the east side of the Oslofjord.]] |
[[File:Oscarsborg festning og Drøbaksundet.JPG|thumbnail|The Drøbak Sound with the Oscarsborg fortress seen from the east side of the Oslofjord.]] |
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'''The Drøbak Sound''' ([[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]:Drøbaksundet) is a [[Sound (geography)|sound]] |
'''The Drøbak Sound''' ([[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]: Drøbaksundet) is a [[Sound (geography)|sound]] at the [[Oslofjord]] narrows between [[Drøbak]] and [[Hurum]]. Outer Oslofjord, a term for the [[fjord]] south of the Drøbak Sound until it meets the [[Skagerrak]], starts there. |
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The Drøbak Sound was previously guarded by |
The Drøbak Sound was previously guarded by [[Oscarsborg Fortress]]. During the [[Operation Weserübung|German invasion of Norway]] on 9 April 1940, the German cruiser {{ship|German cruiser|Blücher||2}} was [[Battle of Drøbak Sound|sunk by the fortress]].<ref>[http://www.forsvarsbygg.no/festningene/Festningene/Oscarsborg-festning/English/ Oscarsborg Fortress, Official website] {{en icon}}</ref> Oscarsborg Fortress has been converted into a museum and a hotel. There is a ferry from Drøbak. |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 20:10, 5 June 2015
The Drøbak Sound (Norwegian: Drøbaksundet) is a sound at the Oslofjord narrows between Drøbak and Hurum. Outer Oslofjord, a term for the fjord south of the Drøbak Sound until it meets the Skagerrak, starts there.
The Drøbak Sound was previously guarded by Oscarsborg Fortress. During the German invasion of Norway on 9 April 1940, the German cruiser Blücher was sunk by the fortress.[1] Oscarsborg Fortress has been converted into a museum and a hotel. There is a ferry from Drøbak.